Posted on 08/19/2014 4:03:14 PM PDT by mykroar
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two influential NFL voices - including CBS lead analyst Phil Simms, who will handle Washington's Week 4 game - said Monday they likely won't use the term "Redskins" when discussing the franchise.
"My very first thought is it will be Washington the whole game," Simms told The Associated Press on Monday.
Simms will work the Thursday night package the network acquired this season and will have Giants-Redskins on Sept. 25. He isn't taking sides in the debate over whether Washington's nickname is offensive or racist. But he says he is sensitive to the complaints about the name, and his instincts now are to not use Redskins in his announcing.
"I never really thought about it, and then it came up and it made me think about it," Simms added. "There are a lot of things that can come up in a broadcast, and I am sensitive to this."
His broadcast partner, Jim Nantz, says it is "not my job to take a stance."
NBC's Tony Dungy, one of the most prominent voices in the league as a Super Bowl-winning coach and now as a studio commentator, plans to take the same route as Simms.
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Disappointed in Dungy.
What a bunch of fruitcakes...
Wimps.
Fine. I won’t mention the “CBS” name (because it insults “BS”).
Not the first word that came to mind...
After the Redskin tribute to Michael Brown maybe Thugskins would be a better name anyway.
pussies.
Influential? Never heard of them.
I noticed during last night’s game, the sideline reporter, Lisa Salter, called the team Washington, throughout her interview with Dale Jr.
That was the word...
Way to take a stand, guys! God how I loathe PC.
CC
Even if they did, would anybody here it? I don’t waste my time watching that crap anymore. Don’t know many who do.
I feel the same way.
In my world (yes, I know a large part of is fantasy-based), an athlete playing for the Redskins would refuse to be interviewed by someone who won’t call his team by name.
I was thinking the same thing. I’m a whole lot less sympathetic to the Redskins after that stunt.
why? He supported Obama. Why did you think he had any real beliefs to begin with?
I think PS is PoS anyway.
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