Costas: Redskins 'an insult, a slur'

[petegz28]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/b...edskins-101313

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Who?????

Read the article for the laughs. This was my favorite part:

The mascot for at least one high school on the Navajo Nation is the Redskins

[Al Bundy]

I saw Peter King on PTI and he thinks the name will be changed in the next 2-3 years, believes the NFL office will really push for it.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I saw Peter King on PTI and he thinks the name will be changed in the next 2-3 years, believes the NFL office will really push for it.

I'm fine with it changing away from anything Indian and the Indian Nation be brought out of the dark ages and given no handouts (land, Casinos, healthcare...).

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I saw Peter King on PTI and he thinks the name will be changed in the next 2-3 years, believes the NFL office will really push for it.

I think he's right. It just has too much support and it's not fading away.

[lcarus]

Lots of stuff regarding the Redskins on ESPN.com today. I just don't understand what the issue is. When they named their team the Redskins, they were obviously thinking of something strong, fierce, and respectable to represent their team. Doesn't context mean anything anymore?

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

I think he's right. It just has too much support and it's not fading away.

Wrong, like you always are. I already posted polling data showing over 80% of Americans don't want it changed. What you meant to say is, "The liberal elite has a lot of support for it".

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by lcarus

Lots of stuff regarding the Redskins on ESPN.com today. I just don't understand what the issue is. When they named their team the Redskins, they were obviously thinking of something strong, fierce, and respectable to represent their team. Doesn't context mean anything anymore?

Evidently they were wrong.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Wrong, like you always are. I already posted polling data showing over 80% of Americans don't want it changed. What you meant to say is, "The liberal elite has a lot of support for it".

See you back here in three years, then. September 2, 2017, mark your calendar. If it turns out I was wrong, feel free to rub my face in it.

[Aries Walker]

In case you guys need to know who to hate, it's the former chairwoman of the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington state.

Senator Seeks to Cancel NFL Tax-Exempt Status Because of Redskins Name

Originally Posted by Time Magazine

Sen. Maria Cantwell announced the upcoming legislation at a press conference hosted by the Change the Mascot campaign

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Tuesday that she would soon be introducing legislation to end to the NFL’s tax-exempt status because of its refusal to pressure the Washington Redskins to change the team name.

“The NFL needs join the rest of America in the 21st century. We can no longer tolerate this attitude towards Native Americans,” Cantwell, a member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said Tuesday. “This is not about team tradition; it is about right and wrong.”

Cantwell joined tribal leaders and lawmakers at a press conference on Capitol Hill hosted by the Change the Mascot campaign. It’s been a year since the Oneida Indian Nation launched the Change the Mascot ad campaign against the Washington Redskins. On Tuesday, the campaign announced they would continue pressing the NFL to get urge Redskins owner Dan Snyder to reconsider the Washington team’s mascot and call on other team owners to join the effort to get the name changed.

In an open letter being sent to every NFL team owner, the Change the Mascot campaign says “the league is promoting this racial slur with the resources of every team, including yours, which makes it a league-wide crisis.” The letter continues, “If owners like you finally stand on the right side of history and publicly demand action, the NFL can and will change the team’s name.”

The coalition calling for a name change has grown over the past year, with lawmakers including President Obama speaking out against the Washington team’s name. Broadcasters and publications have agreed to not use the term. And earlier this summer a federal agency canceled the team’s trademark because of its use of a racial slur, though the Redskins organization has appealed that decision.

Through it all, however, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has said repeatedly he will not change the team’s name or mascot. “I respect the opinions of those who disagree. I want them to know that I do hear them, and I will continue to listen and learn. But we cannot ignore our 81 year history, or the strong feelings of most of our fans as well as Native Americans throughout the country,” Dan Snyder wrote in a letter to fans last October.

I'm telling you, this issue is not going away as long as the Redskins keep their name.

[Jimmya]

Straight running liberal turd!

[notorious]

Whoa.

How in the blue **** is the NFL tax exempt?!

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by notorious

Whoa.

How in the blue **** is the NFL tax exempt?!

Because it's a non profit organization.

Taxed get collected from the 32 franchises.

[Fish]

Where are all the outraged Cowboys?

[Just Passin' By]

The NFL needs join the rest of America in the 21st century. We can no longer tolerate this attitude towards Native Americans,” Cantwell, a member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said Tuesday. “This is not about team tradition; it is about right and wrong.

Is she really stupid enough to think that people will believe that bullshit?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by notorious

Whoa.

How in the blue **** is the NFL tax exempt?!

Yeah, that's one of those facts that solidifies the perception that our tax system is insane.