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Washington Redskins to 'conduct thorough review' of team name after major sponsor FedEx called for a change and Nike dropped their merchandise from its online stores
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 3, 2020 | Ales Raskin

Posted on 07/03/2020 9:22:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Amid growing pressure from Native American groups, sponsors, and even the city's mayor, the Washington Redskins have announced they will conduct a 'thorough review' of the team's name, which is considered by many to be offensive. 'In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team's name,' read the statement. 'This review formalizes the initial discussions the team has been having with the league in recent weeks.' Friday's statement came after the team received a formal name-change request from FedEx, which was ostensibly using its leverage as the title sponsor of the Redskins' stadium in Landover, Maryland to persuade franchise owner Daniel Snyder.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: again; districtofcolumbia; fedex; football; nationafelonsleague; nfl; nike; nofansleft; redskins; slavelabor; washingtonredskins
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To: shelterguy

Yes I recall the sanctions against Univ. of North Dakota. I think those punishments came from the NCAA?

I bet that similar pressures, behind the scenes in the NFL, are being placed against Dan Snyder and the Redskins.


61 posted on 07/03/2020 10:07:56 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: dfwgator

“They could have called a team say, The “Zulus”.


Yes they certainly could have and likely would have done had the Zulus been a part of our national experience.


62 posted on 07/03/2020 10:13:39 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: C19fan

If they want a name representative of the city their options would be:

Washington Looters

Washington Cucks

Washington Criminals

Washington Traitors

Washington Gibemedats

Washington Dindunuffins


63 posted on 07/03/2020 10:14:32 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: dfwgator

Just lose the last four letters and make it the “Washington Reds”.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

What if they only change the third letter “D” to an “S”, as in RESSKINS?


64 posted on 07/03/2020 10:14:41 AM PDT by AlexisHeavyMetal1981 (z)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Losing big money, corporate sponsors
That’s why they’ll change it, what a wuss

Washington Kaepernicks


65 posted on 07/03/2020 10:14:42 AM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: hanamizu

Well we used to have teams called the “Crusaders” even though that wasn’t part of our national experience.


66 posted on 07/03/2020 10:15:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan
49ers: White dudes heading west to get rich and steal from indigineous peoples.

Giants: offensive to little people

Brewers: enticing white frat boys to get drunk

67 posted on 07/03/2020 10:15:31 AM PDT by The Accused
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To: FreedomGuru

Perfect!


68 posted on 07/03/2020 10:16:40 AM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: C19fan

[[’thorough review’]]

ie: “We’re losing money- so the name is racist and will be changed- Review over!”

Will be very surprised IF they don’t cave and change the name


69 posted on 07/03/2020 10:18:49 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Gnome1949

They will cater to the far lefty Karen’s who only watches the super bowl for commercials and wonder what happened to most of their regular season audience.


70 posted on 07/03/2020 10:20:08 AM PDT by matt04
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To: C19fan

If they want an accurate name, call them the Washington Deep State


71 posted on 07/03/2020 10:23:50 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Dilbert San Diego
There's a great irony in all of this. Just think of all the targets we've seen in recent weeks of all this nonsense: the iconic Land O' Lakes woman, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and now the Washington Redskins.

It honestly looks to me as if some white supremacist movement is using these fools to pressure American companies to eliminate all images of black people and Indians from our consumer brands.

LOL.

72 posted on 07/03/2020 10:23:57 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The Washington FirstNationers? Indians like football too, but prefer being called First Nation people. Or so my part-Indian friend says.


73 posted on 07/03/2020 10:24:57 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“”””Yes I recall the sanctions against Univ. of North Dakota. I think those punishments came from the NCAA?””””””””

The NCAA which is headquartered in INDIANapolis, INDIANa said UND could not use an INDIAN name.


74 posted on 07/03/2020 10:28:36 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: dfwgator

“Well we used to have teams called the “Crusaders” even though that wasn’t part of our national experience.”


But it is/was a part of our cultural experience. We used to be a proudly Christian nation. Again the Zulus Wars weren’t a part of either our national or cultural history.


75 posted on 07/03/2020 10:29:35 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu
Again the Zulus Wars weren’t a part of either our national or cultural history.

There you go. The Washington Zulu Warriors. That'll keep the BLM crowd happy.

76 posted on 07/03/2020 10:31:09 AM PDT by Ratman0823 (Today's news is all about the Leftist's "narrative". If it doesn't fit, the sheeple don't see it.)
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To: shelterguy

Yep, how ironic.

How long until the state of Indiana, city of Indianapolis, etc. need to change their names?

And some states need to change as well. Weren’t there Dakota Indians, so that both North Dakota and South Dakota will have to delete their names? I think there were Ute Indians in Utah, so that has to go as well.

And don’t forget the state of Washington needs to go, because Washington owned slaves, so his name has to be deleted from both the state and Washington, DC.


77 posted on 07/03/2020 10:33:36 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: C19fan

I did not read all the responses yet, so forgive me if it’s been already said...Change the LOGO... to a potato. A RED SKINNED potato.


78 posted on 07/03/2020 10:38:41 AM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: The Accused

49ers: White dudes heading west to get rich and steal from indigineous peoples.
Giants: offensive to little people

Brewers: enticing white frat boys to get drunk


Yes there are many sports nicknames which are offensive to someone.

Boston Celtics is offensive to the real Celtic people.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish is offensive to the Irish.

Dallas Cowboys is offensive to real cowboys.

Green Bay Packers is offensive to real meat packers.

And all the animal nicknames are offensive to the PETA radicals.


79 posted on 07/03/2020 10:41:31 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Gnome1949

“The NFL is finished. It has become so politicized and anti-American, it’s a dead duck”

I heard that last year and by end of last year stands were full again.

Same with Nascar. All those Southern boys displayed their confederate flags outside but put them away when they went inside like little sheeple.

Nobody has real conviction anymore. NFL stands and Nascar will be packed.


80 posted on 07/03/2020 10:44:39 AM PDT by setter
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