Easy solution, stay in Maryland.

How about
PotatoSkins

How about naming the team after an animal? I suggest the Washington Racoons.

Name it after the city´s population, the Washington Negroes.

How about the Washington Palefaces?

How ´bout the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Oh wait, is that racist?

Awesome suggestions from fellow L-dotters!

This is GREAT news! Mayor Gray has really worked down his To-Do list of pressing issues for DC, if he´s down to the name of the football franchise. Re-elect that man!

If Redskins is racist, what is Cowboys? Think of all the redskins killed by cowboys in the old westerns and some of the new ones.

Change it to the Washington Bullets--that names´s available.

The Washington Pass Chuckers.

Oh for heavens sake.

You can´t breathe anymore without being called raciat.
The word is old, tired, and as worn out as Nancy Pelosi´s dentures.

Someone needs to ban PC.

The Washington Aristocrats

Their fans can be called "the little people".

Just drop the ´kin´;

Washington RedSS

How about "The Fighting Aristocats" your honor? Walt Disney Studios has already written your fight song. "Which pets are blessed with the fairest forms and faces? Which pets know all the gentle social graces? Which pets live on cream and loving pats?...The Aristocats!"

I think the mayor´s name (gray) is racist and it should be changed. When I was in the army, us white boys were referred to as ´gray * *" (You can fill in the explitive yourself)

I prefer the Washington Vermin. It´s a much better description of those in government and those welfare types who make up most of the population of the city.

How about the Alexandria Redskins? That´s a name change.

GO GREEN!

Recycle Washington,DC!

Washington Cracksmokers would be appropriate.

The Black Mambas!!!

Scalping tickets is next. The list never ends.

Had the Redskins won last Sunday, you would have heard nothing about this from Da Mayor. Had they (miraculously, impossibly) won the Super Bowl, the issue would die for another 20 years.

How about socialists?

Washington Senators? Oh, yeah, they already play the Globetrotters.

Well.... the Dem slogan if Forward. How about the Foreskins?

Why would anybody want to move a fine outfit like the Redskins into a cesspit like D.C.?

How about "The Washington Reds"
Since it´s the location of our Communist leadership.

Bingo, #27!

1. Well, since FedEx Field, where the Redskins play, is in Maryland, there is little chance the Redskins will ever play in D.C. (I´m sure the mayor knows that so he is safe in his little press rant.)

2. Call themselves the "not Washington Redskins". (See 1 above.)

3. Change their name to an unpronounceable symbol and be called "The Team formally known as the Redskins". The men will cheer, the women will swoon and their fan base will grow by a factor of 10. Hey, it worked for Rogers Nelson!

How about THE FIGHTING WHITIES? Although that might be false advertising. ;-)

I suggest that team owner Dan Snyder yank any freebee tickets given to the mayor and the city council.

Aren´t Redskins a kind of peanut?

The Fighting Filibusters? Pocket Vetoes? Arm Twisters? Gavel Bangers? Washington Kickbacks?

Most of the comments here are great. But I have to say that I quickly become ashamed when I see comments like #4. Using that word, especially in a controversial context, is not acceptable. The word is not generally accepted today among those it´s meant to describe & by using it reflects an intolerant mindset. I don´t want conservatives to be associated with bigotry in any way. The left has always been the real racists, but they have falsely persuaded the public through projection that we are the racists. We shouldn´t provide anything to give credence to the lies.

I have no problem with the team´s current name. If anything, all those teams named after American Indians were done so as a tribute to them--not to be negative. BTW, I´m hesitant to use the term "Native American" because in the early 1970s it was proven that people came here from Europe over the frozen Atlantic about 10,000 years before the Asians came over the Bering Strait.

I´d lay down a years pay to hear the following from the owner of the Redskins:

"Today, after much debate and consideration, the management of the Redskins organization has decided to change the name of the team to the Founders. The reason for this change is not, as it may seem, driven by considerations of racist overtones in the name ´Redskins´. That may be the initial impression. I assure you that it is not. Simply stated, the Redskins name was awarded in recognition of the fact that the American Indians of old were fierce warriors, who let nothing stand in the way of victory. For many years this image worked for its intended purpose. Slowly, however, the image of the Indian has changed from a fierce warrior to a money groveling cowardly sort that is afraid of being called names and lobbies for endless hand outs from the government till. I am sure that if Custer had called the opposing side the most vile, racists names, it would have made no difference in the outcome. Today´s tribes are not made of the same stuff, and as such, are not worthy to be memorialized as the fierce warriors of old.

The Founders, however, reminds us of the fierce courage of the founders of this nation, who risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to bring into being the greatest nation in the history of the world. Since their type seems all but extinct, we are confident that no one will be offended by using that name. If there are some of that fiber today, they would bear the label proudly."

Washington Traitors
Washington Crooks
Washington Commies
Washington Tyrants
Washington Thieves
Washington Devils
Washington Monsters
Washington XYZ@s
...the list is endless!

Washington Politicians? s/ LOL!

#35, "tribute", my a**! You obviously know nothing about Native Americans.

Same with #36. What a bunch of crock.

I have a question for the idiot DC mayor. Sir you say that the name Redskins is racist. Well how do you feel about the moron from ESPN Parker calling RGIII a cornball brother because he´s not like "us". I didn´t hear you speak out on that but you want to talk about phony racism instead. I personally don´t like the ´Skins because of the owner and the head coach(both are tailholes)but the name being racist. That is a stretch if ever there was one. Hey now that this can of worms has been open again should the Chiefs, Packers, Cowboys,and Raiders be racist? Come on mayors of the respective cities lets waste time on trivial matters while Rome burns. Such fools these politicians are don´t you agree.

How silly for them to even think that. What about the "coons"?