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Dan Snyder insists that the Redskins will never change their name.
Yahoo ^ | May 9, 2013 | Doug Farrar

Posted on 05/09/2013 2:54:04 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist

From fans to journalists to politicians -- and certainly many of Native American descent -- the Washington Redskins' team nickname is offensive. That much is clear. Congress weighed in this March, leaving some to wonder if these people didn't have anything better to do, but the controversy rolls along. On May 1, David Grosso, an independent District of Columbia councilman, introduced a bill that would have the Redskins changing a name that Grosso says is "racist and derogatory."

No matter where you stand on the issue, there's only one guy who's going to make the call to change the name, and that's team owner Daniel Snyder. And it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Snyder's headstrong ways that he's not going to change that name anytime soon.

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KEYWORDS: nfl; redskins
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Danny boy, I used to like him until he started to blame everyone else for his team’s woes. Lucky for him that the latest pile of poo he stepped into finally turned into gold n the form of Bobby (as his mother calls him).

I’m glad they’re resisting this but he won’t own the team forever and if the league is still around long enough for him to sell, the new owners will change the name. I hear Whooping Cranes is available.


21 posted on 05/10/2013 3:50:04 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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