Posted on 10/26/2013 3:38:42 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Oneida Indian officials who oppose the Redskins nickname as a slur will meet with NFL officials next week in New York City, a tribe spokesman said Friday.
The meeting agreed to by NFL officials this month is scheduled for Wednesday in New York City, Oneida Indian Nation spokesman Brett Stagnitti told the Associated Press. ---SNIP--- Halbritter, whose tribe runs a large casino resort in Verona in central New York, says the name is degrading and has devastating effects, especially on younger Indians.
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Change the name and I am done with the NFL.
Halbritter, whose tribe ... says the name "RED SKINS" is degrading and has devastating effects, especially on younger Indians.
well duhhhhhhhhhhhh
That is also possible. You need to keep the malcontents under control or they get in the way of destroying your real domestic enemies, the Republicans.
Rush said something about the Eagles years ago that was roughly the equivalent of, "they want a black quarterback" and they had to get rid of him.
I live in Green Bay, WI. The Oneida Nation is headquartered here. In fact, the Packers have a gate named in honor of the tribe. The connection goes back to an Oneida member named Curly Lambeau, the man we have to thank for the team.
I am sort of puzzled as to why in the world they are pursuing this. Like most folks here in Green Bay, I know the tribe because of their multiple business interests in the area. Things that disrupt that business, the tribe has generally avoided.
If they change the name, and I think the NFL will ask for that, I don't think it is a big deal. It's just a pattern we have seen from them over time.
Are Indians good people? Of course. But they've been short changed...by their own. A lovely Seneca indian friend said...the kids aren't disciplined and they just drink and do drugs...and the good ones...go to Canada.
How about the “Washington Wimps”. Think it fits.
Agree in terms of the number, but not the percentage.
Yeah not ‘inclusive’ at all- of the ‘right’ people.
‘Washington D.C. Zulu Lesbians’: I bet they’ve already picked that name. That’s conclusively ‘inclusive’.
How about
“Wishington P.C. Unicorns”
Washington Geldings. (TM)
>> Halbritter, whose tribe runs a large casino , says the name is degrading...
Whateva’
“Warriors” can’t possibly offend anyone in the Bell Curve.
Rename the team to Washington Redskins Excluding Oneidas
The Washington Stormtroopers: sponsored by the Affordable Care act collection agency, the IRS.
Grease some palms. Problem solved.
The Washington Aboriginal Savages?
My advice to the owner of the Redskins is to go to the NFL an agree to change the name on one condition that would be non-negotiable. That condition is that all moneys collected from the sale of the new jerseys, t-shirts, etc, etc, is not shared with the other teams in the league. The Washington Whatevers should get every dime that is generated due to the name change.
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