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Washington’s NFL team is retiring the Redskins name; new name to come later
WaCompost ^ | 7/13/2020 | Les Carpenter and Image without a caption Les Carpenter Reporter covering Washington's NFL team and

Posted on 07/13/2020 9:07:13 AM PDT by bkopto

Washington’s NFL franchise has announced that it is retiring the Redskins name, and plans to introduce a new name soon.

Monday’s announcement comes just days after the organization released a statement July 3 saying it would be undertaking a “thorough review” of the team’s name, a process the team said in Monday’s announcement has “begun in earnest.” In an interview July 4, Coach Ron Rivera — who is working with owner Daniel Snyder to choose a name — said he hoped the new name would be in place by the start of the 2020 NFL season. Others have said it will be revealed as soon as within two weeks.

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: andagain; boycottnfl; danielsnyder; districtofcolumbia; jeffbezos; lescarpenter; nationalfelonsdeague; nfl; onfansleft; redskins; ronrivera; transgenders; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; washingtonredskins
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To: bkopto

I guess the “Washington Slaves” won’t be among the contenders for the new name.


41 posted on 07/13/2020 9:22:44 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Gen.Blather

What about Nissan? Yes I remember when they were Datsun. But I didn’t know that change caused them problems.


42 posted on 07/13/2020 9:24:53 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: cmj328

“The C in DC stands for Columbus, so you’ve just been cancelled.
Sorry about that, old chap.”
As other have noted Washington has problems too. So “District between Virginia and Maryland” something or others.


43 posted on 07/13/2020 9:25:34 AM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: bkopto

I hope they don’t cancel the NFL season because I want the opportunity to give them the big middle finger.


44 posted on 07/13/2020 9:26:26 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: PGR88

HA! Reminds me of the time some bar owner in Pittsburgh scooped up the internet domain pittsburghpirates.com and tried to hold-up the team for ransom.


45 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: ScottinVA

Hilarious! Made my day.


46 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:04 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Is “Foreskins” still in the running?

Nah, they retracted it.

47 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:19 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: bkopto

The Washington Pussy Willows.


48 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:19 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Father in Heaven, I trust in Your love.)
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To: bkopto

I suggest ‘Washington Parasites’. It works on several levels.


49 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:43 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: bkopto

“Coonskins” is available...


50 posted on 07/13/2020 9:27:43 AM PDT by matthew fuller (we're "blessed to have a leader" like Trump. Goya CEO)
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To: llevrok
If you are a fan of the Harlem Globetrotters, you’ll understand.

I'm no fan, but you're spot on with that one.

51 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:12 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: bkopto

Washington Snowflakes ?


52 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:14 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: BrexitBen

The NBA might survive, but how many NFL fans want to be constantly accused of racism?


53 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:15 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Father in Heaven, I trust in Your love.)
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To: bkopto

Don’t care. Conservatives who watch professional football are hypocrites. I know that will spark a lot of flaming here, also don’t care.


54 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:17 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: bkopto

Call them the DC Tyrants. The logo is a Jackboot standing on a citizen’s neck. With the players wearing uniforms that look like a swat team and the quarter back’s looking like a German SS officer. They can paint the football to look like a teargas canister.


55 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:21 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: bkopto

The Washington Monitors with a Komodo dragon as a mascot. That way we could call them the Washington hall monitors. It just works on so many levels.


56 posted on 07/13/2020 9:29:32 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (The GOP needs to pick another color. It is a matter of time before the Dems will want red back)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I recall reading articles at the time that the change had caused a severe slump in sales. I didn’t find the sales figures, but I did find this...

“Come 1984, and with the Datsun brand firmly established across the world, Nissan decided it was about time it marketed its cars under the parent brand’s name plate. Datsun was dropped. But it was a pricey decision. Changing signs at the 1,100 Datsun dealerships cost $30 million. Changing the marketing epithet from “Datsun, We Are Driven!” to “The Name is Nissan” cost $200 million. Then there was another $50 million spent on approved but redundant Datsun adverts. All in, it was a $500m exercise…”


57 posted on 07/13/2020 9:29:40 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

DC Dildos


58 posted on 07/13/2020 9:30:28 AM PDT by matthew fuller (we're "blessed to have a leader" like Trump. Goya CEO)
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To: RatRipper

Every single one of those is good but if I had to pick one it would be the Forked Tongue Pols. The entirety of Washington DC is nothing but a bunch of deceitful liars and thieves. Corruptocrats all.


59 posted on 07/13/2020 9:31:07 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: bkopto

Washington’s NFL team is retiring the “Redskins” name; new name to be “Little Red Book.”


60 posted on 07/13/2020 9:31:31 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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