Posted on 07/08/2020 3:45:24 AM PDT by knighthawk
There are no sales on Black Friday. Everything you can steal is free
Ok so what about the Chiefs and all the other native teams?
Begs the question, if the Redskins had been anywhere near decent for the past two decades, would this even be happening?
Formerly “large” corporations.
Who knows and really since an awful lot of us here at FR are pretty much done with pro spectator sports this to me is deckchair shuffling. There are 5 teams with native names. If they change them it will have the same impact to me as the Bullets to the Wizards. It’s pc run amok and good luck to them and all that.
A long while back LA Raiders caps/hats/beenies were all the rage over here in the Netherlands. I bet none of them knew what NFL was though so lots of people just buy them to look a certain way too.
They knew. It was a fashion connected to American rappers wearing Raiders gear. NWA in particular. I saw a guy wearing a Long Beach hat in Utrecht and struck up a conversation about it. As a near native Californian it was amusing to me. Then there was the guy I met on a train in NL who had played baseball at a college in Illinois and named his dog “Kirby Puckett.” Dutch folks are very connected to American pop culture. Much more so than most parts of Europe in my experience.
This lots like an organized hit. Too many corporations acting as one here. I wonder which Democrat front group is behind it?
Used to live close to Utrecht over 20 years ago (a town called Culemborg), moved back to the south though were things are more relaxed.
The Redskins are the 14th most valuable sports franchise in the world. They are huge in their regional area. Their 2 decade slide has corresponded with a slide from #3 on the list to #14, but otherwise, they still sell a lot of merchandise. This is ideological, not economic (otherwise, Dan Snyder would have changed the name decades ago; he's only doing it now because it is finally hurting his bottom line and chance for a new stadium).
Anyone who is a fan of the NFL is a traitor against the U.S.A. Boycott those companies to whatever extents you can. Seek and find other sources of necessities. Don’t forget.
I saw an article a few days ago listing the top ten franchises in terms of their jersey sales. The New York Giants were #1, which shouldn't be a huge surprise because they play in the biggest metro-area market in the U.S. The Dallas Cowboys were somewhere around #4 or #5 -- which did surprise me (I thought they'd be #2 at least). The Packers, Eagles, Steelers, Ravens and Patriots were also in the top ten, if I remember correctly. The Redskins were nowhere to be seen.
I'd be shocked if Washington was even in the top TWENTY among merchandise sales right now, since their sales seem to be tied almost entirely to their on-field success and the presence of an iconic name on their roster. Right now they have neither. They probably have very little appeal outside their own fan base, and their color scheme doesn't have appeal to nitwits who don't even follow the sport but buy jerseys anyway because of the "cool" colors -- like the Ravens, Raiders, and any other professional team with black colors.
From a few years ago:
Does this also mean Redskin Potatoes?
Asking for a friend.
Beat me to it by several hours! I’m slow today!
**All women and minorities.**
Must be the modern version of a “SOUL BROTHER” sign.
“Walmart, Target, Dick’s”
The usual suspects.
Used to live close to Utrecht over 20 years ago (a town called Culemborg), moved back to the south though were things are more relaxed.
Interesting. I’ve spent some time in Brabant. Den Bosch, Breda, Bergen op Zoom, etc. Some of those small little towns on the border with Belgium, too.
If Washington’s pro football team is renamed the Palefaces, will we whiteys object?
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