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Saw that I say they should have brought t up when all of this was going on.
Its called "white guilt". Usually, the party involved doesn't care, its the northerners that think everything is offensive that do all the marching.
Saw a poll several years ago that shows that well over 90% of native- Americans said that they couldn't care less that the Washington football team was called the Redskins. But of coarse we've got those on the political left in our country that feels like that they are so intellectually superior to minority groups that they have to look out for them.
I always thought Washington should have put a redskin potato logo on their helmets and kept the name redskins.
My avatar ^^^^ is representative of how most of the native Americans felt when the name changed. Sadly, the Elizabeth Warren types were the loudest voices…as per usual.
I'm pretty convinced that this whole situation was manufactured entirely to harass Dan Snyder into selling the team. He's one of the worst and most despised owners in American sports history, and the other owners want him gone badly.
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I'm going to continue calling them what I've always called them.
The Washington Foreskins.
The Washington Foreskins.
Yeah, I’ve never been a Redskin fan even before Snyder’s tenure, but he is definitely a case study in how to run an NFL franchise into the ground.
Been calling them that since I started following the NFL in the 60's. I had a coworker who along with one of his buddies, had Foreskins season tickets. For home games, they'd leave Kingsport, TN around 3-4 AM on Sunday for a 1 PM game to get there and tailgate, and drive back after the game, looking like a zombie the next day at work. If it was a 4:30 game or SNF, they'd spend the night, and if they were playing an away game within a 10 hour or so driving distance, they'd hit those games up as well. Those dudes were dedicated.
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I have a friend from the Army (DI's together) who is a Chocktaw Indian (his words) and is an honor guard for the Chocktaw Nation in Oklahoma who says he we call them nothing other than the Washington Redskins. He says that his family and others he knows don't pander to the social justice labeling of their people.
As a lifelong Cowboy fan since 1969, I totally agree. Biggest ego in the history of sports ownership.
Steeler fan here
Once I learned about George Allen - I gained an immense respect for that era of Wash-Football
I've heard he was the first to deploy the nickel defense
First to designate special teams coaches
And I think he never had a losing season
In the early 90s he came out of retirement to coach a small California college - forget the name - MAY have been their first team?
Finished with a winning record there too
As I understand it though - he was blackballed by NFL owners from coaching again after Washington - he openly criticized owners for holding back on investing in facilities and amenities - and harshly
Dude was pretty darn cool/innovative for such a quirky personality
Weirdly superstitious too
And obsessed with football
I THINK he was the first assistant coach to ever receive a coach of the yeqr award too (Chicago? Defensive coordinator prior to the Rams gig?)
Once I learned about George Allen - I gained an immense respect for that era of Wash-Football
I've heard he was the first to deploy the nickel defense
First to designate special teams coaches
And I think he never had a losing season
In the early 90s he came out of retirement to coach a small California college - forget the name - MAY have been their first team?
Finished with a winning record there too
As I understand it though - he was blackballed by NFL owners from coaching again after Washington - he openly criticized owners for holding back on investing in facilities and amenities - and harshly
Dude was pretty darn cool/innovative for such a quirky personality
Weirdly superstitious too
And obsessed with football
I THINK he was the first assistant coach to ever receive a coach of the yeqr award too (Chicago? Defensive coordinator prior to the Rams gig?)
Too late. Earliest memories of live were Redskins games. They will forever be my least favorite team in any sport. F them. F the horse they rode in on. F the people that still support them.
Duke graduate who initially played defensive back for them -
They upset Nebraska in a major bowl his Jr season then he transitioned to QB and missed a bowl as a Sr
Won a NFL championship with the Eagles in 1960 I think
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