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Related: About this forumDan Snyder: Redskins will ‘never’ change team name
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder said Thursday that as long as he owns the team, the Redskins name would never change because of the tradition associated with the name.
We will never change the name of the team, Snyder said in an interview with USA Todays Erik Brady this week. As a lifelong Redskins fan, and I think that the Redskins fans understand the great tradition and what its all about and what it means, so we feel pretty fortunate to be just working on next season.
Snyders proclamation comes at a time when the organization has faced a barrage of renewed criticism over the name, which some consider offensive to Native Americans. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray said in January that he hoped the team would consider changing the name.
And in February, the Redskins were targeted during a daylong symposium at the Smithsonian about racial stereotypes, to which they were invited but chose not to attend. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray also pointedly referred to the franchise as our Washington football team in his recent State of the District speech, avoiding the Redskins nickname.
Still, Snyder was defiant when asked about it this week: Well never change the name, he told USA Today. Its that simple. NEVER you can use caps.
http://tracking.si.com/2013/05/09/redskins-name-change-dan-snyder/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp
Just change it to "Deadskins", Snyder!
TZ
(42,998 posts)The POTUS could ask for a name change and Snyder would refuse. He's his own little dictator, doesn't care what anybody thinks or if anyone is offended
As for Deadskins, when was the last time the Cowpies won the division ,dorkface?
NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)TZ
(42,998 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)allegedly for an arena ball team he was planning to bring to DC.
More likely it was a fallback if he had lost his court case over the R*dsk*ns name.