'Is that the best they could come up
with?' NFL fans troll the Redskins as
they reveal their new name for 2020
season is 'Washington Football Team'
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Jennifer Smith
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/23/2020 3:28:18 PM
NFL fans are trolling the team formerly known as the Redskins for revealing their hotly-anticipated new name on Thursday: Washington Football Team. In an announcement on Thursday, the team said: 'We're retiring our old name—and building a new kind of team. For the upcoming season, we're calling ourselves The Washington Football Team.' The new logo is the word Washington with the 'Football Team, EST 1932' beneath it. It replaces the old logo, which was of an Native American chief. Sponsors started calling for a name change earlier this year as the Black Lives Matter movement swept America, wiping out anything that was deemed
Reply 1 - Posted by:
andyboy 7/23/2020 3:37:57 PM (No. 488328)
As a long-time NFL fan, I am giving myself a new name too -- a soon-to-be-former NFL fan.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vesicant 7/23/2020 3:38:51 PM (No. 488330)
But "Washington" is still evil, isn't it? And "football" is probably racist, because blacks have feet.
32 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
droopydog 7/23/2020 3:38:53 PM (No. 488331)
So, they named their team after a slave owner? That doesn't sound very enlightened.
54 people like this.
the people who matter to the success of professional sports aren't Anti-Fa or BLM or moronic college kids.
21 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
volksford 7/23/2020 3:45:22 PM (No. 488336)
Lets see.......Go Saints!..Go Dolphins.!..Go Bengals.!. Go Football Team ! Sorry , it just doesn't connect.
33 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
mizzmac 7/23/2020 3:49:08 PM (No. 488338)
Perfect. I'm sure that will offend absolutely no people group, sexual preference, or political party. Welcome to the age of generic nothingness.
37 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/23/2020 3:51:45 PM (No. 488341)
I think the 'Grovelers' would be apt.
It's what the management DOES.
35 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
qr4j 7/23/2020 3:54:04 PM (No. 488343)
Who bloody cares anymore? Seriously. Who bloody cares?
41 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
HPmatt 7/23/2020 3:54:19 PM (No. 488344)
It s/b Washington Team Football.....WTF....
19 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
texaspast 7/23/2020 3:58:20 PM (No. 488347)
Shoulda been the 4skins, 'cause everybody in D.C. is a **** anyway.
40 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
LimeGreen3 7/23/2020 3:58:50 PM (No. 488348)
So now we can call that team "The Trump Washington" team!
10 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Krause 7/23/2020 3:59:01 PM (No. 488349)
Nice, It won't hurt anyone's feelings. Awwwww.
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Felixed 7/23/2020 4:00:20 PM (No. 488351)
Ignore the "new name".
Simply to always refer to them as the "Redskins".
Call it "jury nullification". Enough fans do this, it "nullifies" the latest insanity of PC pandering.
21 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
hershey 7/23/2020 4:00:27 PM (No. 488352)
Like all those soccer teams, calling themselves 'FC' for Football Club...they can now call themselves Washington Losers FT ....
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
HotRod 7/23/2020 4:01:27 PM (No. 488354)
The ''PC Poodles'' seems appropriate! Might even attract poodle owners to owatch.
11 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
doublesharp 7/23/2020 4:02:39 PM (No. 488357)
Washington Weenies
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 7/23/2020 4:05:32 PM (No. 488360)
Washington Corrupt Uniparty.
10 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/23/2020 4:12:52 PM (No. 488371)
No more Indian chiefs. Just the same kind of sorry-looking (and -smelling) Indians who used to ride the Base bus with me in Barstow. Known around town for their drunkenness, they somehow managed to get it together in time to ride the bus to work. A pathetic lot. Not a noble savage among them…
What the black NFL has to do with the American Indians is beyond me...
12 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/23/2020 4:13:50 PM (No. 488372)
Has a very generic sound. Certainly, Washington should also have been dropped. I suggest Area Football Team.
17 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
czechlist 7/23/2020 4:14:46 PM (No. 488375)
Still waiting to hear what they will rename Oklahoma. Almost every State has something in the name that must offend someone so we should just call them by number Delaware #1 through Oregon #57 " ..I think one left to go.. " re 0.
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
sw penn 7/23/2020 4:20:30 PM (No. 488379)
Gaians, would be better
5 people like this.
I just call them the ThinSkins.
No matter what, they succumbed to suck.
16 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
brother ram 7/23/2020 4:28:01 PM (No. 488386)
I was going to suggest the Washington Overseers, but then I came to my senses.
7 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/23/2020 4:28:02 PM (No. 488387)
If they were to rename the team “The Gay Blades” they would be ensuring that they would receive no pushback and a lot of praise from the liberal media.
8 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
john56 7/23/2020 4:29:27 PM (No. 488389)
SO whadda they gonna do about the fight song:
Hail to the (everybody is silen)
Hail Victory
(silent) on the (silent)
FIght for ol' DC.
Reminds me of when Clint Murchinson bought the rights to the song back when he was trying to get the NFL franchise for Dallas. He basically sold it back to Jack Kent Cooke for his vote to approve the Dallas franchise (which Cooke opposed).
I still object to the Washington part of the name because of the corruption of the swamp.
5 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 7/23/2020 4:33:56 PM (No. 488395)
The Rootless Thin-skins
3 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Safari Man 7/23/2020 4:46:29 PM (No. 488407)
The balls of my feet are offended.
5 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
DVC 7/23/2020 4:54:49 PM (No. 488416)
Lame and stupid.
6 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Cardsfan 7/23/2020 4:56:39 PM (No. 488419)
As long as they put “MAGA” on their helmets
9 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
lgplgp 7/23/2020 5:05:34 PM (No. 488427)
Should have gone with Washington Team Football -- WTF :-D
13 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
edgar 7/23/2020 5:07:24 PM (No. 488428)
More proof that communism sucks the character and imagination out of everything it touches.
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Why don't they name the team after characteristics of the team's dimwitted owner?
For example, DC Nancy-boys or Swamp Pajama-boys?
4 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
snapper451 7/23/2020 5:32:12 PM (No. 488439)
I guess the Washington “poop for brains” was not available?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Xokie2 7/23/2020 6:04:40 PM (No. 488454)
I kind of like "Washington Rainbow Warriors." Sort of gently touches all the bases in an inoffensive manner, of course.
4 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 7/23/2020 6:05:39 PM (No. 488458)
i could come up with a dozen new names in a short time.
2 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
uforabin 7/23/2020 6:14:08 PM (No. 488464)
I suggest they rename the team The Washington Orangemen with the current President as its logo.
4 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 7/23/2020 6:23:51 PM (No. 488477)
They're going to have to change it again when some footless person complains.
4 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 7/23/2020 6:26:58 PM (No. 488480)
I like it. Seems like it’s a slap in the face to the PC crowd.
4 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
padiva 7/23/2020 6:35:21 PM (No. 488488)
Potomac Swamp Creatures
2 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
Geoman 7/23/2020 6:36:21 PM (No. 488489)
The Potomac Nutria is appropriate given DC is the home of the two-legged swamp rats.
4 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/23/2020 6:52:05 PM (No. 488501)
I think they should forget about a new name and just disband.
6 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
Italiano 7/23/2020 6:53:13 PM (No. 488502)
Considering the recent revelations, perhaps the Washington Foreskins?
3 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
kono 7/23/2020 7:02:02 PM (No. 488511)
"Is that the best they could come up with?" the DM rhetorically asks...
I know -- call 'em the Redskins. Won't even have to change the team letterhead...
1 person likes this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 7/23/2020 7:36:19 PM (No. 488529)
And I am BIg Chief AintWatchin’....ever!
2 people like this.
Reply 45 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 7/23/2020 7:53:31 PM (No. 488536)
"Washington Wokes."
2 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 7/23/2020 8:05:50 PM (No. 488541)
I detect a little bit of "so there!' in their actions, as in "you want us to change our name, we'll change it to something you hate more."
3 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 7/23/2020 9:07:50 PM (No. 488578)
C'mon, what's wrong with the Washington Cowards? It's a fitting name!
2 people like this.
Reply 48 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/23/2020 9:21:05 PM (No. 488590)
Very imaginative.
0 people like this.
Reply 49 - Posted by:
MDConservative 7/23/2020 9:27:56 PM (No. 488595)
Dan Snyder is punking the NFL. A team coerced into rejecting its historic name has gone generic. They should change the team colors to beige and gray with mauve accents and taupe helmets. You see, merchandise revenues are pooled and shared equally across the league. I suspect Snyder expects sales for his team to tank. But he’ll get his cut. This could be fun.
4 people like this.
Reply 50 - Posted by:
beca 7/23/2020 10:06:45 PM (No. 488618)
Stupid name but I dont like them
Anyway
0 people like this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
heartsurgeon 7/23/2020 10:18:42 PM (No. 488623)
Washington Lobbyists
Washington Grifters
Washington K Street
the names just write themselves
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 7/23/2020 10:30:09 PM (No. 488635)
#9 is right about switching a couple of the words. LOL This should concern people greatly actually. If you look at the bigger picture of where this precedent could lead, who among us has something they would be loathe to change but forced to do so, thanks to the pressure being exerted? I suspect that is the inside joke behind the team name. The owner had to know we would figure it out.
0 people like this.
Reply 53 - Posted by:
rytwng 7/23/2020 10:32:45 PM (No. 488639)
They will always be the Redskins. If some people don't like it , tough sh-t.
1 person likes this.
Reply 54 - Posted by:
crashnburn 7/24/2020 12:13:03 AM (No. 488696)
I was
already
so done
with football
after Kaepernick, et. al.
Every time I hear news about professional football, NFL stands even more for Not For Long. It also stands for National Felons League
2 people like this.
Reply 55 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/24/2020 1:28:04 AM (No. 488726)
The lifespan of pro football is so short that it doesn't matter what they are called. I might point out that "football" is a stolen name from the sport of soccer.
0 people like this.
Reply 56 - Posted by:
redraider 7/24/2020 5:42:56 AM (No. 488783)
Wow.
Makes who(m?)ever came up with the name "Texans" seem, almost......visionary.
1 person likes this.
Reply 57 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/24/2020 8:47:10 AM (No. 488960)
They don't deserve to use George Washington's last name...Call them the 'Losers' and be done with it.
0 people like this.
Reply 58 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/24/2020 2:26:14 PM (No. 489395)
Call 'em
The Dee Cee Generics.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
lefthanddan 7/24/2020 3:39:11 PM (No. 489469)
Tribute to the great studio band....
DC Swampers!
MAGA
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