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To: Dilbert San Diego
I heard the Redskins are thinking about a new stadium, but if they want to build in Washington DC itself, that the city will make a stadium deal contingent on a name change.

Nevermind "Redskins", they may have to get rid of the "Washington" part first, because he was a slave owner.

9 posted on 10/26/2016 12:27:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Back before the Washington Wizards NBA franchise changed their name, they were known as “The Washington Bullets”.

Many people were concerned that this name was associated with crime and violence, so the team offered drop the offensive term and change their name to “The Bullets”.


23 posted on 10/26/2016 12:42:24 PM PDT by Haiku Guy
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