RIP Washington Redskins

[quick6]

Notre Dame "Fighting Irish" name change to "The Disagreeable Europeans"

[rwheels]

Problem solved.

[tcphoto]

I love that Snyder said in an interview years ago that he'd NEVER change the name. Even better is that he'll likely have to pay some Trademark Troll big bucks to buy a name. I think that it will be Warriors since he was leaning toward that for a possible alternate football league team.

[Kitzhabersucks]

In New York State alone:
Negro Lake
Negro Bar Channel (channel)
Negro Brook (stream)
Negro Creek (stream)
Negro Hill (summit)
Negro Hollow (valley)
Negro Hollow Church (church)
Negro Lake (swamp)
Negro Marsh (swamp)
Negro Point (cape)
Negro Pond (lake)
Negrohead Point (cape)
Little Squaw Brook (stream)
Squaw Brook (stream)
Squaw Creek (stream)
Squaw Island (island)
Squaw Lake (lake)
Squaw Mountain (summit)
Squaw Point (cape)
Squaw Swamp (swamp)
Uncle Toms Brook (stream)

[upstatedoc]

washington bullets? oh wait...

[F30lolz]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

washington bullets? oh wait...

Gilbert Arenas should be the mascot.

[Germanauto]

So dumb. The losers complaining about this aren't even football fans. They casually ignore polls showing that the overwhelming majority of native americans find no offense in the name.

Politics has ruined sports. Sports was always a uniting factor no matter what your race or creed in American society was. Now it's a political circus.

[kaputt]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

So dumb. The losers complaining about this aren't even football fans. They casually ignore polls showing that the overwhelming majority of native americans find no offense in the name.

Politics has ruined sports. Sports was always a uniting factor no matter what your race or creed in American society was. Now it's a political circus.

I’m a huge sports guy, or at least was. Played in college as well.

But I’ve found during this whole time that I haven’t really missed sports. It’s nice to have time back and not worry about making the game. About the only sport I’ve kept regularly watching is IndyCar.

I think a lot of leagues will one day regret deciding to go political with sports.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/washi...tire-team-name

Good move by them. Why was a team ever called the "redskins"? What does that have to do with the DC area?

[flybigjet]

So. "The Washington Football Team"?

Better hope they don't play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl-- then you'll have "The Washington Football Team" vs. "The Other Washington Football Team"-- it could be confusing.

Here's a sneak picture of their new helmet logo:

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

So. "The Washington Football Team"?

Better hope they don't play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl-- then you'll have "The Washington Football Team" vs. "The Other Washington Football Team"-- it could be confusing.

Here's a sneak picture of their new helmet logo:

Where the hell did you find a bar code for 1.4 MB diskettes???

Wait, lemme guess, those damn internets.

[cotmfk]

Originally Posted by Captain Blood

Good move by them. Why was a team ever called the "redskins"? What does that have to do with the DC area?

They moved to DC from Boston. They were the Boston Braves. Don't remember when they switched to Redskins. There were definitely Native American populations in the DC area.

[cotmfk]

I, for one, just hope they keep it the "Washington Football Team." I think it's fantastic, and the memes coming out are hilarious!

NFC East:

Giants
Cowboys
Football Team
Eagles

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by cotmfk

They moved to DC from Boston. They were the Boston Braves. Don't remember when they switched to Redskins.

They were only the Braves for one season. George Marshall changed the name as there was already another team named the Braves (baseball?) and he didn't want people confusing his team with any other teams. Then head coach Lone Starr Dietz supposedly chose 'Redskins' as the name. I'm going off of memory but I believe that's more or less the story behind 'Redskins'.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by rwheels

Doesn't the NFL have a history of changing names? Anyone remember the Houston Oilers?

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...nfl-team-names

They moved and the Tennessee Oilers didn’t make much sense.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Kitzhabersucks

In New York State alone:
Negro Lake
Negro Bar Channel (channel)
Negro Brook (stream)
Negro Creek (stream)
Negro Hill (summit)
Negro Hollow (valley)
Negro Hollow Church (church)
Negro Lake (swamp)
Negro Marsh (swamp)
Negro Point (cape)
Negro Pond (lake)
Negrohead Point (cape)
Little Squaw Brook (stream)
Squaw Brook (stream)
Squaw Creek (stream)
Squaw Island (island)
Squaw Lake (lake)
Squaw Mountain (summit)
Squaw Point (cape)
Squaw Swamp (swamp)
Uncle Toms Brook (stream)

don't forget queer lake in the adirondacks