Introduction:
Let me start by saying that I'm not a football fan. I wouldn't go to a football game if the tickets were a dollar apiece.
But this page has almost nothing to do with football: This is a discussion of the forces of political correctness
doing battle against the Washington Redskins because of the allegedly offensive nature of the team's name.
Many other professional sports franchises have equally offensive names that perpetuate harmful stereotypes -- starting with
the Dallas Cowboys. The Redskins have been targeted because they have offended a politically active minority in
a city that thrives on politics. This whole issue is the confluence of perpetually offended minorities,
activist judges, and "civil rights" lawyers who stand to benefit from the strife.
The general public should be much more concerned about
tax dollars being spent on stadiums and arenas than on the names of the teams.
Family
of Blackfeet chief, face of NFL's Redskins for 48 years, wants his image back in NFL.
The family of the Blackfeet chief who served as the face of the Washington Redskins for
48 years want his image back on the fields of the NFL, relatives told Fox News Digital.
The descendants of John Two Guns White Calf also want his incredible life story retold, too, to a
new generation of Americans who seek unity and value multiculturalism. The White Calf family
has support in Washington, D.C., from one of their Montana senators and, it appears, from the NFL
franchise itself, now known as the Washington Commanders.
The Editor says...
I know a man who was a huge Redskins fan until they changed the name of the team to avoid offending a handful of snowflakes.
He gave up on the team years ago (permanently) and refuses to watch their games on TV. Many others should have done the
same; it would have sent a strong message to the entire NFL.
Somewhat related... 'Ozempig'
remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming.
For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea
of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense.
The St. Paul Saints quickly found out that not everyone was amused by the pig's name, Ozempig,
or the team's posting of a backstory about the pig's embarrassment at gaining weight and promise
to try to remain trim.
Also somewhat related... MSU
College of Law concerned Spartan helmet may trigger assault victims. One way the
Michigan State University College of Law can show a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
is by removing the image of its Spartan mascot helmet from promotional materials, according to
school leaders. A memo between the American Bar Association and leaders of the law school
states that is one way the admissions division "has demonstrated a commitment to DEI." The
memo states in part: "More trauma-informed intentionality with respect to marketing materials and
admissions events: removing the MSU helmet and providing sufficient physical space at events to be
mindful of potential triggers for survivors of sexual assault." It was part of a much larger
report regarding an ABA accreditation process the college of law went through in 2022 and finalized
earlier this year.
Native
Americans Asked 'Redskins' to Change Name Back — And the Football Team's President Gives
Them a Stern 'No'. In recent years, professional sports have come under the influence
of progressive politics. Everything from the National Anthem to team names has come under
scrutiny. Aggressive activism has motivated team owners to make drastic changes, for fear of
being "canceled" by the public. This motivated the Washington Redskins to alter its name to
"Commanders." A group of Native Americans recently petitioned the team owner to restore the
original name. These natives explained that the term celebrated brave warriors and was not
derogatory. Now, the Commanders' team president issued a response.
They
want their Redskins making football great again. Back in the 1990s, I heard Troy
Aikman talk about playing in Washington. It was brutal, he said. Those fans hated the
Cowboys as much as we hated the Redskins here. Everybody wants to make something great
again. Over at the offices of professional sports, weak CEO types bought into name changes
and the Redskins are now Commanders plus the Indians are Guardians. [...] Who exactly thought
having a team named Redskins offended anyone? It wasn't all those liberals at the Stadium
singing "Hail to the Redskins." Seriously, did anyone ever mention over a hot dog and a beer
that he was offended that they were called that name? The answer is no. The people who
get offended are not even football fans. They are more likely to spend their Sunday
afternoons watching reruns of the UN meetings on climate change at CSPAN.
Bring
back the Washington Redskins, Native American group says. A couple of years ago, at
the height of Peak Wokesterism, virtue-signallers insisted that the Washington-based professional
football team, the Washington Redskins, change their name, claiming it was offensive to Native
Americans. Turns out the wokesters didn't seem to know much about what Native Americans
thought of this, and apparently none of them asked. Now a Native American group has decided
to speak up.
The
War on Native American Names and Mascots. America's never-ending quest for inclusion
has now turned its attention to supposedly offensive school nicknames and mascots. Native
American names are a particular target of this ire — Braves, Warriors, Chiefs together
with individual tribes such as the Seminoles or the Illini. The latest installment of this
"anti-hate" push has occurred in New York State where these purportedly offensive names, logos,
and mascots were banned in public schools as of April of 2023, or schools will lose state funding.
[...] Colleges have similarly been a battleground over allegedly offensive Native American names
and logos. Some twenty-five have formally dropped their Indian names, In some instances
schools heeded pressure and removed all references to Native American symbols.
What happened to "live and let live?" What happened to the diversity of ideas? Group
promoting plant-based eating wants a new name for Macon Bacon baseball team. A
doctors' group that promotes animal rights is makin' a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball
team. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wrote to the president of the Georgia
collegiate team urging him to change its name. Committee nutritional educator Anna Herby
wrote that the team's name amounts to a "glorification" of a meat that increases risks of cancer
and other diseases. WMAZ-TV reports that the Macon Bacon's concession menu includes foods
such as bacon-wrapped bacon, steak-cut bacon and bacon-loaded cheese fries.
Commanders
sale: Dan Snyder reaches deal to sell franchise to Josh Harris group for $6 billion.
The Washington Commanders have an agreement in principle in place for Josh Harris and his group to
purchase the franchise for $6 billion, a source confirmed to CBS Sports. The deal will
set an NFL record for the most expensive sale in league history. The previous record of
$4.65 billion was set last year by the Walton-Penner group when it purchased the Denver
Broncos. Any sale of the team would have to be approved by three-quarters of NFL
ownership. Owners plan to convene in May for a regularly scheduled spring meeting, where a
vote on final approval could take place. Harris' previous bid for the Denver Broncos means
the league is familiar with him and his finances, which would help expedite the approval process.
Super
Bowl Protests on Chiefs' Name Continue Politicization of Society. "People think they're honoring us with
these mascots and logos, but they're mocking us," complained Michael Spears, an actor from a South Dakota tribe, as
leftists take the opportunity of the upcoming Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs to
continue their practice of using sports — as they use everything else that they can — to advance
their narrative that our society is full of oppressors and the oppressed. The name "Chiefs" was chosen by Kansas
City's team owner, Lamar Hunt, after the team moved there from Dallas — where they were the Texans in the old
American Football League. The name was picked after it proved quite popular in a pick-the-name contest. In
fact the Kansas City Chiefs played in the very first Super Bowl in January 1967, losing to the Green Bay Packers, and it
was Hunt who first used the term "Super Bowl" to refer to the pro football championship game.
All
New York Schools Must Ditch Their Native American Mascots by the End of the Academic Year. The New York
Department of Education has given an ultimatum to schools in the state: get rid of your Native American team names,
mascots, and logos by the end of the school year or face severe penalties, including the loss of state aid. "Arguments
that community members support the use of such imagery or that it is 'respectful' to Native Americans are no longer
tenable," the department said in the memo, issued Thursday. Why not? Who says it's not "tenable"? And why
dismiss the usual overwhelming community support for a Native American mascot so cavalierly?
Daniel
Snyder Looking to Sell Washington Commanders. Daniel Snyder is apparently throwing in the burgundy and
gold towel. The Washington Commanders owner has hired Bank of America regarding "potential transactions," as the
team put it Wednesday, November 2nd. In plain English, Snyder is looking for someone to buy the team.
Whoever is interested had better have both a very fat wallet and an amazing line of credit. Forbes estimates the
team's value to be $5.6B. The new owner will also need to pony up for a new stadium and put shovels in the ground for
same 15 minutes earlier than as soon as possible, as the team's current home is a disintegrating disaster.
Why the left
went after sports. The Cleveland Indians are the most exciting team in baseball. They have 10
rookies on their 26-man roster. Six others were rookies last year. They play small ball and win. They
are managed by Tito Francona Jr., a grandpa who led the Boston Red Sox in 2004 to their first World Series championship
in 86 years. Fans in Cleveland shun the Cleveland Indians this year. That's because the team is not the
Cleveland Indians. Management caved in to Woke Know Nothings and changed the name to Guardians this year.
Attendance was 25th among the 30 major league teams. [...] Clevelanders shun the team because it is not the
Indians. It is the Guardians, named for four stone carvings on a bridge near the ballpark. The name change
came because the left deigned naming a team the Indians to be an insult to Indians. [...] Why do left propagandists
screw around with team names? For the same reason they get players to kneel. They want to undermine the
social fabric that draws people together rich and poor, young and old, black and white, East Side-West Side.
Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp dismisses push to rename Atlanta Braves as 'woke cancel culture'. Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp railed Sunday against a push for the Atlanta Braves to change their name and ditch their tomahawk
chop and battle cry in response to accusations they're offensive to American Indians. "This is just the woke
cancel culture, and really national values, that are trying to be pushed down to our states and other states around the
country, which is why we've got to stand up and fight for what our values are in the state of Georgia," Mr. Kemp
said on "Fox News Sunday." The Republican is running for reelection against Democrat Stacey Abrams.
Washington
Commanders coach fined $100,000 after calling Jan. 6 a 'dust-up'. Washington Commanders defensive coordinator
Jack Del Rio was hit with a $100,000 fine Friday for calling the Jan. 6 Capitol riot a "dust-up." Commanders head coach
Ron Rivera made the announcement in a statement posted to social media. "This morning I met with Coach Del Rio to
express how disappointed I am in his comments on Wednesday," the statement said. "His comments do not reflect the
organization's views and are extremely hurtful to our great community here in the DMV. As we saw last night in the
hearings, what happened on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was an act of domestic terrorism. A group of citizens
attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair election, and as a result, lives were lost and the Capitol building was damaged."
The Editor says...
[#1] Almost every aspect of Mr. Rivera's statement is either untrue or misleading. There was no "free and fair election."
The 2020 presidential election was stolen, and the proceeds given to Joe Biden, who is just venal enough to accept the position to which
he knows he was not genuinely elected. There was no "domestic terrorism," except on the part of the FBI agitators placed in the
otherwise harmless crowd. The televised circus last night proved no such thing. Why do football teams have political positions,
anyway? [#2] This is the first time I've heard of the "Washington Commanders." When did that happen?
Coach's
comments deal another blow to Commanders reputation. The NFL's Washington Commanders once again find themselves
at the center of an off-the-field issue that has nothing to do with football, dealing another blow to their rapidly sagging
reputation as one of the most dysfunctional franchises in professional sports. The fallout from the latest misstep
requiring an explanation or apology — assistant coach Jack Del Rio comparing the protests in the wake of the
police killing of George Floyd to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — could have far-reaching
consequences beyond the locker room. It immediately scuttled the team's best opportunity to reach a deal to build a new
stadium, which was the most important long-term project facing owner Dan Snyder amid a lengthy drought without a playoff
victory and a dearth of fan enthusiasm.
The
NFL fines a Redskins coach for failing to take January 6 seriously. Jack Del Rio, the defensive coordinator for
the Washington Redskins (and yes, I'm deadnaming a football team originally named to honor the Native American fighting
spirit), very politely suggested that, if the Democrats are going to get hysterical about January 6, they also need to take
seriously the summer of BLM riots. For his temerity in failing to respect Saint George Floyd, the drug-addicted ex-con,
and not taking sufficiently seriously the worst day in American history since Southerners fired on Fort Sumter in 1861, the
Redskin's head coach fined him $100,000. It all started when Del Rio tweeted out that he cannot understand why so much
attention is being paid to January 6, a day of minimal destruction and only one death (at the hands of a Capitol police
office), and so little to the BLM riots, which caused dozens of death and billions of dollars of damage across America:
[Tweet] In a subsequent press conference, Del Rio doubled down on his query, stating it calmly and respectfully, while
reminding assembled reporters that free speech is an American right.
Commanders
NFL Coach Fines Assistant $100K Over 'Dust up' Remarks, Comparison of BLM Riots and Jan. 6. [Scroll down]
Unfortunately, as we have seen happen time and again in these high-profile situations, Jack Del Rio decided he had better
bend the knee, take his lumps — and keep his high-paying job. Later on in the day, he made his mea culpa
through an obviously forced press release, via social media: [Tweet] On Friday, the coach of the Commanders, Ron Rivera
released his own statement — not only highlighting his employee's apparent failure as a good enough soldier for
the left's narrative du jour about what happened on January 6 in D.C. — but fining Del Rio $100,000, to
boot. When this is the obvious result of apologizing to the mob, I can't feel much sympathy for Del Rio. He made
his own bed.
Poll:
Official Washington Redskins Name Change is Despised by Fans. New polling data shows that fans of DC's NFL
football team despise the new Washington Commanders moniker taken up by the club after they "retired" their former name of
Washington Redskins, caving to pressure from the radical left. According to a recently released poll that was conducted
earlier this month, a 49% plurality of local fans surveyed expressed their disapproval of the new Washington Commanders name,
which took the organization nearly two years to develop and unveil only to receive a flat reception. While 11% of those
surveyed expressed no opinion on the matter, just 41% said they approve of their team being known as the Washington Commanders.
Pro
Football Hall of Famer Demands Name Be Taken Off Commander Jerseys. Pro Football Hall of Famer John Riggins has
demanded that his name be taken off of the new Washington Commanders jerseys, saying that he felt "dirty" seeing his name on
a team jersey that wasn't his own. "I feel completely disenfranchised. I can't understand how anyone who once
played under the old franchise name could possibly want to be a part of anything to do with the Washington Commanders,"
Riggins, who was a star rusher for the Washington Redskins in the 1970s and 1980s, said.
The
Washington Football Team reveals new name after nearly 2 years. After 18 months of deliberations, the Washington
Football Team finally has a new official team name: the Washington Commanders. Previously, the team was known as the
Washington Redskins, dating back to the team's inception in Boston in 1933, four years before the club moved to Washington.
Nebraska
[is] removing mascot's 'OK' hand signal to avoid White supremacy connection. The "OK" hand signal is no longer
OK at the University of Nebraska. Nebraska has updated the image of its mascot to avoid a connection with White
supremacism. The mascot is now pictured holding up the "No. 1" instead of forming the "OK" signal with his hand.
Herbie Husker, a cartoon mascot for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, had shown the "OK" hand sign for almost 50 years, but the
university is making the revision after learning the same gesture has developed a connection in recent years to some
far-right extremists. The change to Herbie Husker was first reported by the Flatwater Free Press on Friday [1/28/2022].
"That hand gesture could, in some circles, represent something that does not represent what Nebraska athletics is about," Nebraska
athletics licensing director Lonna Henrichs told the Flatwater Free Press.
More
Mascot Madness: The Next Target is the Vikings. Given the relatively recent demise of the Washington
Redskins and Cleveland Indians, the Minnesota Vikings should be looking over their shoulder. Western Washington
University (WWU), which also has a Viking mascot, is considering dropping it because it's colonialist and white supremacist
and all that, and if they do, the NFL team may soon afterward have to play as the Minnesota Football Team for a while.
Woke
White Leftists Hardest Hit as Latino Groups Set to Give 'Latinx' Term a Fiery Death. It's become common
knowledge even in the most feverish of left-wing fever swamps that white progressives in reality do not [care] what the
minority groups who they claim to want to represent and protect really think about the issues facing Americans of all
backgrounds every day. We've seen this on a number of "woke" fronts over the last decade or so, with one recent example
being the prog left's obsession with canceling the Washington Redskins, excuse me, Washington Football Team because they
previously refused to back down from using a name that appeared to primarily offend white liberals and not most Native
Americans (and by "Native Americans" I mean actual ones, not Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren).
Native
American Lawsuit Challenges Colorado Ban On Native American "Mascots" As Discriminatory. The banning of Native
American (American Indian) depictions for sports teams gets a lot of press, most famously the Washington Redskins renaming
themselves the Washington Football Team. There's a side to this issue that I had not thought of, but is argued in a
lawsuit just filed in Colorado. That when the government is involved in such name bans, it is discrimination against
American Indians because it deprives them of the ability to have things named after them. It is, according to the
argument, the worst form of cultural appropriation, more like cultural depravation. In Colorado in 2021, legislation
was passed banning the use of American Indian mascots, broadly defined. Now the law is being challenged in a lawsuit
filed on November 2, 2021, on behalf of the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) and individuals by the Mountain
States Legal Foundation, which summarizes the case on its website.
The
Cleveland Indians new name [is] already taken. In announcing the Cleveland Indians will become the Cleveland
Guardians, management overlooked one tiny little thing. There already is a Cleveland Guardians team. The
Cleveland Guardians is a roller derby team. The Plain Dealer reported, "A spokesman for the Indians said Monday
[7/26/2021] that the team could not comment on trademark issues or on any dealings with the roller derby Guardians at this
time. "The Cleveland Guardians roller derby team did not respond to requests for comment." Indians,
Guardians. Maybe they can call the team the Custodians. Or the Meridians. Or in tribute to the quality of
the teams in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, they can be known as the Comedians. Of course, that may apply to the front
office now. However, the Guardians roller derby team seems to have gone out of business a couple of years ago, and its
web site seemed dormant until the new buzz surrounding the baseball team's name change.
Cleveland
Indians change team name to the Guardians. They won't be the Cleveland Baseball Team. After months of
speculation and internal discussion, the Cleveland Indians announced on Friday that they will be changing their team name to
the Cleveland Guardians. The change is set to take place following the 2021 season. The franchise originally
announced its intention to shed the "Indians" name in December, acknowledging that the moniker is offensive and insensitive
to indigenous peoples. Cleveland's MLB team has been known as the Indians since 1915.
Connecticut
schools that use Native American mascots could lose casino revenue. Connecticut schools that insist on using
Native American nicknames and mascots without written consent from tribal leaders could see their budgets on the chopping
block. State senators passed a budget bill Tuesday [6/15/2021] containing a provision that cut districts off from the
Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Fund, which generates education revenue at the state's Indian-run casinos. Money would be
withheld from schools that don't have permission to use "any name, symbol or image that depicts, refers to or is associated
with a state or federally recognized Native American tribe or a Native American individual, custom or tradition, as a mascot,
nickname, logo or team name
After promoting this behavior for decades, now they say it's forbidden. Cleveland
Indians prohibiting fans with redface, Native American headdresses into Progressive Field. In a long list of
what fans can expect at Progressive Field for the 2021 season, the Cleveland Indians announced it will not allow fans into
Progressive Field with "headdresses and face paint styled in a way that references or appropriates American Indian cultures
and traditions." Anyone wearing inappropriate or offensive images, words, dress or face paint must be covered or
removed, and failure to do so will constitute grounds for ejection or refusal of admission, the organization stated.
The Editor says...
The professional baseball teams derive their income by selling tickets to baseball games; and to a certain extent, by selling
the television rights to those games. (I suspect that every major league game is attended by a TV crew, whether the
entire game is televised or not, just in case something extraordinary happens.) The fans come to the game in person,
expecting to have an enjoyable experience. In Cleveland, for the last several decades, part of that experience has been
the opportunity to root for the Indians while dressing and acting like stereotypical cartoon Indians. Until very
recently, nobody thought for a moment that such behavior was offensive to Indians in general. But the fans don't like
to have their traditions uprooted, and they don't like to see leftist politics injected into their favorite sports, after
paying to attend the game (and park the car). If specific teams or the MLB organization put a wet blanket on the fans'
enthusiasm, they can expect to make less money.
Poll:
Solid Majority of Georgians Side with Loeffler, Perdue Against Renaming Atlanta Braves. Georgia's sitting
Republican Senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are preparing for a runoff election next month, and their opposition to
the Atlanta Braves' name change is popular with both Democrats and Republicans. According to recent polls, Georgia
voters — both Democrats and Republicans — oppose the Atlanta Braves dumping their Native American
name. The team was established way back in 1871. And even as they have moved from Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta, they
were always the Braves. Though, activists are again trying to force the team to change its "offensive" name. Thus
far, it appears that the Englewood, Colorado-based Liberty Media Corporation that owns the team is sticking with its nearly
150-year-old name. However, the pressure is mounting.
Cleveland
Indians Surrender On Name Change. First, we had the arrival of the "Washington Football Team." Are we now about
to see the birth of the "Cleveland Baseball Team," or will they actually manage to come up with a permanent name and a new mascot?
We should know soon enough because the Cleveland, Ohio franchise announced that they will be doing away with the "Indians" name they've
had for more than a century. And like virtually everything else in the current era, it's all about the racism.
Cleveland
to drop 'Indians' moniker: Report. "Cleveland Indians" will reportedly go the way of "Washington
Redskins." The New York Times reported Sunday evening [12/13/2020], citing "three people familiar with the decision"
that the Indians could announce the change as early as this week, though the team plans to keep its current moniker for the
2021 season. According to the Times, it wasn't immediately clear what the team's exact time frame and plans are.
CNN
plays with alternative history by airing altered Biden family photo. CNN this week aired an altered family
photo of Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The original picture shows Hunter wearing a cap bearing the
logo of the football team then known as the Washington Redskins. But the photo that appeared Monday on CNN shows no
sign of the football team's Native American-based logo. The Biden campaign is responsible for the edits. It
maintains it airbrushed the photo for copyright purposes. "We removed the image because it is copyrighted, as is a very
common practice on campaigns," an aide said Wednesday [9/9/2020]. A spokesperson for CNN confirmed that, going forward,
the cable network will show only the unedited version of the picture.
The Editor says...
Translation: We'll never show that picture again.
Biden
campaign admits removing Washington Redskins logo from family photo, cites copyright concerns. The Biden
campaign confirmed Wednesday that it was behind the removal of a Washington Redskins logo from a decades-old photograph of
Joe Biden and his young son. The logo-less photo aired on CNN Monday night [9/7/2020] during a special called "Fight for
the White House: Joe Biden's Long Journey." A campaign aide told Fox News the logo was removed from the photo because
it is "copyrighted" and claimed that such a step is "a very common practice on campaigns." Washingtonian Magazine, citing a
CNN source, first reported that the network had received the altered photograph from the Biden campaign. The source
vowed to Washingtonian that future airings of the special would feature the original image.
The
Redskins Are One More Thing Wealthy Transplants Have Taken From Blue-Collar Locals. The first Washington
Redskins game I remember attending was their November 10, 1991 dismantling of the Atlanta Falcons during their last Super
Bowl season. I was not yet eight years old. Thanks largely to my father, who had been cheering for the Redskins
since he was a kid in 1960s Alabama (the owner at the time, George Preston Marshall, had effectively promoted the team on
television in the South), I was a diehard fan. Of course, I remember the eight touchdowns the boys in Burgundy and Gold
scored that day. My most vivid memory was not athletic, but social — it was the first time in my life I was
immersed in black culture.
NFL
fans troll the Redskins as they reveal their new name for 2020 season is 'Washington Football Team'. NFL fans
are trolling the team formerly known as the Redskins for revealing their hotly-anticipated new name on Thursday:
Washington Football Team. In an announcement on Thursday, the team said: 'We're retiring our old name — and
building a new kind of team. For the upcoming season, we're calling ourselves The Washington Football Team.' The
new logo is the word Washington with the 'Football Team, EST 1932' beneath it. It replaces the old logo, which was
of a Native American chief.
Poll:
Less Than 30 Percent Of Americans Say Redskins Should Change Their Name. Nearly half of respondents of a
national poll conducted by Morning Consult are just fine with the name of NFL team The Washington Redskins. The
football team, which has been for years accused of racism against Native Americans despite polls finding Native American
majorities support the name, has been slated for change to placate a small group of online leftist agitators. However,
it turns out that far more Americans believe the name ought to remain than those who prefer a more culturally sensitive
name. According to the poll, 49 percent of respondents believe the Redskins should keep their nickname, with only
29 percent in favor of the upcoming change and 22 percent unsure. When broken down by generation, the nickname is
less popular with Gen Z than with any others. Forty-five percent of Gen Z are in favor of changing the name, with
only 23 percent supporting the nickname's maintenance.
15
female ex-Redskins employees accuse co-workers of sexual harassment. Fifteen former Washington Redskins female
employees are accusing the NFL organization of sexual harassment and fostering a toxic culture of verbal abuse and ignoring
complaints, according to an explosive report by the Washington Post. The women say they were subject to unwelcome
comments about their bodies and sexual advances, and encouraged to dress provocatively and flirt with sales clients. Of
the five male employees primarily accused of misconduct, two were fired and one retired within the past week as the newspaper
presented findings from conducting more than 40 interviews and reviewing internal documents and text messages to the team for
reaction. Team owner Daniel Snyder is not accused of sexual harassment but members of his inner circle are, and he was
blamed for understaffing a human relations department and publicly belittling employees, which created fear of backlash,
within the report.
There's
a Washington football bombshell coming and it's not about the name. The removal of a racist nickname won't end
Daniel Snyder's problems. Not long after the Washington owner announced that his team would no longer be known as the
Redskins, a series of cryptic tweets from local reporters emerged, warning of an imminent bombshell set to shake the
franchise to its core. "The warped and toxic culture of the Washington Football Team is about to be exposed in a
sickening fashion ... Again," wrote CBS' Jason La Canfora, a former team beat reporter. Julie Donaldson of NBC Sports
Washington also wrote, "What's coming is disappointing and sad." Though it remains unclear what will surface, several
other reporters have also been tipped off to news that could be devastating to the team.
Washington
NFL team gets angry, lawyers up ahead of imminent bombshell. Soon, Washington will wish speculation was its
biggest issue. Team officials of the franchise formerly known as the Redskins are "highly upset/frustrated" over the
increasing number of cryptic tweets and stories preparing the public for an imminent bombshell from the Washington Post,
exposing the organization's troublesome past "culture," according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. In preparation for the
report expected to be released this week, Washington has hired attorney Beth Wilkinson to "review the organization's
protocols," Schefter said. Wilkinson confirmed to NPR that she was brought in by the team. "We can confirm that
our firm was retained by the team to do an independent review of the team's culture, policies and allegations of workplace
misconduct," Wilkinson wrote.
The
History Behind Washington Redskins' Logo Makes It All the More Disappointing They're Dropping It. After a
long-running battle in which they took a strong stand against political correctness and bullying from the mainstream media
and a small minority of supposed spokespersons for all Native Americans, the Washington Redskins announced Monday [7/13/2020]
that they would be dropping both the Redskins name and logo, with a new name and logo to be decided on and revealed at a
later time. You'll note that in their announcement the first group the Redskins noted they wanted to keep in the loop
on their decision-making process was not the fans or the community, but their sponsors. Because threats from
their corporate sponsors (who received pressure from the woke bullies mentioned above) along the lines of not selling
Redskins merch and/or refusing to continue sponsoring the team is ultimately what led to this decision.
Redskins announce
retirement of name, logo: No replacement revealed. The Washington Redskins announced Monday [7/13/2020]
they will change their team name and logo after about 87 years of using it, in the wake of corporate and public pressure to
ditch the moniker over racial connotations. The Redskins did not announce a new name.
The Editor says...
I hope the new name and
logo has something to do with graft, mendacious wastefulness, backstabbing, crooked lawyers, and greed. The Washington
team should play by an entirely different set of rules: Naturally the entire team must be black. No penalties
could be applied to any specific player. If the goalposts move, or the ball is halfway deflated, nobody will have to
explain why. The TV announcers would openly cheer for the Washington team, abandoning any pretense of objectivity, and
constantly lying about every number on the scoreboard, and after the game, the announcers will always claim that the
Washington team won — even if it was obvious that they didn't. I could go on and on; indeed, I have already.
The
left should talk about Chicago rather than changing team names. Talk about messed-up priorities.
Apparently, Washington, one of the legendary NFL franchises, will retire the name "Redskins" to please people who get angry
about stuff like that. Seriously, have you ever met anyone who got that worked up about a team mascot?
Amazon
says it will drop Washington NFL team's merchandise. The perennially losing NFL team that uses a slur as its
nickname will have its merchandise scrubbed from Amazon's website, the online shopping giant said Wednesday [7/8/2020].
Amazon joins other retailers including Walmart and Target that have moved to drop products bearing the Washington franchise's mascot.
Report:
Washington Redskins Will Likely Change To The Washington Warriors. The Washington Redskins might soon be the
Washington Warriors. The Redskins are currently in the process of reviewing the team's name, and there's almost
certainly a 100% chance it gets changed. It sounds like Warriors is leading the pack.
Trump
rips Redskins, Indians for eyeing name changes to be 'politically correct'. President Trump waded deeper into
the culture wars roiling the US on Monday — defending the team names of the Washington Redskins and Cleveland
Indians and slamming them for being "politically correct." "They name teams out of STRENGTH, not weakness, but now the
Washington Redskins & Cleveland Indians, two fabled sports franchises, look like they are going to be changing their names in
order to be politically correct. Indians, like Elizabeth Warren, must be very angry right now!" Trump tweeted. The
Redskins, who have long faced criticism from Native American groups and others, said last week it would consider a name change.
19 Names The
Redskins Could Adopt Just To [Annoy] The Woke Mob. Cancel culture is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable
future, which means that the name for Washington D.C.'s NFL franchise — the Washington Redskins — is
pretty likely to go. It was only a matter of time, of course. Thanks to years of public pressure that culminated
in the woke do-gooders at FedEx, the company that sponsors the stadium, formally requesting a change on Thursday, the
organization is set to "undergo a thorough review of the team's name."
Another Team Mulls
Name Change, This Time the Cleveland Indians. Now that the Washington Redskins are doing a thorough review of their name and
connotations as a possible prelude to a name change, Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians have decided to do the same.
Redskins Name and Mascot Change May Come Before
'20 Season. The Washington Redskins announced Friday [7/3/2020] that they "will undergo a thorough review of
the team's name," and sources told The Washington Post that the team is likely to change its name and mascot. The
switch could "potentially" occur in time for the 2020 season, one source told the Post, while another said "it's trending
that way." "It's not a matter of if the name changes but when," a source told the Post. Owner Dan Snyder, who bought
the team in 1999 for $800 million, long has resisted calls to change the name.
FedEx
asks Washington Redskins to change its offensive name and logo as Nike removes all gear from its website. The
Washington Redskins are facing growing pressure to rebrand as FedEx, a top sponsor, has officially requested a name change
while Nike, the NFL's apparel provider, has removed team merchandise from its website. FedEx said in a statement
Thursday it had requested the team change its name, ostensibly using its leverage as the title sponsor of the Redskins'
stadium in Landover, Maryland to persuade team owner Daniel Snyder. Meanwhile, the NFL's official apparel provider,
Nike, has made no statement over the matter, but silently scrapped all merchandise bearing the team's name or logo from its
online store.
Spike
Lee blasts Redskins' name. Director Spike Lee said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should pressure Redskins
owner Dan Snyder to change the team's nickname and logo. Lee's comments echo a renewed call for Washington to change
the name in light of the nationwide protests of racial injustice. Lee made his remarks on the same day as city
officials removed the statue of Redskins founding owner and segregationist George Preston Marshall on Friday [6/19/2020].
Statue
of Redskins founding owner George Preston Marshall removed outside RFK Stadium. The statue of former Washington
Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who nicknamed his team the Redskins and was the last NFL owner to integrate his
franchise, was removed Friday from outside the team's former home at RFK Stadium in D.C. Events DC, the government
agency who oversees RFK Stadium, said the removal was an "overdue step on the road to lasting equality and justice."
After years of resisting, Marshall was forced to integrate the Redskins in 1961 when the franchise faced pressure from the
federal government to do so. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall threatened to revoke the lease of D.C. Stadium, which was
on federally owned land, unless Washington added a black player.
Vikings
to face Washington Redskins, rally protesting Washington mascot expected. The Minnesota Vikings will attempt to
keep a winning streak alive Thursday night [10/24/2019] at U.S. Bank Stadium. [...] Ahead of the game, there will be a march
and rally to protest Washington's team name. Thousands of people are expected to surround the stadium during the "Not
Your Mascot" rally. Protesters say the Washington Redskins mascot is offense and degrading to Native Americans.
Somewhat related: TV
Station Accused of Racism for 'Braves Scalped' Headline After MLB Game. A Bay Area TV station was accused of racism for
broadcasting the caption "Braves Scalped," after Wednesday's [10/9/2019] National League Division Series game between the Atlanta Braves
and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals trounced the Braves in a 13-1 final in Game 5 of the NLDS. But as soon
as the game ended, KTVU broadcast a headline that some found offensive.
Similarly related: Farewell,
Tomahawk Chop! I don't care much about this and have never been a fan of the Atlanta Braves, although I liked
the '50s Milwaukee version, featuring Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Johnny Logan, Bill Bruton, etc.
Poll
of Native Americans' view of Redskins name finds "proud" most common answer. A new survey has found that Native
Americans are more likely to be proud than offended by the name of the Washington Redskins. The survey, as reported by
the Washington Post, asked 500 people who identify as Native American to pick from a list of words which one best described
their feelings about the Redskins name. The word most picked was "proud."
Redskins
owner rolls up in $180M yacht to find title sponsor for new stadium. Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder
roared up to Cannes Lions in his $180 million yacht as ad sources speculated he's in town to find a title sponsor for the
team's new stadium. Snyder, worth an estimated $2.2 billion, hopes to build a new facility at the site of RFK
Stadium — the team's historic former home — in DC. He has reportedly been working with
congressional Republicans and the Trump administration to include language in a new federal spending bill that would help
pave the way for the new stadium. The Redskins' lease for their current stadium, FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland,
expires in 2027, but Snyder has made it clear he'd like the team to leave the facility earlier if they can.
Ballpark
mustard maker drops Indians' Chief Wahoo logo. The maker of Cleveland's ballpark mustard is removing the Chief
Wahoo logo from its branding and packaging to maintain longstanding ties with the Cleveland Indians baseball team.
Top
'Chief Wahoo' critic off to prison for stealing $77K from Native Americans. Irony is alive and well in
Cleveland after the top "Chief Wahoo" critic was sentenced to four months in prison for stealing funds meant for Native
Americans. Robert Roche, 71, was sentenced this week in federal court for the thievery of $77,000 in grants for Native
American causes. He must pay back the money as restitution, in addition to time served and four months of home
confinement, The Associated Press reported Wednesday [8/29/2018].
Trademark protection for the Washington
Redskins' name . [Scroll down to #532] In June 2014, the Obama administration revoked trademark protection for the Washington Redskins'
name because some people thought it was offensive. This sets a horrible precedent. Just about every R-rated movie
includes content that someone would consider offensive, whether that content be violence, sex, profanity, etc. The same
can be said for the content of many books, the lyrics of many songs, the content of many paintings, etc. If any copyright,
patent, trademark, etc., can be revoked because someone finds it offensive, then I can't even begin to imagine how much damage
this would cause to the concept of intellectual property, as well as to the arts, sciences, music, literature, movies, etc.
There is no such thing as a right to not be offended.
Political
Correctness Kills Chief Wahoo. Political correctness has officially killed Chief Wahoo. The Cleveland
Indians' logo that's been in official use since 1947 will be gone after the 2018 season, it was reported Monday [1/29/2018].
The caricature of a Native American, which is beloved by Cleveland fans far and wide, has been under attack for years by Native
American groups for being racist. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred also objected to the logo's use and had
been pressuring team owner Paul Dolan to change it.
Indians
removing Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019. Divisive and hotly debated, the Chief Wahoo logo is being
removed from the Indians' uniform next year. The polarizing mascot is coming off the team's jersey sleeves and caps
starting in the 2019 season, a move that will end Chief Wahoo's presence on the field but may not completely silence those
who deem it racist.
Native
advocates stage clever Redskins name change hoax. This is a case where you absolutely have to give the devil
his due. A Native American advocacy group has been circulating fake stories on social media depicting major sports
media outlets announcing that the Washington Redskins were changing their name to the "Washington Redhawks." Great care
was taken in designing a webpage that exactly duplicates pages from the Washington Post, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and others.
Civil
Rights Groups Ask Media Not to Say 'Redskins' to Honor Thanksgiving. Civil rights groups sent a letter to media
organizations today asking that they not use the Washington Redskins' name as the team plays the New York Giants on Thanksgiving,
arguing they should respect a day symbolizing unity between Native Americans and Americans descended from immigrants.
School
bans students from wearing Redskins gear. Students at a Maryland private school have been told to leave their
Washington Redskins apparel at home when football season kicks off. Neal Brown, head of school at the Green Acres
School in North Bethesda, asked parents not to send their children to school with the NFL team's logo or name. In
the letter, Brown wrote that "the term "Redskin" is a racial slur.
The Editor says...
Why has Redskins only recently become an offensive word? Because "racism" has only
recently become an all-purpose indefensible accusation that most of us would prefer to avoid.
Somewhat related: Indians
on verge of tossing Chief Wahoo against owner's wishes. The owner of the Indians appears to be reluctantly
submitting to eliminating Chief Wahoo. The logo, which features a smiling cartoon image of a Native American, is
considered by many to be one of the most offensive team logos in professional sports. The public backlash has been so
prevalent that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred began pressuring the organization to get rid of Chief Wahoo.
DOJ Was Right to End the Battle Against the Redskins.
Great news for football fans, free speech warriors, and 90 percent of Native Americans: Due to a recent Supreme Court ruling, the Trump administration
has ended Obama's silly attack on the Washington Redskins.
Supreme
Court ruling paves way for Redskins to resume, likely win trademark fight. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that
federal trademarks of terms some consider derogatory are covered by the First Amendment, a decision that, in all likelihood, will
clear the way for the Washington Redskins to get back trademarks that were canceled in 2014 after complaints by Native Americans.
Boost
to Redskins case: Supreme Court says government can't refuse disparaging trademarks. The government
cannot censor trademarks on the grounds they may be offensive to some, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major decision
that could also clear the way for the Washington Redskins football team to maintain its trademarks. The case before the
high court involved an Asian rock band named "The Slants." The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office originally denying the band's
name, saying it was a racial slur that violated the agency's policy, based on federal law, that prohibits granting disparaging
trademarks. Justices, though, said that violated the First Amendment.
Supreme
Court rejects Redskins' trademark appeal case. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the Washington
Redskins' legal challenge to a lower court ruling to cancel the team's trademarks on the grounds the name is offensive to
Native Americans. Instead, the high court will hear a different case involving an Asian-American rock band in order to
issue a ruling on federally registered trademarks. The Oregon-based band The Slants and the Redskins have argued
separately that a 1946 federal law barring trademarks on "disparaging" terms, such as racial slurs, violates free speech
rights under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed last week to take The Slants' case but rejected the
Redskins' on Monday [10/3/2016].
Supreme
Court Will Hear Ban On Offensive Trademarks. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law banning
the registration of offensive or disparaging trademarks violates the First Amendment. The case has major implications
for the Washington Redskins, whose trademark was stripped by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and a federal judge last
year. The judge concluded that the team name was offensive to Native Americans.
Oklahoma
Native American Says He Was Attacked Over Redskins Shirt. An Oklahoma college student visiting Washington D.C.
on a school trip, says he was beat up for wearing a Redskins Jersey. And the person he got into a fight with was a
White House official in charge of American Indian education. Barrett Dahl is Native American and a member of both the
Choctaw and Sac and Fox Nations. He is also autistic. He says he wore the Redskins shirt because he was in
Washington D.C. and because he sees it as a sense of cultural pride. However, when he showed up wearing it at a
Pow Wow that's when the trouble started.
Redskins
name offensive to sports journalists, but not to 90 percent of Native Americans. Do Native Americans oppose the
name Washington Redskins the way so many sportswriters do? Quick answer: No. The Washington Post has gone
to the trouble of conducting a nationwide survey of Native Americans, the first since 2004. The results: "Nine in
10 Native Americans say they are not offended by the Washington Redskins name, according to a new Washington Post poll that
shows how few ordinary Indians have been persuaded by a national movement to change the football team's moniker.
I'm
dropping my protest of Washington's football team name. A Washington Post poll released Thursday has confirmed
that the vast majority of American Indians don't consider the name of Washington's professional football team to be
offensive. Why should this bother me? After all, I'm a longtime, devoted fan of the burgundy and gold. A
season ticket holder for more than a decade. Most of my fellow fans will feel relief and vindication that 9 out of 10
Native Americans judge the name to be innocent — just as team owner Snyder and the National Football League have
said all along.
Poll
finds large majority of Native Americans are OK with "Redskins". A poll of Native Americans found that the vast
majority do not object to the Washington NFL team's name. The Washington Post commissioned a poll with a randomly
selected national sample of 504 Native American adults. That poll asked, "The professional football team in Washington
calls itself the Washington Redskins. As a Native American, do you find that name offensive, or doesn't it bother
you?" The result was a strong argument for Dan Snyder's case that his team does not need to change its name: A
whopping 90 percent answered that the name doesn't bother them. Only 9 percent called the name offensive,
with 1 percent having no opinion.
The
Redskins and Liberal Logic. [T]he Washington Post on Friday published a poll that categorically demonstrates that Native
Americans by a huge majority do not consider the moniker of Washington, D.C.'s football team — Redskins — offensive. This
should deal a substantial blow to the movement to force the team to change its name, which is now conclusively revealed to be
made up of nothing more than a tiny minority of Native American activists supported by mainstream leftists Democrat politicians
anxious to find yet another way to balkanize and divide the public.
The
Washington Redskins Controversy is Liberal Paternalism At Its Worst. I laughed out loud this morning reading
this headline from The Washington Post, a reaction to their poll yesterday [5/19/2016] finding 9 out of 10 Native
Americans don't care about the name "Washington Redskins." So yeah, it turns out that for the past three years, when countless
thought pieces and editorials demanded the Redskins change their name because of the anguish and deep offense felt by Native Americans,
that was a load of bull. It's actually offensive because it just is, and if actual Indians don't care they just need to
get with the program and listen to their betters.
Hail to the Un-PC Redskins. Whether
or not the Redskins prevail in this battle is just the tip of the iceberg. In recent years it has become obvious that something we once
considered sacrosanct, freedom of speech, has come under increased pressure in the United States. [...] It would be wise if those among us who
think speech should be regulated take a good look at our leaders in Washington and ask themselves, do we really want those people, or any
other people for that matter, to be the arbiters of what can be expressed?
Ruling
Upholding Offensive Trademarks Could Give Redskins a Boost. In a First Amendment ruling that could give a boost
to the Washington Redskins' legal battle over its name, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday [12/22/2015] that the government
can't reject trademarks for being disparaging or offensive.
Labor
Department throws football party, but bans Redskins jerseys. When the U.S. Labor Department's Center for Civil
Rights wanted to celebrate its accomplishments last week, its managers threw the staff a football-themed tailgate party in
the office parking lot. [...] Even the regular office dress policy was relaxed. "Show your team spirit and wear your favorite
sports or club theme gear and come and enjoy tailgating favorites like dips, chili, chicken wings, nachos and more game-day grub,"
the invite said. There was only stipulation: no Washington Redskins jerseys, paraphernalia or memorabilia.
Parents
Push For Redskins Ban In Maryland Public School District. Parents in a Washington, D.C., suburb are calling on
the local school board to ban all Washington Redskins attire from classrooms. Jared Hautamaki was dropping his child off
at Highland Elementary School in Montgomery County, Md., in September when he noticed the school's principal wearing a shirt
emblazoned with the the Redskins logo, and was immediately offended.
Obama
Pushes Adidas to Work with Redskins on Changing Team Name. Thursday at the 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference, President
Barack Obama praised Adidas for working with schools to remove Native American mascots and urged them to do the same for the Redskins.
German
Company Adidas to Finance Stripping Native American Mascots from U.S. High Schools. Adidas enabled more
political correctness across the nation on Thursday by offering to pay for free design resources to high schools looking to
replace Native American mascots, nicknames, imagery, or symbolism. The German athletic shoe and apparel manufacturer's
fight for social justice announced the initiative in conjunction with the White House Tribal Nations Conference. On top
of offering free design, Adidas plans to underwrite at least a portion of the cost for the high schools' mascot transition.
Apache
leader offended by Redskins name wore blackface for Halloween. An American Indian leader and outspoken opponent
of the Washington Redskins' team name reportedly dressed up in blackface for Halloween. Terry Rambler, chairman of the
San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona, posted a Facebook picture of himself as Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley, complete with a
dreadlocks wig and blackface makeup, the New York Post reported.
Apache
leader who criticized Redskins is sorry for Halloween blackface costume. Two years ago, San Carlos Apache
chairman Terry Rambler was at the White House, meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the "racially offensive" name
of the Washington Redskins. Last week, Rambler was in blackface. On Sunday [11/1/2015], the Arizona tribe leader
posted a Facebook photo of himself dressed as Bob Marley for Halloween, complete with fake dreadlocks and blackface makeup.
The picture has caused outrage, especially given Rambler's own public protests against racism towards Native Americans.
Redskins
owner among the big donors to Jeb Bush super-PAC. The super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush's presidential bid posted a
massive $103 million fundraising haul over the past six months, boosted by 24 individual donors who gave at least $1 million
apiece. The Right to Rise super-PAC filed its fundraising numbers with the Federal Election Commission on Friday [7/31/2015],
giving new insight into the political and financial power-players opening their wallets for the former Florida governor.
'Hail
to the Redskins'. A judge, perhaps a Cowboys fan, canceled the registration of the trademark of
the name this week, getting the name of Gerald Bruce Lee in the papers, too. [...] Mr. Lee — a storied
name, that — upheld the decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the name "Redskins" is racist
and offensive, though on a typical Sunday afternoon in November in Washington no one would think so. Another
appeal is expected, and Judge Lee's order actually doesn't change much. The club can keep the name for now.
Obama
administration likely to block new Redskins stadium. The National Park Service (NPS)
owns the land under the 54-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, a venue two miles east of
the Capitol that hosted the Redskins from 1961 to 1996. Some city leaders want to demolish the
current stadium and build a new one to lure the football team back from suburban Maryland. But
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department includes the NPS, told D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in
April that, unless the Redskins change their name, the Obama administration would not work to accommodate
construction of a new venue, according to The Washington Post.
Obama
stiff-arms Constitution: Admin lawyers fight 'Redskins' trademark. The Washington
Redskins' name is commercial speech and isn't the kind of free expression protected by the First
Amendment, the Obama administration told a federal court this week in defending a ruling that has
stripped the football team of trademark protections. The team's name itself is not at stake, but
if the trademark is canceled, the name becomes less valuable because the owners would struggle to
enforce their trademark against anyone who wanted to use the name or Indian logo on their own merchandise.
The
Redskins: A Yankee Doodle Moment. Once again, the controversy over the symbol and name of the
Washington Redskins is in the news. Some Native-Americans are saying that it is "disrespectful",
"insulting", and "offensive". In fact, the name and symbol of the football team is so offensive
that it has grabbed the attention of the President of the United States; [...]
Obama
lawyers go to court to fight Redskins over team name. The Obama administration joined
a lawsuit opposing the Washington Redskins' team trademark on Friday [1/9/2015], filing court papers
to defend the federal law that gives the government the power to deny recognition to trademarks it
believes to be disparaging. The Patent and Trademark Office's appeals board had revoked the NFL
team's trademarks last year, finding that they were offensive and so they weren't protected under
federal law. The Justice Department said it agrees with them, and will fight a lawsuit by
the team's owners seeking to overturn the federal Lanham Act as a violation of free speech.
FCC
rules 'Redskins' can stay on the air. The Federal Communications Commission on
Thursday ruled the name "Redskins" is not profane or obscene. In a formal ruling, the
commission rejected calls to yank the broadcast license of a radio station owned by Washington
Redskins owner Dan Snyder for excessively using the team's name, which some find offensive.
Redskins
Can Sue American Indians Over Team's Trademark. The National Football League's
Washington Redskins can sue a group of American Indians for seeking to block trademark protection
for its name, which has been criticized as offensive. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in
Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday denied a request to dismiss the case. Throwing out the complaint
would deprive the team of the opportunity to review the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision
to cancel the mark as disparaging, Lee said in his ruling.
The Real Story Behind the
Redskins Name. Recently, I was lucky enough to sit down with M. Andre Billeaudeaux who
is the author of a new book entitled How the Redskins Got Their Name. Obviously, the
controversy over whether the NFL team's name is racist is going to be a subject of debate for a long
time to come. I was on the fence as to whether the name was a racial slur. But after my interview
with Andre, I came away completely convinced that those who view the name as being a derogatory slur
against Native Americans truly lack an understanding of the history of the team as well as the
history of the word "Redskin" itself.
Bill
introduced to strip tax exemption from Redskins. Washington D.C.'s non-voting Del.
Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill Wednesday [11/12/2014] that would strip tax-exempt status from
professional sports teams that associate with the Redskins team name, which she said "has officially
been found offensive." Norton's bill is a companion measure to one offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell,
D-Wa. Norton, a Democrat, cited a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny
the renewal of the Redskins name, which is currently under appeal by team owner Daniel Snyder.
Redskins
War Continues as Bill Introduced to Revoke Team's Tax-Exempt Status. Congress coming
back into session after the long campaign break means quick legislative action — against
the Washington Redskins. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) introduced on Wednesday [11/12/2014] a bill to
amend section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code to "prohibit tax-exempt status for professional
sports leagues that promote or allow a member club or franchise connected to that league to benefit
from the Washington football team name, a derogatory term that has officially been found offensive."
It's companion legislation to a bill filed in the upper chamber by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).
The Editor says...
It's a sad and dangerous day when the government can declare specific terms to be "officially" offensive.
Washington
Redskins buses crash on the way to Minnesota Vikings game. It was a bad day for the
Washington Redskins as the football team was involved in a bus crash before a crowd of 5,000
protesters descended on the stadium rallying against the squad's divisive nickname. [...] Two of the
Redskin team buses were driving with a police escort to the stadium at around 8.30 am when one
bus took a wrong turn and crashed into the back of the other.
In
Arizona, a Navajo high school emerges as a defender of the Washington Redskins. The
fans poured into the bleachers on a Friday night, erupting in "Let's go, Redskins!" chants that
echoed across a new field of artificial turf, glowing green against a vast dun-colored landscape.
Inside the Red Mesa High School locker room, Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" blared on the stereo as
players hurried to strap on their helmets and gather for a pregame prayer and pep talk.
Why
Isn't The Media Outraged About The Kansas City Chiefs? Last night [9/29/2014] on
Monday Night Football, the ESPN crew couldn't stop praising the loud, engaged home crowd at the
Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium. They opened the game with a ceremony where running back
Christian Okoye, "The Nigerian Nightmare", pounded on a giant drum as tens of thousands of Chiefs
fans cheered on. The crowd, many of whom wore feathers and American Indian-themed garb, chanted and
did the Tomahawk Chop. [...] But I gotta ask, where's the outrage from the politically correct?
Bob Costas? Phil Simms? Keith Olbermann? Don't you have anything to say about this?
FCC Mulls
Banning Redskins Name. The Federal Communications Commission is weighing whether to
ban TV stations from saying the name of Washington's football team. A law professor filed a
petition with the agency earlier this month, claiming that the name "Redskins" violates federal
rules barring any indecent content on broadcast television. At a press conference Tuesday, FCC
Chairman Tom Wheeler said he is reviewing the filing.
The
FCC May Start Fining Stations for Saying 'Redskins' On Air. Tom Wheeler, chairman of
the Federal Communications Commission, indicated Tuesday that the FCC may begin fining broadcasters
for saying the Washington Redskins name on air. The FCC recently received a petition from John
Banzhaf III, a legal activist and George Washington University professor, calling on the agency to
strip a Washington, D.C., radio station of its broadcasting license for using the name, according to
Reuters.
FCC
Considering Whether to Ban TV Stations from Saying Redskins. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler
has already called on Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team's name, and according to National
Journal, Wheeler said on Tuesday [9/30/2014] his agency is considering a petition from George Washington
University law professor John Banzhaf in which Banzhaf urged the agency to ban the "racial slur"
because it is against the public interest.
FCC head: Redskins name 'derogatory'.
The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants the Washington Redskins to change the NFL team's name. "I don't use the term personally
and I think it is offensive and derogatory," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told Broadcasting and Cable.
Redskins
radio license challenged, team name called 'profanity,' 'hate crime'. One of
Washington's top litigators with a record of cowing Big Tobacco and Washington's Cosmos Club has
filed a petition with the FCC challenging the license of a radio station owned by the Washington
Redskins, a name he dubbed "profanity," and a "hate crime." John Banzhaf, a public interest law
professor at George Washington University, said that the license of station WWXX-FM (ESPN 980)
should not be renewed because it repeatedly uses the "ethnic slur" "Redskins," the type of
"profanity" the agency has blocked in the past.
Washington
Post editorial board stops using the word 'Redskins'. The Washington Post editorial
board said Friday that it will stop using the word "Redskins" when referring to Washington's
football team, joining a growing list of commentators who have renounced the term because they
believe it disparages Native Americans.
Mike
Ditka says Redskins name debate is 'so stupid it's appalling'. CBS Sports broadcaster
Phil Simms said Monday the he is considering not using the Redskins name when he calls the "Thursday
Night Football" Redskins-Giants game on Sept. 25 because he is sensitive to complaints about the
name. Former Chicago Bears coach and ESPN analyst Mike Ditka made it clear that he has no such
reservations about using the name in a recent interview with Mike Richman of RedskinsHistorian.com.
"What's all the stink over the Redskin name?" Ditka said. "It's so much [expletive] it's incredible. [...]"
California
Assembly Votes to Change Washington Redskins' Name. Though the Washington Redskins
play for a city on the opposite coast, California lawmakers voted Monday to urge that the National
Football League team change its name because it is "believed by some to be a racial slur and to
promote discrimination against Native Americans."
Simms, Dungy
likely not to use 'Redskins' on TV. Two influential NFL voices — including
CBS lead analyst Phil Simms, who will handle Washington's Week 4 game — said Monday
[8/18/2014] they likely won't use the term "Redskins" when discussing the franchise.
Redskins
defend name, ask federal court to overturn trademark decision. The Washington Redskins
filed a lawsuit Thursday [8/14/2014] in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, seeking to overturn a U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office decision that canceled the team's trademark registration because it considers the name and
logo disparaging. The Redskins are suing five Native Americans who won the headline-making patent case
on June 18, providing them with a largely symbolic victory in their fight to force the team to change its
name. By suing in federal district court, the Redskins are asking for a chance to defend their name,
which they contend celebrates Native Americans.
Federal
judge takes stance against use of Redskins in court documents. The U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office isn't the only federal authority that has taken a stance against the name of the
Washington Redskins. A federal judge in Maryland issued a ruling last week that purposely did not
contain the team's name, which has been described as an offensive slur against Native Americans.
Why
the Left's Preoccupation with the Redskins? The Washington Redskins have been in
existence for 82 years. For about 80 of those years, virtually no one, including the vast majority
of American Indians, was troubled by the name. Yet, it is now of such importance to the American
left that the majority leader of the United States Senate has repeatedly demanded, from the floor of
the United States Senate, that the team drop its name; 50 United States senators, all of them
Democrats, have signed an open letter demanding the same; Sports Illustrated's Peter King no longer
uses the name; other leading sportswriters have adopted the same practice; and the president of the
United States has weighed in on the issue.
Redskins
name drew no public complaints, patent offices reveals. The recent decision by an
obscure administrative law board to cancel the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations came
despite the fact the agency hadn't received a single letter from a member of the public complaining
about the team's name, records show.
Native
Groups Look to Retire the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo. Amid the controversy
surrounding the Washington Redskins' team name, some Native American groups hope public outcry
turns toward a different team's symbol, more than 300 miles to the northwest: Chief Wahoo,
the bright red, wide-grinning face of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. "It's been offensive
since day one," Robert Roche, a Chiricahua Apache and longtime opponent of the Indians' team name
and logo, told NBC News. "We are not mascots. My children are not mascots. We are people."
We're All Redskins
Now. Conservatives should be disabused of any notion that the recent revocation of
the Redskins' trademark by the US Patent Office had anything at all to do with the disparagement of
Native Americans, real or perceived. On the contrary, the exercise in political correctness is
not about aggrieved Native Americans. It's about the power to redistribute wealth and to eliminate
private property. Essentially, the Left has declared that no person's or company's trademark (or
patent) is safe.
The
Federal Octopus. [Scroll down] In pre-Obama times, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office had a necessary and narrowly defined mission: to protect individual achievement
from improper infringement. But under Obama it too is now not a disinterested government agency but
an arm of the White House, which can be enlisted in the furtherance of a larger social agenda. Most
recently it waded into the controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins by rescinding the
football franchise's trademark rights to its name — on the basis, apparently, that the
president finds that name hurtful to Native Americans.
Patent
Office quandary: No to 'Redskins,' yes to [other stuff]? [Scroll down] So
where does that leave the Washington Redskins? Apparently out of luck, if the Patent Office's
interpretation of the law stands. In addition, many other trademarks could be in danger [...] if
the Patent Office evaluates them in the same light it has applied to some other cases. And a look at even
a small number of cases shows the Office has enormous leeway in deciding what passes muster and what doesn't.
The
patent office goes out of bounds in Redskins trademark case. Many of us recoil at the
reference to skin color as a team identity. The problem is that the Redskins case is just the
latest example of a federal agency going beyond its brief to inappropriately insert itself in
social or political debates. Few people would have expected the future of the Redskins to be
determined by an obscure panel in a relatively small government agency.
What
will finally be the last straw? There is a name for what the government did to the
Washington Redskins last week. It is called extortion. [...] And make no mistake, it is not so much
Native Americans who are wielding this cudgel, but the federal government itself, in a misbegotten
effort to beat Redskins' owner Dan Snyder until he gives up his team's 77-year hold on the name and
tradition because it offends some small sliver of society. I can think of no more clear example
of wresting a thing from someone by use of "authority" than this attempt at theft through bureaucracy.
Remember, this is a mascot that has served the football team since 1937 and on which the team has
built its reputation for excellence.
Redskins
decision may threaten 40+ Bay State high schools with Indian-themed mascots. Bay
State high school logos from the Tewksbury Redmen to the Wakefield Warriors could be history after
yesterday's bombshell trademark ruling against the Washington Redskins breathed new life into the
fight against Native American mascots, said two opposing advocates. More than 40 high schools in
Massachusetts use Native American images or names — but maybe not for long after the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled the Redskins name is offensive. "There are absolutely
concerns. The biggest concern should be in Tewksbury because their nickname is the Redmen as well,"
said Erich Thalheimer of Natick, who's fighting to bring the same logo back to his hometown high school.
Why
the Redskins Trademark Ruling Should Terrify You. The ruling was based on a dubious
argument that "redskins" is a slur against Native Americans. Well, then maybe we'd better rename
the state of Oklahoma, which drew its name from Choctaw words that mean "red people." Or maybe we
should petition the US Army to decommission the attack helicopter it named after a people it defeated in
1886. Then again, forget I mentioned it. I don't want to give anyone ideas. This
name-bullying has become a kind of sport for self-aggrandizing political activists, because if you
can force everyone to change the name of something — a sports team, a city, an entire
race of people — it demonstrates your power.
The
Redskins Ruling's Slippery Slope. According to the 1946 Lanham Act, the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office can't issue trademarks for a name or logo that "comprises immoral, deceptive,
or scandalous matter" or that "may disparage ... institutions, beliefs, or national symbols."
It's that latter part that the Patent Office used to revoke several Washington Redskins trademarks
this week, even though its previous attempt was thrown out by an appeals court in 1999 for insufficient
evidence of disparagement. The Patent Office might have better luck this time. At least
there is more political momentum behind today's effort to force the NFL team to change its name.
Patent
Office's Rejection of Redskins Trademark Violates First Amendment. [Scroll
down] The real issue is whether the Patent Office has the authority to invalidate a
registration based upon a viewpoint restriction such as one against "disparagement" of a group.
The previous case that spurred Eugene [Volokh]'s initial opinion on the issue was a Federal Circuit
case in which the court found that the "Stop the Islamization of America" trademark was disparaging
to Muslims. That case, like today's Patent Office decision, did not consider the First Amendment
at all.
Feds
patently wrong about the Redskins name. White man truly speak with forked tongue. In
a ruling as slippery as Bill Clinton's famous definition of what the meaning of the word "is" is, the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decided Wednesday [6/18/2014] to cancel the Washington Redskins'
trademarks. President Obama suggested in October that the football team should "think about
changing" its name, and here we are in June, and the administration is trying to force it to
comply. Funny how that works. Federal trademark law doesn't allow registration of a trademark
that "may disparage" individuals or groups or "bring them into contempt or disrepute." That little
helper verb "may" is the thin reed seized on by a small gaggle of aggrieved opportunists who insist
the name disparages Indians. They insist the government must force the team's owner, Dan Snyder,
to change it.
Hell to the Redskins.
The PTO refused all of the team's defense arguments including laches — a legal term
basically meaning that (due to equity concerns rather than something like a statute of limitations)
the plaintiff waited too long to assert his/its claim. However, in a similar case in 1992 in which
the PTO also revoked Redskins' trademarks for nearly identical reasons, a federal court overturned
the ruling based on laches, a decision that was eventually upheld after appeal and rehearing.
Washington
Redskins statement on trademark registration ruling. This ruling — which
of course we will appeal — simply addresses the team's federal trademark registrations,
and the team will continue to own and be able to protect its marks without the registrations. The
registrations will remain effective while the case is on appeal. When the case first arose more
than 20 years ago, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled on appeal in favor of the
Washington Redskins and their trademark registrations.
Redskins
lose trademark, Harry Reid says team will be 'forced' to change name. In what some
see as the first step to forcing the Washington Redskins football team to change their name, the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday [6/18/2014] cancelled six federal trademarks of the team name
because it's "disparaging" to Native Americans. "Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the
evidence that a substantial composite of Native Americans found the term REDSKINS to be disparaging,"
said the decision.
Patent
office cancels Redskins' trademarks, ruling it's 'disparaging'. The U.S. Patent
Office ruled Wednesday [6/18/2014] that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native
Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled. The 2-1 ruling
comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year. The team doesn't
immediately lose trademark protection and is allowed to retain it during an appeal.
Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid rejects Redskins tickets, calls name 'a racial slur'. Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., told Washington Redskins President Bruce Allen he is "promoting a racial slur by retaining the team
name. Reid sent a letter to Allen to reject his invitation to attend a Redskins game. Reid, whose state
includes 27 Native American tribes, said he won't reconsider the invitation until the Redskins name is dropped for a new name.
Kaine, Warner not among Senate Dems pressuring NFL to change Redskins'
name. Invoking the heated racial controversy triggered by basketball's Donald Sterling, the U.S. Senate has stepped up pressure
on the NFL to force the Washington Redskins to change their name. Fifty senators, all Democrats, have signed a letter released on
Thursday [5/22/2014] by Majority Leader Harry Reid that urges pro football's commissioner, Roger Goodell, to take action over concerns
that continued use of the Redskins brand is offensive to Native Americans.
50
Senators Tell NFL Commissioner to Follow NBA Example, Condemn 'Racist' Redskins. The congressional push to urge the
Washington Redskins to change the team's name has heretofore mostly been coming from the House, with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes
Norton (D) and nine other members of Congress firing off letters a year ago to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, team owner
Dan Snyder, the 31 other NFL franchises, and Redskins' sponsor FedEx to urge that the team's name be changed. Also
last spring, American Samoa Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D) introduced a bill, co-sponsored by those who signed the letter, to cancel
existing trademark registrations containing the term "redskin," and deny registration for new trademarks using the term.
UN expert weighs in on
Redskins controversy. A United Nations human rights expert says the name of the Washington Redskins
football team is a "hurtful reminder" of the mistreatment of Native Americans, but stopped short of joining in calls
for the team's owner to change the name.
Lawmakers
introduce bill to void 'Redskins' trademark. A group of House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill that would prevent
the term "Redskins" from being trademarked, a move intended to put pressure on the Washington football club to change its name.
The Non-Disparagement of American Indians in Trademark Registrations Act of 2013 is co-sponsored by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.),
and comes days after a federal trademark panel heard arguments over whether the team name was a slur.
Lewis,
Holmes Norton urge Washington Redskins to change team name. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes
Norton (D) are urging the Washington Redskins to seriously consider changing the team's name. Lewis, a civil-rights hero,
told The Hill that "we have to be sensitive" to the concerns that the name is offensive to some people. He said the NFL
team "should consider" a name change, pointing out that he has been asked similar questions about the Atlanta Braves's "Tomahawk
Chop," which has attracted criticism from Native American groups.
Rep.
Waxman Calls For Congressional Hearing on 'Offensive' Redskins Name. On Friday [5/9/2014], Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the
ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on Congress to have a hearing on the "offensive" and
"derogatory" Redskins name. [...] Waxman wrote that, "in the case of the Washington football team, the offensive conduct
is public, not private. But it is being condoned and defended by National Football League."
Oneida
Indians to meet with U.N. over Redskins name. The Oneida Indian Nation is scheduled to meet with human rights representatives of the
United Nations on Friday to discuss the Washington NFL club's team name — and the team says the U.N. should be working on world peace.
NFL
faces pressure from Congress to change Redskins' name. Two members of Congress have written a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
urging Goodell and the league "to take a formal position in support of a name change" by the Washington Redskins.
Fellow activists: Obama meets with
anti-Redskins casino honcho. President Obama is going to war against the Washington Redskins' team name, meeting Tuesday with a casino
executive to discuss anti-Redskins activism. Oneida Nation Enterprises CEO Ray Halbritter, who currently holds the title Nation Representative
for the Oneida nation, has waged a non-stop campaign to get the NFL franchise to change its name.
U.S. Trademark
Office Says 'Redskins' is Derogatory. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a request from a company to
sell pork rinds using the word "Redskins" because it deemed the term to be "derogatory slang."
Ombudsman: ESPN Considered Banning Use of 'Redskins'.
ESPN's ombudsman revealed that the network considered banning the use of "Redskins" but declined to do so because of the news that such a move would inevitably make.
Redskins Name Debate Reaches United
Nations. The Oneida Indian leader from upstate New York who has become a high-profile critic of the Washington Redskins' nickname
is taking his case to the United Nations. The Oneida Indian Nation says Ray Halbritter will meet Friday [1/24/2014] with the Assistant
Secretary-General for Human Rights at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan.
Obama
salutes NHL champions the Blackhawks... after calling on Redskins name offensive. Barack Obama potentially faces accusations of hypocrisy for
praising the Chicago Blackhawks weeks after saying the Washington Redskins should change their name because it was deemed racially offensive to American
Indians. The beaming President did not hide his desire to see more victorious teams from his home city when he hosted the NHL champions at the White
House yesterday [11/4/2013]. Neither he did not shy away from using the team's Native-American-derived handle — having last month said such
names offend 'a sizable group of people.'
The Editor says...
Every football crowd probably has a one-in-a-million freak who is offended by everything. If any organization that deals with the public stops to
consider the complaints of every individual, nothing will ever get done.
The Washington Redskins and Liberal Fascism.
Can we first note how absurd it is for Halbritter and co to blame the endemic problems of the Native American community on something as trivial as a
football team name? A football team name that, as Rick Reilly has noted, is proudly embraced by a number of Native Americans and Native American
institutions? It's Dan Snyder's fault that Native Americans are psychological train wrecks?
NBC Sports partnered with Oneida casino
prior to Costas Redskins rant. The disputed Indian leader pushing to change the Redskins team name had already entered into an undisclosed television
agreement with NBC Sports when Bob Costas delivered his on-air editorial condemning the Redskins name. The Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Casino in upstate
New York, overseen by gaming mogul and disputed Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter, will host its first NBC "Fight Night" production November 16 with
the IBF heavyweight title fight between Tomasz Adamek and Vyacheslav Glazkov. NBC already had the deal in place to broadcast from Turning Stone when Bob Costas
delivered a halftime editorial during NBC's October 13 primetime broadcast of the Cowboys-Redskins game.
Documents: Anti-Redskins Indian
leader not a legitimate member of his tribe. The American Indian leader spearheading the campaign to change the name of the Washington Redskins
is not a legitimate member of the tribe he leads, according to a New York State Assemblywoman, but rather an Obama crony who is raking in casino money and
paying back only small stipends to his tribe members.
Anti-Redskins campaigner runs abusive tribal
government, Oneida members say. Ray Halbritter, the disputed tribal leader pushing for the Washington Redskins to change their team name, employs a crisis
communications firm that also represents CashForGold.com and a lawyer who represents IRS scandal figure Lois Lerner as he struggles to protect a casino empire that
disenfranchises valid members of the Oneida Nation.
The Editor says...
The team's name may be a harmful and derisive stereotype, but it certainly brings in heap big wampum! Isn't it amusing that people pay good money
to watch grown men break each other's ribs, and then whimper about hurting the feelings of perpetual victims who, by and large, have never complained
about this issue.
It's Time to Worry. We
have a nonsensical battle going on now over the name of the Washington Redskins, a name the team has carried proudly for more than 80 years.
President Obama weighed in on it, why I don't know. He told the Associated Press that if it "was offending a sizable group of people, I'd think about
changing it." Is that how we determine our free speech rights now? We take a poll and if enough people are offended, we limit the rights of the
others?
'Meet the Press' weighs in on Redskins name controversy.
"The Redskins name has existed for 80 years," team attorney Lanny Davis said. "The original coach of the Redskins was a Native American, "This is about loving an athletic team.
It's not about disrespecting or disparaging anyone. But Davis' explanation isn't good enough for those who have a problem with the name, including the Oneida Nation, which protested when
the Redskins faced the Packers earlier this season.
D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into 'Washington Redtails'. A D.C.
Council member is preparing to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins to change its name, perhaps to the Washington
Redtails. Council member David Grosso, an independent elected last year, said he plans to pursue his non-binding resolution because
the current name is "a derogatory, racist name."
Race-Hustling Results: Part II. The argument is
that American Indians are offended by the name, though there is no compelling evidence that most American Indians are worked up about it. Nor is there any evidence
that anyone intended the name to be insulting, either by this team or any number of other sports teams that have called themselves some variation of the name "Indians." [...]
Nevertheless, Dartmouth, Stanford and other colleges that once called their teams Indians succumbed to the politically correct pressures and changed their names.
But that is no reason why the Washington Redskins should succumb to those pressures.
Poll:
71% don't think Redskins should change name. Washington's NFL club said Thursday [1/2/2014] that a poll showing public support for
the team keeping its name "demonstrates continued, widespread and deep opposition to the Redskins changing our name." The poll
released by Public Policy Polling on Thursday found that 71% do not think the team should change its name, while 18% said the team
should change it and 11% said they are not sure.
Why the Redskins Get Under Their Skin. President Obama hasn't
brought about hope and change nor have they turned America into the socialist paradise. With no hope or change to be found, they have to be aggrieved and angry
about something. The more trivial that something, the better. The Left lusts for power to change anything it can anywhere it can regardless of whether
anything better actually comes of that change. So at this moment, The Left wants to make the name Redskins unacceptable in polite society.
Daniel Snyder
says Redskins will never change name. Daniel Snyder is owner of the Washington pro football team he grew up adoring.
Would he ever consider changing the team name that many American Indians and others believe is a racial slur? "We will never change
the name of the team," Snyder told USA TODAY Sports this week.
The 10 members of
Congress demanding the Redskins change their name. Ten members of Congress have sent a letter to Washington Redskins team owner Dan
Snyder, demanding that he change the name of his NFL team. "Native Americans throughout the country consider the R-word a racial, derogatory
slur akin to the N-word among African Americans or the W-word among Latinos," the letter reads.
Uncle Tonto? CBS
Columnist: Native Americans Who Support Redskins' Name Are 'Uncle Toms'. CBSSports.com writer Mike Freeman wants the
Washington Redskins to change their team name, and thinks any American Indian who doesn't feel the same way is a new "Uncle Tom."
"Sure, there will be some Uncle Tom American Indians who will say Redskins honors them, just like there were some Uncle Tom blacks who
once didn't mind being called colored," Freeman wrote.
Supreme Court Asked if
"Redskins" Offends. A group of American Indians who find the Washington Redskins' name
offensive wants the Supreme Court to take up the matter.
The Editor asks...
Since when is the Supreme Court in charge of keeping people from being offended?
Supreme
Court rejects case regarding Redskins name. The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group
of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive.
20
Other 'Allegedly Offensive' Team Names That The Left Isn't Complaining About. All
across the nation, Americans are cheering for sports teams that have mascots that would be deemed
offensive by the Obama administration's terms. If they can get away with bullying the Redskins just
because its name offends a few people, then what's stopping them from pursuing the others? Here
are 20 sports teams whose names are as laughably "offensive" as the Redskins, and what we think the
PC Police on the left would say about them: [...]
'Civil Rights' Versus Sports Teams
Named After Indians: The US Patent and Trademark Office even stripped the
Washington Redskins of their trademark, citing a 1946 law banning the registration of
"disparaging, scandalous, contemptuous, or disreputable" names. (The decision is on
appeal.) Does it really need to be pointed out how idiotic all this is?
