Washington Redskins (A.K.A. Commanders)

[davem4616]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Taltarzac725]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

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Commando - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando)

Commandos would be better and more appropriate as the coach and other employees call a lot of the plays along with the quarterback. You do not have a lot of leaders on a football field at game time. Maybe off the field but it would be chaos if a lot of NFL players were managing the plays at the same time.

[MrFlorida]

Just plain "Washington" was better.

[PugMom]

give it time; they will find something wrong with this new name, too

[golfing eagles]

give it time; they will find something wrong with this new name, too

I'm waiting for the objection to the "Master's Tournament". Perhaps, like the Redskins, they could go for "The Augusta Golf Tournament". Then later change it to "The Augusta Azaleas" :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[MDLNB]

Commanders is biased against enlisted military members. Should have named them, the "Washington Swamp Things."

[Two Bills]

Should have just dropped the 'Redskins' part of the name.
Commanders is degrading to the commanded.
CLM. (Commanded lives matter!):icon_wink:

[Stu from NYC]

Talk to an American Indian, vast majority have no problem with Redskin in the name.

Ridiculous changing all of these names.

[alwann]

give it time; they will find something wrong with this new name, too

Already the Dan Snyder haters have begun calling the team "The Commies."

[mrf0151]

Next in line will be the "Chiefs" for the Woke brains.

[golfing eagles]

Next in line will be the "Chiefs" for the Woke brains.

Not without the Cleveland Indians to balance it:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Then, the Atlanta Braves should be changed by the Washington cowards:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Stu from NYC]

Next in line will be the "Chiefs" for the Woke brains.

Not fair to call them the chiefs discriminates against the lowly Indian Braves

[ThirdOfFive]

Commanders is biased against enlisted military members. Should have named them, the "Washington Swamp Things."
Nah. The Alligators would complain. It's pretty humiliating even for an alligator (or turtle, or mosquito, or whateverthehellitis that is being referred to), to be called a "thing".

There'd be riots and everything!

[Mrprez]

Should have kept the name and changed the mascot.

[MDLNB]

Should have kept the name and changed the mascot.


Exactly! Of course, that would be discriminating against the White Potatoes or the Sweet Potatoes. Although, they could have left the "skins" part and just added "Fore" on the front.............:1rotfl:

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

It seems that most sports team names have something to do with the city or area in which the team is located. Yes, there are some that are named after animals but think of the Yankees, Tampa Bay Lightning, New England Patriots, San Fran 49ers, Boston Celtics, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks.

Why not something like the Washington Congress, Presidents, Monuments.

Commanders doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.

[JMintzer]

It seems that most sports team names have something to do with the city or area in which the team is located. Yes, there are some that are named after animals but think of the Yankees, Tampa Bay Lightning, New England Patriots, San Fran 49ers, Boston Celtics, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks.

Why not something like the Washington Congress, Presidents, Monuments.

Commanders doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.

Well, the "Commander" in Chief does live in DC... :icon_wink:

[Gulfcoast]

Bleh. My team no longer exists. RIP.

[tophcfa]

Should have changed the name to the pigskins. Why not, then they could still simply be called the skins for short. Oh, I forgot, that would be offensive to the swine community. Never mind.

[Chi-Town]

I'm all for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chief's having their names changed. Not for any political or racial reason; just to not have to hear or see the tomahawk chop.

[thevillages2013]

I'm all for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chief's having their names changed. Not for any political or racial reason; just to not have to hear or see the tomahawk chop.

Don’t watch ! GO BRAVES chop til you drop. ( That’s World Series champion Braves)

[36Aday]

All of the name changes are a joke. These were complements. Redskins Indians etc

[nn0wheremann]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

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Commanders? Maybe better than Ensigns, or ButterBar Boys?

[Bay Kid]

At first I thought maybe The Washington Chichen S___, but really they should be The Washington Pacifiers.

[terenceanne]

If Washington fans had any principles, they would have stopped watching that junk years ago. Teams can do whatever they want while the stupid public keeps spending money on it.

[sdifede313@aol.com]

Most fitting would be : Muckrackers.

[sdifede313@aol.com]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

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Carpetbaggers?

[sdifede313@aol.com]

How bout Carpetbaggers?

[ProfessorDave]

Minority here: I like the name. Commanders. "Take Charge - Achieve Objectives - Win"

[PoolBrews]

What made me laugh is that when they revealed the name, they showed a new logo stating "Washington Commanders", and in the logo it says Established 1932.

That is completely incorrect. You gave up your 1932 designation when you caved and pulled the actual team name that was established in 1932. It should read established 2022.

[jimndeb]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
HTTR from a 55 year fan. Will always be Redskins to me. Only change needed was ownership.

[PugMom]

I'm waiting for the objection to the "Master's Tournament". Perhaps, like the Redskins, they could go for "The Augusta Golf Tournament". Then later change it to "The Augusta Azaleas" :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Good Lord, don't give anybody any ideas! :icon_wink:

[PugMom]

Talk to an American Indian, vast majority have no problem with Redskin in the name.

Ridiculous changing all of these names.

maybe it's me, but i see the Redskins as a positive name, i never saw any 'race' in it. to be as powerful & strong as an indian is a good thing.

[Stu from NYC]

Minority here: I like the name. Commanders. "Take Charge - Achieve Objectives - Win"

Win? Foreign concept to them

[bilcon]

I thought they would change their name because of the negative connotation. I really thought they would change it to The "Virginia Redskins".

[Regorp]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
Maybe commanders due to our president being commander in chief, don't you know!!

[srswans]

I thought they would change their name because of the negative connotation. I really thought they would change it to The "Virginia Redskins".

ROTFL

This post can be closed - we have a winner.

[DonH57]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

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Commanders! :1rotfl: How long before someone complains that term is offensive. They should have not even bother with it and left it the way it was.

[Zenmama18]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

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They renamed my beloved Cleveland Indians the Guardians!

[Richpetty42]

They shouldn’t have changed the name anyway. For decades teams have had names like this and not a person had issues with it.
Now this wokeness movement has come along & can’t do anything without trying not to “offend” anyone.
I’m of Irish decent & the Boston Celtics have been a favorite team of mine going back to the Larry Bird days & that’s still one of my favorite basketball teams of mine but I’m not crying because they use Irish themes for their team/merchandise. Goodness what’s the harm?
Don’t give into this woke/PC garage & just have fun watching a game, it offends me to have to put up with this movement, why don’t those who started it think about that?

[MandoMan]

All this time...and the best they could come up with was Commanders ??

Wow

Just saying

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

The Washington Commanders seems rather lame to me. Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.

[MrFlorida]

The " Washington Stealers " would have been appropriate, but it's too close to Pittsburg's name.

[fdpaq0580]

The " Washington Stealers " would have been appropriate, but it's too close to Pittsburg's name.

Too funny!!!
😂😂😂

[Cliff Fr]

I heard a funny diatribe on the radio this morning stating that they should change their name to the Washington bureaucrats :)

[JP]

Should have changed the name to the Washington Tater Tots. Go Tots Go!!!

[DonH57]

I heard a funny diatribe on the radio this morning stating that they should change their name to the Washington bureaucrats :)

Bingo! Excellent choice!:1rotfl:

[gail swanson]

How about the fire chiefs???

[ThirdOfFive]

Talk to an American Indian, vast majority have no problem with Redskin in the name.

Ridiculous changing all of these names.
Of course not. It is the Professionally Offended making all the waves.

[tvbound]

It's refreshing to see so many irate, about the stopping/slowing of the thoughtless denigration of minorities. May it continue.

[MDLNB]

It's refreshing to see so many irate, about the stopping/slowing of the thoughtless denigration of minorities. May it continue.


Personally, I find it hilarious. I wonder how many indigenous Americans have ever complained about the name. I dare say that those that found the name offensive were neither minority nor seriously offended.

But, give them some nondescript label since the only recognition they get is either for losing or for some disingenuous complaint about their supposed exploitation of a minority group. Call them the "Washington Duds."

[clwahlstrom]

Next thing is the animal rights activists will be complaining about the Rams🤣

[JMintzer]

I thought they would change their name because of the negative connotation. I really thought they would change it to The "Virginia Redskins".

They play in MD... (but I get your drift...) :icon_wink:

[JMintzer]

It's refreshing to see so many irate, about the stopping/slowing of the thoughtless denigration of minorities. May it continue.

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[JMintzer]

Personally, I find it hilarious. I wonder how many indigenous Americans have ever complained about the name. I dare say that those that found the name offensive were neither minority nor seriously offended.

A poll by the WaPO found that 90% of the Native Americans were not offended by the name.

[Stu from NYC]

A poll by the WaPO found that 90% of the Native Americans were not offended by the name.

Why should that stop people who think that American Indians should be offended from ramming this nonsense down everyones throats.

[davem4616]

personally, as the OP

I'm glad that we had some fun with this thread....

just saying

[tvbound]

The highly biased and incorrect poll by the Washington Post, supposedly advancing the idea that Native Americans had no problem with the previous name, was long ago debunked. It did allow racists & bigots to push their discriminatory narrative for a while though.

A New Study Contradicts a Washington Post Poll About How Native Americans View the Redskins' Name | Washingtonian (DC) (https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/02/21/a-new-study-contradicts-a-washington-post-poll-about-how-native-americans-view-the-redskins-name/)

"But a new study from academics at the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley contradicts that data. In a scientific survey of more than 1,000 Native Americans, roughly half of the participants said they were offended by the Redskins’ name. Moreover, 65 percent said they were offended by sports fans performing a “tomahawk chop,” and 73 percent said they were offended by fans imitating Native American dances."

[Just jimmy]

It seems that most sports team names have something to do with the city or area in which the team is located. Yes, there are some that are named after animals but think of the Yankees, Tampa Bay Lightning, New England Patriots, San Fran 49ers, Boston Celtics, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks.

Why not something like the Washington Congress, Presidents, Monuments.

Commanders doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.commander in chief???

[JMintzer]

The highly biased and incorrect poll by the Washington Post, supposedly advancing the idea that Native Americans had no problem with the previous name, was long ago debunked. It did allow racists & bigots to push their discriminatory narrative for a while though.

A New Study Contradicts a Washington Post Poll About How Native Americans View the Redskins' Name | Washingtonian (DC) (https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/02/21/a-new-study-contradicts-a-washington-post-poll-about-how-native-americans-view-the-redskins-name/)

"But a new study from academics at the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley contradicts that data. In a scientific survey of more than 1,000 Native Americans, roughly half of the participants said they were offended by the Redskins’ name. Moreover, 65 percent said they were offended by sports fans performing a “tomahawk chop,” and 73 percent said they were offended by fans imitating Native American dances."

Yes, the WaPo study was "highly biased and incorrect", but the studies from "academics" at Berkeley and Michigan (both bastions of free thought... :1rotfl: snort, chortle) say what YOU want them to say, so they're correct...

And who, besides you, mentioned the "tomahawk chop" or "Native American Dances", which are NEVER seen at DC games?

[Stu from NYC]

Yes, the WaPo study was "highly biased and incorrect", but the studies from "academics" at Berkeley and Michigan (both bastions of free thought... :1rotfl: snort, chortle) say what YOU want them to say, so they're correct...

And who, besides you, mentioned the "tomahawk chop" or "Native American Dances", which are NEVER seen at DC games?

Our son went to FSU and they are called the Seminoles and the Seminoles are big fans of FSU and are very happy the rallying cry of the Seminoles is the tomahawk chop

[DaleDivine]

A poll by the WaPO found that 90% of the Native Americans were not offended by the name.
Yep, I'm a Native American and I kinda felt honored by all the teams with an Indian name.
:bigbow::bigbow:

[manaboutown]

To me they remain "The Skins".

[thevillages2013]

Next in line will be the "Chiefs" for the Woke brains.

Right Whales . Not only are they endangered but their name makes a political statement. GOT TO CHANGE THAT

[fishon]

Shout out to plastic straws being banned in California and pancake syrup being banned nationwide for saving the free world!