Standing up for the Redskins

Roger Goodell defends Redskins name in letter to McCollum

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Rep. Betty McCollum and the Congressional Native American Caucus waded into the simmering debate over the political correctness of the Washington Redskins name last month, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has told her the name is here to stay. McCollum and members of the caucus sent Goodell a letter in May asking him to consider changing the name of the Redskins, calling it "derogatory, demeaning and offensive," and a "slur akin to the N-word." The name is a source of ongoing conflict in the NFL and in Washington, and the brand is a subject of a federal trademark lawsuit. But in a June 4 letter to McCollum, Goodell said there is vast public support to keep the name, and that it was never intended to offend. Rather, the name was meant to honor Native Americans even after the franchise changed its name from the Boston Braves in 1933 (there was a baseball team of the same name. The franchise moved to Washington in 1937).

Comment: Full text of Goodell letter

First the "Fighting Sioux"

Fight On: Battle Over Redskins Name Goes Before Federal Board
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The long-running battle over the Washington Redskins name gets a restart Thursday, when a group of Native Americans goes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to argue that the franchise should lose their federal trademark protection, based on a law that prohibits registered names that disparaging, scandalous, contemptuous or disreputable.

Comments: Political correctness run amok
Others:

• University of North Dakota "Fighting Sioux" (name abandoned under duress)
• Cleveland Indians
• Atlanta Braves
• Florida State Seminoles
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• Chicago Blackhawks (probably named offensively after Black Hawk ... Sauk leader)

I'm sure I missed some ... add in comments please.

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