Redskins needed to go as it was definitely derogatory.

I am still unhappy that the Cleveland Indians changed their name. That was actually an homage to an American Indian/indigenous player who was an early star for the team before MLB reverted to segregation because of racist asshats who refused to play with non whites.

Dislike the commanders as a name.

The Nazi wing of the republican party will likely push to change it back

but there was no justifying this stereotypical/caricature logo. It had to go!

You can ditch the Chief Wahoo logo and keep the name.

Of course, if I were to change the name they would have gone back to the name SPIDERS which was the name of the Cleveland MLB team when that native American player (Louis Sockalexis) played for.

which I didn't think was necessary as they got rid of the grinning chief logo, I thought "The Tribe" which fans already called them.

As for "Redskins", no way, that such a negative. I was for something different. Like some teams like "The Heat", or "The Avalanche", how about "The District"?

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It was a great name.

I'm Ojibwe and it's offensive. Would you also be okay with, say, the Denver Darkies or Honolulu Hebes? It's basically the same thing.

Once you've been called a "dirty redskin" by White guys, the name never loses its sting. I know.

People forget about Native Americans so easily.

The Washington football team was the name they used after they dropped the Redskins.

was the name they used after they dropped the Redskins. Maybe you should pay more attention to the evolution of the name.

Your reply seems disconnected to the post to which you replied.
That post mentioned why the original name was offensive to them. Nothing about how the name evolved at all.
They couldn't have made a mistake over a point they never made.

The Redskins was offensive and the Commnaders is terrible. For the year between the Redskins and the Commnaders they were called the Washington football team. I know many people who thought "The washington footbal team" was a great name.

I can't see how your claim is supported by posts #2 and #11.

Your correction might be better directed at the author of #11, who responded to the statement that "the Washington Football Team" was a good name with a scolding that indicated the author of #11 thought #2 had something to do with "Redskins," which it rather clearly did not.

I guess we were the only ones 😅

wrong with the "Washington Footballers" and they couldn't do it 😏

they should embrace that nickname and put a profile of Stalin or Trotsky on their helmets.

To re-rename all of the military bases after the confederate soldiers....

You know, gotta keep the rednecks and racists happy...

There was a post yesterday that had a video of a young man who was a maga in '16 then read a book that changed his outlook. One of the key takeaways was that they don't want solutions to young mens anger because they are making money of it. Keep the masses on their heels with outrage so folks won't actually take the time to think rationally. The faux newz model...

because of that thing.

Better late than never.

But if MAGAt's like it, then Go Commanders!!

We may be a snall percentage of the population, but we still matter. Sorry, that name hits a nerve.

Just words to me.

Whatever, dude.

I tried to have a conversation with him, but it was futile.

Washington and the NFL lost the trademark (because it’s racist) so if they were to change it back anyone could sell t-shirts, jerseys, hats, bumper stickers, etc with that name and the logo. There’s no way they let that happen. I still see Redskin stuff around here but the team basically resold everything to all their fans under the new name and logo.

The new owner of the Washington Commanders says they are the Commanders and it's settled and he's not talking about it anymore.
Good for him!

The logo looks like a stencil and I think the name is offensive and imperialistic (though I supported the name change from Redskins).

It's like the Guardians. Horrible name and the logo looks like a bad album cover from the 80s.

With as much money as is rolling around the NFL, I don't see why these teams couldn't have done better.

is set to play the Detroit Lions next Saturday in the NFC divisional round. Their fans are probably cool with that.

This was a long time coming.

billionaire asshat.

I was just being facetious about their name, of course. The franchise is now under solid ownership and has certainly earned my respect. Dan Snyder was a complete clown.

There won't be any name change...

If white folks wanna be cosplay natives that bad, let them cheer for Florida State or the Blackhawks or the Kansas City Chiefs...

I doubt they can complete much of their agenda, as they will be bumping into each other for at least the first 2 years.

As to why, their trademark application for "Washington Commanders" was denied last year.

much better than redskins