PRESENTED BY Virginia Wayside Furniture TOPICAL OPINION If the Kansas City Chiefs can do the chop, why did Washington have to rename its NFL team?

Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | January 7, 2023 | Michael Phillips

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As the Kansas City Chiefs secured another Super Bowl berth, a raucous home crowd of 76,000-plus saluted the team by performing their version of the “tomahawk chop,” which was broadcast to a national audience.

In that moment, fans of the Washington Commanders might have been thinking: “How is that still okay, but not the ‘Redskins’ name?”

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The Chiefs must have paid someone off to keep the name.

[dfwgator]

"Great googly moogly!"

[BenLurkin]

Answer: Because the communists always play the long game and are satisfied to take incremental victories in their relentless march to domination.

[EvilCapitalist]

Lol! I remember that commercial.

[peggybac]

Probably true, but I’d like to believe they told whomever to stick it where the sun don’t shine. Plus, there’s no way in hell they could stop the whole stadium from doing the chop. GO CHIEFS!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

why did Washington have to rename its NFL team?

They didn't have to - Dan Snyder chose to, probably because his franchise was facing enough problems due to allegations of sexual harassment and improprieties in the front office and he wanted to distract from that by throwing the BLM types (mostly white leftists) a bone.

Similarly, no one made the Cleveland Indians change their name to the infinitely more stupid "Guardians". Their ownership chose to, also during the BLM-Antifa riots of 2020. The owners of the Chiefs and Braves haven't knuckled under.

[JennysCool]

"Guardians"

Easily the most ridiculously stupid nickname in the history of sports. I'll bet a lot of the players, especially the longtime Indians, were embarassed to wear the uniform.

If they were going to change the name, I thought "The Cleveland Rocks" would be perfect. The Rock & Roll hall of fame is there, "Cleveland Rocks" is a great song, and their mascot could be a big ol' rock with eyes. It was a win, win, win.

[dfwgator]

I like the Cleveland Burning Rivers.

[JennysCool]

Only if Randy Newman sings the National Anthem. :)

[Equine1952]

Because they suck so bad they didn’t want to piss of Native Americans. They should have called themselves to Democrats. They suck too

[sopo]

Because “Redskin” is properly a potato.

[dfwgator]

They should have just shortened it to “Reds”. It would have been more appropriate.

And besides, there are other team names shared by MLB and NFL teams, like “Giants” and “Cardinals”.

[dfwgator]

They should have just shortened it to “Reds”. It would have been more appropriate.

Then instead of playing "Hail To the Redskins", they could play "The Internationale" instead.

[NWFree]

So why aren’t brown people upset about the Browns?

[MinorityRepublican]

Dan Snyder chose to, probably because his franchise was facing enough problems due to allegations of sexual harassment and improprieties in the front office and he wanted to distract from that by throwing the BLM types (mostly white leftists) a bone.

Bought him some time. He got another three years in running his franchise. But he's going to have to sell it now.

[FreedomPoster]

I thought it was the Washington Commies now?

I haven’t been paying any attention since the whole #BLM kneeling nonsense. Can you tell?

[spintreebob]

For same reason Vikings, Braves, Buccaneers, Bears and Lions see it as an honor to be seen as atletic and skilled.

[Gene Eric]

Fedex forced the change.

[lewislynn]

Who said they had to change their name?

[PAR35]

Everybody in Dallas knows better than to mess with the Hunts.