Washington Redskins to potentially change their name to...UPDATE: New Name revealed 2/22/22

Do you like the name Redtails instead of Redskins?


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:lol: on a side note i wonder how the new redskins uniforms gonna look. Theres talk of a name change. One suggestion is the redtails. In tribute to the Tuskegee airmen. http://www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/nfl/redskins/2013/05/01/2125959/


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A member of the Washington D.C. Council said he plans to submit a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins to change their nickname because it is "racist and derogatory" and "it's time to make a change."

SportsNation: Redskins name change offered

SportsNation D.C. councilman David Grosso proposed changing the Redskins' name, and even suggested "Redtails" as its replacement. Is this a good idea?
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David Grosso suggested the team change its name to "Redtails" in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, a pioneering group of African-American pilots who served the United States in World War II.

"You can still sing the song and everything," Grosso, told The Washington Post and then sang, "Hail ... to the ... Redtails."

Grosso said, however, that Redtails was just a suggestion.

"I just don't want it to be offensive, and at the end, what I'd love to call them is world champions," he said, according to Washington Examiner.

Grosso told the Post that two other members of the 13-person council have agreed to sign the resolution, which would be nonbinding. The Examiner reported that at least eight members of the council support it.

"We have to change it, and I'm calling on [owner] Dan Snyder and the NFL to step up and do the right thing," Grosso said, according to the Examiner.

The Redskins' nickname is currently being challenged before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in a case filed by a group of five Native Americans aged between 18 and 24 in 2006. A hearing in the case was held in March.

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The group of five Native American petitioners has to show that the name "Washington Redskins" was disparaging to a significant population of American Indians back when the team was granted the trademarks from 1967 to 1990.

The board can't stop the Redskins from using the name, but the loss of trademark protection would hurt the team financially from a marketing perspective, enough, the plaintiffs hope, for Snyder to consider a change.

There won't be a resolution in the trademark case any time soon. Lawyers said they expect the judges to take as long as a year to issue a ruling, and the Redskins are sure to appeal if it doesn't go their way. A similar case, ultimately won by the team, was filed in 1992 and needed 17 years to go through the legal system before the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
 
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They already have the new name and merchandise ready:

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This will never happen. Do you know how many decades people have been asking the skins to change their name. Every time the redskins say ....fuck you.
 
This will never happen. Do you know how many decades people have been asking the skins to change their name. Every time the redskins say ....fuck you.

St. Johns and Syracuse U. Have changed their names. I can see them eventually cracking under enough pressure and doing so.
 
wouldnt that still be insensitive toward native americans?
"Brave" is no where near as offensive as "Redskin"

They could even pick a tribe that lived in the DC area, name it after them (Algonquians?) similar to FSU and the Seminole tribe an give the tribe $$$ for using the name.
 
I don't give a fuck, I'm a fan regardless.
Brave would be fine but after them changing the Bullets to Wizards, I trust none of these fuckers to give us decent names.
 
Red Tails would be dope. Or Braves..but its funny how folks are being asked is The name Redskins racist..when its Native Americans are the ones being offended..How do other people determine what is offensive or not?

that's like asking brothas if Cac is an offensive term..I'd be like "nah..i'm cool with it.."..:lol:
 
Fuck them. They have been heavily compensated,given land and different laws and money. What did they give us? Prison and ghettos

so u think american indians/native americans gave us 'prisons and ghettos'? :smh:

where tha fuk did u flunk out of school? and how tha fuk can u 'give land' to people that u STOLE LAND from in the first place?

u a stupid mutha fuka :smh:
 
Red Tails would be dope. Or Braves..but its funny how folks are being asked is The name Redskins racist..when its Native Americans are the ones being offended..How do other people determine what is offensive or not?

that's like asking brothas if Cac is an offensive term..I'd be like "nah..i'm cool with it.."..:lol:
I have always found the name "Redskin" to be offensive, and I know a number of non-Native (and Native folks of course) who have the same opinion.
 
Redskins logo ain't got shit on this! :smh:

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Suppose they used this cartoon below for the Cleveland Negroes?

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The logo isn't the offensive part of the teams identity, it's the name "Redskin." The Native American profile picture is actually well liked by many Natives, just that name.
 
Redskins? sure lets add the Kansas City Kikes, New Jersey ******s, Chicago Crackers, San Antonio Spics, Washington Wops, Seattle Chinks or Dallas Degos.

Marginalizing an entire race into a mascot is very offensive, dehumanizes them.
 
Truth is the name itself doesn't matter that much, people want to root for the team. If they need to change it, pick a good one. But really, you'd never pick a name or logo that would make your franchise look weak. Especially in this case, compare the logo on the Skins helmet to the Cleveland one. Even the feathers on the Skins helmet have a meaning.
 
Red Tails would be dope. Or Braves..but its funny how folks are being asked is The name Redskins racist..when its Native Americans are the ones being offended..How do other people determine what is offensive or not?

that's like asking brothas if Cac is an offensive term..I'd be like "nah..i'm cool with it.."..:lol:

this.

People love to tell other people what they should be offended by.

I'm not Native American but i find Redskins to be very offensive. But even if i didn't it's enough that a majority of Native Americans find it offensive to warrant a change.
 
so u think american indians/native americans gave us 'prisons and ghettos'? :smh:

where tha fuk did u flunk out of school? and how tha fuk can u 'give land' to people that u STOLE LAND from in the first place?

u a stupid mutha fuka :smh:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
Washington Nacotchtank. Keep the same logo and colors. Problem solved.

Yeah or the Washington Anacostan (a tribe of indians that were indigenous to the area which was derived from the name Nacotchtank.) or Washington Potomacs (Indian tribe out of Virginia). The river and Anacostia were named after these tribes.
 
Why do you have to name your sports team after a race of people you committed genocide against? Just be the Washington Presidents, Champions, Senators, Governors, whatever.

75% of BGOL is scared of hurting faggot's gay feelings but have no sensitivity for an offensive name of a sports franchise?
 
Seeing that the name came from the way Indians were killed they should have been changed the name.
 
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