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Washington Wookies

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Honestly, they talk about taking the Native Americans completely out of the name scheme in sports because it's used in a slanderous way? Huh? If this is the case, then the same could be said about the Fighting Irish, The Orangemen, The Vikings, The Cowboys, etc....

I think this PC movement has gotten way out of hand. Maybe I can buy the slur of the term "redskin", but to be offended by calling a team "The Warriors" or "The Braves" is just plainly out stupid.

I mean, what I find hilarious is that television and movies are being more liberal about allowing profanity and telling people that we shouldn't be offended by the language in those regards, but that we should be offended by what some professional sports team uses as their mascot name and has been doing so for over a half century. It's OK to hear someone call somebody a "MF" or either one of the "B" words, but if a sports team is using a mascot name such as Redskins or Braves and not using it in a derogatory manner, then it is offensive. Somewhere along the way are priorities have gotten screwed up.

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they should never change it! anyway,are you going to make every sports team with a indian related name and logo change theirs too?.:argue:

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[quote=Alvin Walton;788831]Washington Wookies

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I ran a 12 letter scrabble helper on WASHINGTONRE and came up with
ANOINTERS
INGROWTHS
WARNINGS
SWATHING
SNORTING
RINGTAWS
NITROGEN
GITANOS
TONGAS
NITONS
INGOTS
HONANS
THINGS
GNATS
GOATS
WINOS
NOTHINGS
SWINGERS
WAITERS

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
NATION
S

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[quote=RedskinMike;788794]A name change would make more money because there would be a whole new set of merchandise to sell, and people would buy it.[/quote]

Merchandise revenue would go up, but the amount lost would upset that revenue. Money would be lost from the millions of dollars of merchandise already in stock, it would be lost from the tons of logistical matters that would go through with a name change (business that have deals with the redskins would all need to be dealt with), all the redskins stores, the stadium, and anything else that says redskins would have to be changed. On top of all that the fan base would shrink. So many fans are looking for a reason to jump ship after over a decade of losing with not much hope for the immediate future, and this might be what cuts the ties for them.

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[quote=fbirks;788839]I ran a 12 letter scrabble helper on WASHINGTONRE and came up with
ANOINTERS
INGROWTHS
WARNINGS
SWATHING
SNORTING
RINGTAWS
NITROGEN
GITANOS
TONGAS
NITONS
INGOTS
HONANS
THINGS
GNATS
GOATS
WINOS
NOTHINGS
SWINGERS
WAITERS

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
NATION
S[/quote]

My rankings:

1. Goats
1a. Nothings
2. Swingers
3. Things
4. Gnats