The R-Word--should it be banned?

Who are you to tell a club owner if his preferred choice of name is relevant or not? The only opinion that matters is his.

Lord God King Me, that's who.

I'll bet...


but no, it isn't that interesting.
You just stated that minority complaints take a back seat to the majority status quo.

That's pretty cut and dry.

And "keeps getting hired"?
Why do you have to "keep getting hired" at different places?

Have you ever considered that I get along with black athletes considerably better than I get along with the white power structure?

Is that because you feel greater superiority over blacks than whites? In the past you've made several statements indicating this.

given that they're teen aged boys, I kinda figured you would...

That's our Dayton, down with the black youth and sticking it to the man.

So I answered your question.

Answer mine now please.

Why do you "keep getting hired"?

Already answered. I'm a white coach who works well with black athletes.

no, it doesn't.

you're a shitty dancer too.

racist.

That, unlike naming your team the Redskins, would be a suicidal business decision. Beyond the fact that you would die a bankrupt outcast, there's still no problem. I wouldn't like it, and they would get no money from me, but that's not enough to ban anything.

How about renaming the Redskins the Decision? Or Monument. The Washington Monument Singular names for sports teams are so bah, meh! Or the D.C. Fontana. I wonder when the irritating habit of giving teams singular names started(?).

Something to remember is that redskins are also a type of potato. And they're quite good. So, maybe the name could stay if the focus were switched from American Indians to potatoes(?).

they'd have to send the franchise to Idaho for it to make sense.

anyway... for some notion of completeness in comparison

and for more fun, defunct names

Black Crackers? :maud:

So aside from that you have no other skill or quality that is considered an asset, not surprising in the least.

Whatever the Redskins call themselves I will continue to believe that they suck ass.

Well, other coaches have told me I'm widely considered remarkably calm, quiet, and stable compared to most other high school football coaches.

Is that an asset or quality?

That settles it.

The Washington Foreskins.

Next, we change the New York Giants (because short people are offended) to the New York Heebs or the New York Himeys (I think Jesse Jackson will put his seal of approval on that one)

Then they can have a rivalry with the Foreskins.

They're the Washington Deadskins right now!

After 9/11, the University of the Incarnate Word here changed their mascot name from the Crusaders to the Cardinals. :jihad:

As an Oklahoma State Cowboy the play of the Dallas Cowboys offends me.

Okay, just Romo. Most of your best players are OSU alumni.

They can always change it to the skins of evil

^ Tasha Yar disagrees!

Was there anything in the article about calling for a ban?

Washington loses its NFL team to Boise, becoming the
s!

Or, just stay in D.C., & do this:

the "W" looks a little bit like an inverted McD's "M"

which is altogether appropriate for D.C. once you think about it.

Life breaking? No. A major pain in the ass to do? Yes. The team has been named the redskins since the 1930s. The team doesn't have to change its name, tradition, merchandising etc.. just to accommodate a small subset of people who are "offended" by a stupid name that at one time hundreds of years ago stood for actions they have never personally witnessed.

Don't hold your breath as people not liking the redskins name has been around or decades and it has never affected their pockets. The team's 0-2 start will have a far bigger effect on that than the rantings of some rabble rousers.

Remind me again what the Washington NBA team used to be called?

How about calling it Colt .45 turf at the Colt .45 Dome? Well, maybe LizK's friend Maxine could...

The Houston Astros used to be called the Colt 45s, though I think it was a reference to guns, not malt liquor.

Hmmm...let's give the Redskins a new name.

The Washington Bureaucrats?

The Washington Insiders?