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check out the video in the link LOL

[url=http://www.kpho.com/story/25873907/woman-at-center-of-redskins-name-change-court-battle-from-arizona]Woman at center of Redskins name change court battle from Arizon - CBS 5 - KPHO[/url]

if this so important, why is it a very short ,filler story lol

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Three women in a tent on a sidewalk.
That's one helluva protest!!!
Hey Amanda, go make me a sandwich......

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Interesting article about the economics of changing the name (or more like the economic difficulties of a possible change):

[url=http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/130696/inside-slant-presumed-redskins-bonanza]Inside Slant: Presumed Washington Redskins bonanza - ESPN[/url]

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[quote=ram29jackson;1075023]check out the video in the link LOL

[url=http://www.kpho.com/story/25873907/woman-at-center-of-redskins-name-change-court-battle-from-arizona]Woman at center of Redskins name change court battle from Arizon - CBS 5 - KPHO[/url]

if this so important, why is it a very short ,filler story lol[/quote]

Three people and a tent. Why is it a story at all?

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[quote=HoustonSkinsFan;1075005]This is another area I disagree with; just because people are saying the name is offensive now (either legitimately or otherwise), doesn't mean they're calling everyone who's ever uttered it a racist. Costas, et al have all used the name many times over their careers.[/quote]

To call it offensive, disparaging or contemptuous is one thing, but to call it an obvious racial slur on par with the N-word implies anyone who supports the name is racist or ignorant. It's not unreasonable to take it that way either. After all, if there were a team called the Cleveland N-words, what would you think of their fans?

And after this period of "great enlightenment" where we have been educated on just how vile the word Redskin is, how it's equal to the N-word and it causes Native American children to have low esteem, if we still support the name then the logical conclusion can only be that we're terrible people who just don't get it. For they have bestowed upon us such valuable knowledge that we were ignorant to for years, decades even, and yet we still want to keep the name.

And when it does change, we'll be the ones who "were on the wrong side of history". People will shake their heads in disgust when old pictures of us in our Redskins jerseys are shown on TV during halftime of the 2035 Super Bowl between the Washington Warriors and the Kansas City Football Club.

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[quote=ram29jackson;1075023]check out the video in the link LOL

[URL="http://www.kpho.com/story/25873907/woman-at-center-of-redskins-name-change-court-battle-from-arizona"]Woman at center of Redskins name change court battle from Arizon - CBS 5 - KPHO[/URL]

if this so important, why is it a very short ,filler story lol[/quote]

Ah this is laughable! I saw four protesters. Four! SMH!

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Gibbs calls the name "prideful."

[URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-coach-gibbs-considers-name-211336983--nfl.html"]http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-coach-gibbs-considers-name-211336983--nfl.html[/URL]

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[quote=Lotus;1075052]Gibbs calls the name "prideful."

[url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-coach-gibbs-considers-name-211336983--nfl.html]Y! SPORTS[/url][/quote]

I beat you to it on the previous page but that's ok lol.

if Gibbs has no problem with it that seems to speak volumes

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[URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/former-gm--dan-snyder-might-drop-redskins-name-for-new-stadium--super-bowl-144942689.html"]He who shall not be named has spoken[/URL] on the issue of the name, and I unfortunately think he makes a solid point.

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[quote=mooby;1075203][URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/former-gm--dan-snyder-might-drop-redskins-name-for-new-stadium--super-bowl-144942689.html"]He who shall not be named has spoken[/URL] on the issue of the name, and I unfortunately think he makes a solid point.[/quote]I agree that he makes some solid points, but I don't think any of this comes as that big of a shocker. Not to say that I think Snyder would sell out the team name, but I could definitely see him giving in to all the pressure (real or conceived) if and only if he gets some major concessions from the NFL/DC government/etc.

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[quote=mooby;1075203][URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/former-gm--dan-snyder-might-drop-redskins-name-for-new-stadium--super-bowl-144942689.html"]He who shall not be named has spoken[/URL] on the issue of the name, and I unfortunately think he makes a solid point.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm sure Snyder has his price. It would be very hard for him to say no to a new stadium and the Superbowl, IMO.

Also, FU Cerrato.

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Did Cerrato really provide any new insight? And no, I wouldn't trust any judgement call that ole "sacks n stuff" has to say. He's just trying to say things to get airtime, now. imo.

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[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/blogger-hired-to-defend-redskins-name-resigns/2014/07/08/133f721e-06b3-11e4-9a71-264773a2ffc8_story.html"]Blogger hired to defend Redskins name resigns - The Washington Post[/URL]

I love the sentence in this article that says, "Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed not to change the name but is facing unprecedented opposition from those who consider it a racial slur."

What it should have said is that Snyder is facing unprececedented opposition from the "smallest of minorities of people in the country" who consider it a racial slur. But "unprececedented opposition" sounds more powerful.

The propaganda on this just continues to be amazing to me.

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Sloppy by the FO again on handling the Skins name. not smart

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[quote=scowan;1075314][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/blogger-hired-to-defend-redskins-name-resigns/2014/07/08/133f721e-06b3-11e4-9a71-264773a2ffc8_story.html"]Blogger hired to defend Redskins name resigns - The Washington Post[/URL]

I love the sentence in this article that says, "Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed not to change the name but is facing unprecedented opposition from those who consider it a racial slur."

What it should have said is that Snyder is facing unprececedented opposition from the "smallest of minorities of people in the country" who consider it a racial slur. But "unprececedented opposition" sounds more powerful.

The propaganda on this just continues to be amazing to me.[/quote]

He probably got pressure from his liberal buddies. Craziness!

I hope Snyder doesn't cave. Fight it to the end.