Well, that would be just as silly. It['s not the NAME that is a problem - it's the logo/mascot.
Imagine, a team called the Cleveland Negros, with a mascot that looks like Al Jolsen in blackface - I can't, can you? That certainly would NOT be ok, but for some reason, along with Straight White Christians, Indians are the only other race that is expected to sit down, shut up, and take it.
THAT is my point.
...which goes with the "Cleveland Indians." Ever see the logo for the University of Notre Dame's Fightin' Irish? Is that offensive to you as well?
Forgetting, for the moment, the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, Notre Dame Fightin' Irish, New York Yankees, et al. Our Chicago White Sox may be a racist name, who knows?