WFT's Off-Season Thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't see the Chicago Blackhawks changing their imagery. Their logo looks very similar to ours. What about the Atlanta Braves? What about the Chiefs? What about Florida State?

This entire thing was a bullshit witch-hunt drummed up by a bunch of fucking crybabies. If you are going to go after the Redskins then go after everyone else. If Snyder has any balls, which he doesn't, he will call them Warriors and make the imagery an arrow.

I wish we had an owner w/ some balls that would have taken it to court. Fought it until the bitter end.

The story behind the Blackhawks is their first owner (who was a WW2 commander of the 86th Infantry Division) named the Blackhawks because Chief Black Hawk served in that division, and the division was nicknamed the Blackhawk division. Modern Blackhawk helicopters are also named after Chief Black Hawk.

Unfortunately the problem with your argument is that the same people who went after the Redskins for their name are also going after every other sports team named after a Native American. The Cleveland Indians announced last year they are going to be changing their name after this season too. IMO, it's only a matter of time before the rest fall. Native American names and imagery are on the way out.

Honestly if we changed the name to reflect some other untarnished fighter from history I'd be cool with that. Problem is there aren't many left whose names haven't been sullied with time.