Poll: Should the "Redskins" name be changed?

[KD in CA]

I can't believe this stupid who cares thread went 42 pages. I don't care if they call them the Washington savages, and use a scalping as there logo. Let's take this international and get the Edmonton Eskimos.

 

Hopefully those who fight for justice will next turn their attention to forcing the Buffalo Bills to stop honoring a man who was guilty of perpetuating negative Native American sterotypes.

[PastaJoe]

 

 

Hopefully those who fight for justice will next turn their attention to forcing the Buffalo Bills to stop honoring a man who was guilty of perpetuating negative Native American sterotypes.

 

Changing from Bills would be fine. Bisons, Stampede, or Wings would be more appropriate. I doubt most people under 30 even know who Buffalo Bill was other than a character in a Hannibal Lector movie.

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Watching SNF Packers@Vikings. Sure folks have used the Vikings in this debate. But what about the Packers?

 

Is that term offensive to gays? Or vegans?

[Jim in Anchorage]

 

 

Changing from Bills would be fine. Bisons, Stampede, or Wings would be more appropriate. I doubt most people under 30 even know who Buffalo Bill was other than a character in a Hannibal Lector movie.

Do you have to be a contemporary of BB to know who he was?

[ExiledInIllinois]

 

 

Hopefully those who fight for justice will next turn their attention to forcing the Buffalo Bills to stop honoring a man who was guilty of perpetuating negative Native American sterotypes.

 

 

Yeah, I wouldn't mind them changing it. Anyway, there is absolutely no link in logo anymore to Buffalo Bill Cody. For all we know, the Bills could be the team has lots of bills to pay! Show me any PRESENT team logo that uses Buffalo Bill as its mascot. Sure, it is implied to the past AAFC team... But where is the logo link to the modern team?

 

I don't have a problem w/redskin... Just put a peanut or Shanny on the helmet and scrub all native imagery... Just like the Bills did with Cody. Just like the Golden State basketball team did w/Warriors when they moved to Cali from Philly.

Edited October 28, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois

[DefenseWinzChampionshipz]

DAMN! This thread is still alive? It just doesn't wanna go away...

[26CornerBlitz]

DAMN! This thread is still alive? It just doesn't wanna go away...

 

Says the guy who posts in it to keep it alive.

 

Tick...Tick...Tick.

 

@MarkMaske

Redskins owner Daniel Snyder meets with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the team's name... http://wapo.st/1ac4qoR

 

Upstate Tribal Leader Turns Up The Heat In Redskins Rebranding Movement: http://newyork.cbslo...nding-movement/

 

@awfulannouncing

More outlets and more NFL writers are dropping the Redskins nickname http://bit.ly/HsQy3a

Edited November 1, 2013 by 26CornerBlitz

[26CornerBlitz]

@CBSSports

Minneapolis' mayor urges the boycott of Redskins merchandise. http://cbsprt.co/MinneapolisRedskins …

 

On Tuesday, the D.C. Council passed a resolution asking the Redskins to change their name because the term is considered a racial slur to Native Americans. That same day, six members of the Minneapolis City Council voiced their disapproval of the name in a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and team owner Dan Snyder.

 

By Thursday morning, hours before the Redskins will face the Vikings in Thursday Night Football, Minneapolis mayor R.T. Ryback joined the discussion.

"It has never been right to disrespect the indigenous people of our country, and it is especially wrong to do it in 2013 with the name of a team that represents our nation's capital," Ryback wrote on his Tumblr (via Sports Bog).

 

"I stand with elected officials across the country, including members of the Minneapolis City Council, and many, many others who believe it is long past time to change the name of Washington's NFL team. It is deeply disappointing that calls for respect have not been heard, and I will join others in looking for ways to bring change, including urging those who agree to boycott merchandise of the Washington Football Franchise.

[Chef Jim]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Code-Talker-says-Redskins-name-not-derogatory-5016697.php

[26CornerBlitz]

US Patent and Trademark Office deems 'Redskins' derogatory

 

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has gotten in on the Redskins name controversy. Specifically, the government agency has rejected a request from a company that wants to sell pork rinds called "Redskins Hog Rinds" because it considered the term "derogatory slang."

 

In a letter dated Dec. 29, the agency wrote: “Registration is refused because the applied-for mark REDSKINS HOG RINDS consists of or includes matter which may disparage or bring into contempt or disrepute persons, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols.”

 

More details via CBS Washington:

The same agency is deliberating whether to revoke the trademark protection for the NFL team, part of a long-running challenge from a group of Native Americans. A hearing was held in March, and a decision is expected soon.

[NoSaint]

US Patent and Trademark Office deems 'Redskins' derogatory

 

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thatd be a pretty public ruling for them.

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

US Patent and Trademark Office deems 'Redskins' derogatory

 

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As usual, they will bend to the power of The NFL money and grant them a special exemption. What's new w/the gov't?

Edited January 8, 2014 by ExiledInIllinois