Regarding the Washington, DC NFL Franchise Nickname...

[W3WN]

The owners & management over the Washington, DC NFL Franchise are in Federal Trademark court, again.

Over their use of the term "Redskins" as the team's offical nickname. Again.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/redskins-name-goes-before-federal-trademark-board-but-for-this-writer-theres-no-debate/2013/03/10/6e64c508-8906-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html

They lost the last time (1999) and got it overturned on a technicalilty. They might not be so fortunate this time around.

But, you know, there's a real simple solution to the issue.

Just rename the team. Call them The Washington Potatoes.

Then, you can call them the Red Skins all you want, with no racial overtones...

(ducking & hidng now)

[N2NH]

Beats the NY Titans (or the Tits), the Houston Colt 45's or the Kentucky Colonels (ABA).

I say we give Peas a chance. The Washington Peas.

[WX7P]

The nickname is an obscenity. We don't teams called the New York Jews or the Atlanta Negros. They should change the name of the Washington team and be done with it.

[NQ6U]

The nickname is an obscenity. We don't teams called the New York Jews or the Atlanta Negros.

It's even worse than that. "Redskins" is a pejorative so it would be more accurate to say New York K---s or Atlanta N----rs. There are a lot of Chinese in San Francisco so how about we call the team the SF C---ks?

[WX7P]

It's even worse than that. "Redskins" is a pejorative so it would be more accurate to say New York K---s or Atlanta N----rs. There are a lot of Chinese in San Francisco so how about we call the team the SF C---ks?

Yep, exactly. I did sugarcoat it a bit. Yet there are people who will defend this kind of crap to the death.

It's no surprise that one of the executives on the Washington team is Bruce Allen, son of Coach Allen and brother of reactionary ex-Senator Allen who famously had a Confederate flag in his office while he was a Senator.

I almost used the SF example, but I had in mind the SF F.....s. talk about offensive.

[kb2vxa]

"...and brother of reactionary ex-Senator Allen..."

Sounds like Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Allen's Alley; "Somebody, ah say, somebody knocked! Claghorn's the name, Senator Claghorn, that is. I'm from the South. Suh."

[NQ6U]

I almost used the SF example, but I had in mind the SF F.....s. talk about offensive.

I kind of hate to say this but The Frisco F--s has a nice, alliterative ring to it.

[W3WN]

The nickname is an obscenity. We don't teams called the New York Jews or the Atlanta Negros. They should change the name of the Washington team and be done with it.

I don't disagree with you. But the ownership and the NFL don't see it that way. If anything, they claim (privately) that people are being too "sensitive" and that this is "political correctness run amuck." [Again, I think they're wrong... but that's what they've been known to say]

I'm surprised that there hasn't been as big a fuss, lately, over the names of the Cleveland and Atlanta baseball teams. Especially when they use those cartoon stereotypical caricatures as some of their emblems.

[X-Rated]

Who would forget the Green Bay Ho_kers? Aw. Just pokin' fun.

[W3WN]

Well, you know, the original nickname for Green Bay was the Green Bay Meat Packers.

I always asked "what kind of meat, and where did they pack it?" (double entendre's intended)