This exposes him as a weak debater — no wonder he couldn’t make a living as a litigator.

Just because there are a few natives who think this is politically incorrect, I think there are more who believe it should not be changed.

An agenda is an agenda, and when the football season is over, sometimes agendas have to be pushed to keep fans interested, whether they like it or not.

The Native American community isnt all “up in arms” over the name. As someone posted on a previous article, a poll was taken some years back and 90% of Natives polled were fine with the name. That means most of them do not care or dont find it offensive.

Seeing as we live in a country where the majority is supposed to rule, why are we constantly seeing articles meant to sway peoples opinions toward the minority point of view? Is it because you dont like it? Well, too bad. I dont like peas, but you dont hear me complaing about other people eating them.

Anyone who has actually met a Native American can tell you they don’t actually have red skin.
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footballfan- that is 100% fictitious.
replacement- just mostly wrong.

Obviously Native Americans do not have “Red” skin, but there are differences in skin tone which would have looked strange and different to Northern European colonists and immigrants. Therefore the term “Redskin” is a reference to skin color, but not the actual color of skin so much as a difference in skin color compared to Northern Europeans.

So Native Americans do have “red skin”, but only in the sense that Asians have “yellow skin”, and Italians and Greeks have “olive green skin” and people of African descent have “black skin”.

Does anyone think more highly of the Washington Bullets because they’re now the “Wizards”? Marquette University because they’re now the “Golden Eagles” instead of the “Warriors”? Dartmouth because they’re the “Big Green” instead of the “Indians”? St. John’s University because they’re the “Red Storm” instead of the “Redmen”? What the heII is a Big Green or a Red Storm anyway?

Do you have any suggestions for that the team- you-hope-is-formerly-known-as-the-Redskins should be named? You sure have the pompous, elitist attitude that you are wiser and better informed than the “unwashed masses”, so let’s hear it…

Here’s an idea: go out and interview some Native Americans, put a name and a face to your alleged opposition, and get back to us. THAT will actually carry some credibility. Otherwise, quit the political grandstanding and hackery.

By the way, why don’t you reference the controversy over the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux, a longstanding name intended to honor the indigenous peoples of North Dakota, supported by the Sioux tribes themselves, which went away because the NCAA put a gun to the state’s head and said no further postseason games/tournaments would be held in the state unless the name was changed. Still waiting for the outrage from Irish folks about Notre Dame’s team name, but I’d venture to guess you sickening PC police will eventually get around that one too, yes?

Now I do agree that this MY OPINION, unlike many of you who insist you are right and anyone disagreeing is wrong. There is no right or wrong; if people are offended, then the name is offensive…to them.

If polls find only a small minority are offended then the name shouldn’t change. The team should continue to monitor how many are offended and which way the trend is moving.

Times are bad, the economy continues to get worse, families are struggling with higher taxes, and we’re supposed to take time to be concerned about someone being offended by a mascot name? Uh, no.

1. Most importantly, it pisses off the Cowboys because they would get in a hissy fit because they are “America’s Team”.

2. They keep the helmet and logos – nothing changes. In changing the name to the Americans, it still references the FIRST Americans by keeping the logos and meaning the same. Thus implying great respect to the Native Americans.

The Washington Warriors is not a racial slur so they could keep every thing else

Cowards