Posted on 06/20/2014 6:22:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is not a particularly admirable man. He tends to treat the Redskins as if he’s playing fantasy football. They tend to lose more often than they win. He’s not exactly a fan favorite. But Snyder isn’t taking the U.S. Patent Office’s ruling against his team lying down.
The team has released a statement saying the ruling “will have no effect at all on the team’s ownership of and right to use the Redskins’ name/logo”. They’re correct, but it does allow others to use the name as they wish…the just can’t trademark it either.
Which, in the short term at least, means we’re likely to see a whole lot of pirated Redskins merch hit the streets. Dan Snyder just won’t make any money from it.
For its part, the NFL is trying to be Switzerland. It’s not going to say anything in support of or opposition to the Patent Office’s decision.
At some point, the Washington Redskins will be forced to change their name. It’s only a matter of time. The hostile occupying force that is now the Beltway cannot abide anything less than total capitulation from the rest of us. After that, maybe Washington will see fit to force Oklahoma (translation: “red people”) to officially call itself “Texas’ Pan-Shaped Hat.”
Snyder could have some fun with a Redskins renaming contest, though. Twitter has lit up with alternative names. Snyder could poll test them to see which ones capture Americans’ current attitudes.
What do you think the Redskins’ new name should be?
Washington RedTapes (12%, 154 Votes)
Washington Extremists of Undetermined Religious Background (20%, 252 Votes)
Washington Desk Jockeys (3%, 35 Votes)
Washington Bolsheviks (40%, 496 Votes)
Beltway Bandits (26%, 322 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,242
A late friend of mine, who was from DC joked that the then New Baltimore Ravens should have been called the Baltimorons...............
The Braves have already been forced to retire Chief Nocahoma. The Indians are under fire for Chief Wahoo. There's another thread around here that seems to indicate that the Blackhawks are safe since they're named after an individual and not a tribe, and the Indians don't seem to have a problem with them. But the Chiefs and Arrowhead? I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Fighting Whiteys.
supposedly the Chiefs were named after the “Chief” H. Roe Bartle, former KC mayor
our stadium is Arrowhead, is that going to be offensive?
Should it be changed to D8ckhead to satisfy Hairy Reid?
Arrowhead?
They gotta problem with Arrowhead?
Arrowheads have been around long, long before there were any Indians..................
The Washington Sons-of-Obama... (SOB’s for short)
Washington Rat Bastards
How about the Washington Rattlesnakes? or The Footballers, or maybe the Barbarians? Or The Bombers!
The Washington Pullets
Washington Black Faces?
The way to exact revenge is to announce that the club will sell the naming rights to the highest bidder. “Washington Windows” or “Washington Apples” or “Washington Googles” and then pocket a cool $50 million or so.
Of course, if you really want to twist the knife, the “Washington Halliburtons” or the “Washington Winchesters” or the “Washington Marlboros” would certainly outrage a whole new group (heck, the same group, really) of liberal busybodies.
The Washington Doubleplusungoods
OchreSkins
Green Thieves
The “Rainbow Skins” would be the ultimate politically correct Mascot.
How about the Washington Weasels. The logo can be a caricature of a politician running from the police shedding money she received from bribes?
Oh, and the politician can look like a mix of Pelosi, Reid, Obama, etc.
Washington Bureaucrats
Washington Affirmative Actioners
Washington anti-Capitalists
Washington muggers
Washington Mosquitos
Washington Alinskyites
washington crooks
washington septic tanks
washington parasites
washington douchebags
washington gay lesbian trans bi white black mulatto brown yellow secular atheist hawk dove true believer pediphile necrophiliac beasty boys... THAT WAY NO ONE WILL BE OFFENDED ... except those who have sex with furniture or machinery
Comanches; Their organization and Chief have some common sense and would likely be proud to have the team named after the best Native American horsemen and fighters ever.
Bolshevik--Waring's Pennsylvanians
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