Under the pressure for teams to change their names, how would you -- as a fan -- react?

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July 15, 2020, 09:44 AM

stickman428

Under the pressure for teams to change their names, how would you -- as a fan -- react?

It is not just a lack of patriotism kramden but in the NFL’s case I’d call it faux patriotism.

July 15, 2020, 09:48 AM

RHINOWSO

They should just let companies sponsor and name the teams, just like they do the stadiums / bowls / etc.

If you want to buy into their shit, go ahead. But Pro and College Sports have committed Seppuku in my eyes. Dead to me.

July 15, 2020, 09:53 AM

parabellum

quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
They should just let companies sponsor and name the teams, just like they do the stadiums / bowls / etc.

"At the half, it's the Jeep Chrysler Sun Trusts 16 and the Citibank Kotex Tampons 3."

July 15, 2020, 10:02 AM

chellim1

^^^ This is illustrative of one of the big problems in sports:
The decisions are driven by money, as it's just business for the owners.
The majority of the money comes not from fans in the stands but from TV revenue which means from advertisers.
So it's the cancel culture prevalent in most big corporate advertisers which is driving decision making in sports, particularly in the NFL. The NFL couldn't care less what the fans in the stands think.

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

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July 15, 2020, 10:14 AM

Patrick-SP2022

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
They should just let companies sponsor and name the teams, just like they do the stadiums / bowls / etc.
"At the half, it's the Jeep Chrysler Sun Trusts 16 and the Citibank Kotex Tampons 3."

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

Pardon the nested quotes.

July 16, 2020, 11:44 AM

chellim1

September 20, 2021, 01:48 PM

RichardC

Well, we enjoyed watching the Buccaneers win over Atlanta yesterday, but did not enjoy reading the various "White Man Bad" messages on back of their helmets.

At least they've kept the name. So far.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2...celebration-1128988/

September 20, 2021, 04:59 PM

Graniteguy

Has football started already?

September 20, 2021, 10:34 PM

Scooter123

I grew up in the Cleveland area so chief Wahoo was a regular visitor to my home in the form of Hats, Calender's, and T Shirts.

As for the Cleveland Guardians, never ever gonna have a place on my head or home. IMO whoever came up with that "name" had there head so far up their backside they could look out of their mouth.

September 21, 2021, 06:19 AM

JohnCourage

My college football team is terrible so I don’t watch sports. But, my team is the Seminoles so I can only imagine it’s a matter of time before they are in the crosshairs. For that reason I chose 1, stick with the original name.

September 21, 2021, 06:28 AM

rsbolo

quote:
Originally posted by GRIZZLYBEAR:
Quit watching sports when the players decided it was time to use sport to further their political agenda...and stopped respecting the US flag.

Screw 'em they haven't got a dime of my money in a lot of years

This.

September 21, 2021, 06:36 AM

CQB60

Political correctness has driven me away from contemporary sports. They are simply businesses from products I refrain. When politics enters sports, it’s no longer sport but a circus with clowns in pretty uniforms with numbers.

September 21, 2021, 08:30 AM

stickman428

Fuck the NBA, MLB & NFL. They are DEAD to me. Turns out they are not that hard to replace. I’ll never watch them play a game for the rest of my life. Fuck em.

September 21, 2021, 10:33 AM

mcrimm

Agree totally. I grew up in Green Bay. It was a culture there but that was then.

I enjoy college football but suspect the time will come when it will be unwatchable too.

There are thousands of good books I have yet to read.
Mike

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February 02, 2022, 10:16 AM

chellim1

Losing The War On Wokeness: Washington Football Team Officially Changes Its Name To "Commanders"

Having lost the war on wokeness, the former Washington Redskins have officially changed their name to the "Washington Commanders".

The news was announced on Wednesday morning, about a year and a half after the company "announced they would be known as the Washington Football Team until the team chose a permanent name," according to fan site Hogs Haven.

The site called the renaming an "ugly process that has caused division in the fan base, and left people feeling like they lost a part of their childhood, their family history, and their community."

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...-its-name-commanders

Better:
The Washington Woketards!
The Washington Commies.