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Obama Administration objects to new NFL stadium in D.C. until team changes its name
SB Nation ^ | July 1, 2015 | James Brady

Posted on 07/01/2015 3:37:08 PM PDT by Zakeet

The Obama Administration will not support a new Washington football stadium unless the team changes its name, according to Jonathan O'Connell of the Washington Post. Washington currently does not play in D.C., but there has been a push to get a new stadium approved and built there.

RFK Stadium occupies the site where Washington has targeted a potential new stadium. However, a lack of support from the current administration would be a serious roadblock to the efforts. While the Obama Administration can't make the ultimate decision on whether a new stadium is built, it can put pressure where it's needed, and there's already plenty making things complicated for the RFK Stadium site.

The National Park Service owns the parcel of land where the stadium would need to be built, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser that the NPS was unlikely allow for the construction of a new stadium unless the name is changed, according to the report. Jewell also deals with treaty relationships with Native American tribes.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; nfl; obama; redskins; rfkstadium; stadium; washingtonredskins
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Big chief from Mau Mau tribe right ... it heap bad medicine to disrespect red brother!

1 posted on 07/01/2015 3:37:08 PM PDT by Zakeet
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The Washington Kleptocrats would be the perfect new name.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 3:38:10 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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How about the Traitors?


3 posted on 07/01/2015 3:39:10 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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Somebody needs to start playing hardball with the pansy in the White House.
Snyder can begin to field offers from other NFL starved cities.
4 posted on 07/01/2015 3:39:28 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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The king has spoken.


5 posted on 07/01/2015 3:39:33 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Zakeet

What business is it of the Administration’s?


6 posted on 07/01/2015 3:39:38 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Build it anyway and they will come.

Who cares what Ocrappo wants?


7 posted on 07/01/2015 3:41:16 PM PDT by dforest
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I prefer Scumbags.


8 posted on 07/01/2015 3:41:49 PM PDT by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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Fine, let them keep playing in Maryland, and the profits can go to Maryland. I’m sure Maryland’s Republican governor will be happy to keep getting the revenue.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 3:43:43 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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Obama will leave no stone unturned. Ill be SO glad when he is GONE.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 3:46:11 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog ("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
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Why would the ‘skins want to move back into D.C.? Their fan base is in the suburbs.


11 posted on 07/01/2015 3:50:07 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Obama will leave no gay flag unfurled.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 3:50:28 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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Maybe a suitable animal name should be selected, but one which reflects the ethos of Washington, DC.

Rats, skunks, leeches, mosquitoes, vermin, ticks, tapeworms...

There are lots of names that no one else has used yet.

13 posted on 07/01/2015 3:52:12 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Maybe a suitable animal name should be selected, but one which reflects the ethos of Washington, DC.

Rats, skunks, leeches, mosquitoes, vermin, ticks, tapeworms...

There are lots of names that no one else has used yet.

14 posted on 07/01/2015 3:52:12 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Right. 0bama who can’t even throw a baseball right is going to venture into the world of professional sports.

They should just pull out of DC all together. I’m sure there are other cities who will gladly be home to the (fill in the city name) REDSKINS.

Native Americans, btw, are NOT ‘offended’.


15 posted on 07/01/2015 3:52:39 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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The king has spoken...

Snyder needs to rename the team, the potato redskins...

Just to stick in Obama eye...


16 posted on 07/01/2015 3:53:26 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Call them the ForeSkins, Flaming Faggots, Bureaucrat Bi*ches, DIM Losers or Reggies. All would be acceptable to Clown Prince nobama.


17 posted on 07/01/2015 3:54:25 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Washington TarNfeathers


18 posted on 07/01/2015 3:55:46 PM PDT by The Toll
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The Washington Confederates!

The Confederate Flag is their new symbol


19 posted on 07/01/2015 3:56:29 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: hal ogen
Washington Confederates


20 posted on 07/01/2015 3:57:59 PM PDT by GeronL
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