RIDETHEWALRUS Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Top 10 worst team names ... because marketing departments like a challenge By SUN MEDIA http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Top10/2007/06/24/4484774-sun.html 3. Houston Texans The laziest team nickname since the Shelbyville Shelbyvillians on The Simpsons. If they had spent an extra 30 seconds thinking about it, they might've come up with something better ... like Tigers. 2. Butte Pirates It must have been a far simpler time when the people of Butte County, Idaho, decided to name their high school sports teams the Pirates. Not that there's anything wrong with that. 1. Washington Redskins Unlike the Cleveland Indians or Atlanta Braves, for instance, there's no way you can explain away this nickname as a tribute to First Nations people. It's nothing but a flat-out racial slur. Completely indefensible. It is funny how all the outrage at our name and logo comes from people who are not Native American or from the DC area (except a few flaming hippy liberals):doh::doh::doh: And who names a team the Butte Pirates???:laugh::laugh::laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nace14 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 isnt' there a high school in like the dakota's from the city of "hell" nicknamed the "devils"? i'm not sure if that is bad or good. peronsonally, i think it's hillarious, but also very unoriginal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSchmeff Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 This article doesn't count since it comes from Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sens11 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 #1? That's bogus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 This is deja vu all over again. Can we stop posting things like this? We know that the mindless haters are legion. No need to repost an article every time that one of these mouth breathers gets a chance to create an article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrell1106 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 It is pretty bad. This team has some pretty sucky history when it comes to race and culture, as did most of the country. They had this same discussion on the Dan Patrick show in the off season wick Keith Oberman. They tried to justify some other team names, mostly native american related, but couldn't jusify the skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Woo Hoo! We're #1! We're #1! Seriously, though, it's not fair to compare our proud embelem to that laughing Indian on the Cleveland hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Woot we are #1! we are #1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Actually that's a pretty amusing aritcle. My nomination: . . .a high school in Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbodiesel#44 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Just to educate you guys on the actual origin of the name, it started as the Boston Redskins. Named after the white guys who dressed as Native Americans and threw that tea into the Boston Harbor during the "Boston Tea Party" in 1773, protesting the Kings taxes. You can find more information about the Boston Tea Party at your local library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 isnt' there a high school in like the dakota's from the city of "hell" nicknamed the "devils"? i'm not sure if that is bad or good. peronsonally, i think it's hillarious, but also very unoriginal. i saw that on real sports or something like that. there is and they make fun of it whenever they can. there is a place in northern california called Weed. whenever we used to play them at football our cheerleaders always would make one sign "smoke weed". it would never get put up, but every year without fail.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paredskinsfan Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 because marketing departments like a challenge...... funny arent we the only nfl team listed in the fortune 500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Actually that's a pretty amusing aritcle.My nomination: . . .in Michigan. Yikes! Hey guys, now that we have our name, what should our mascot look like? How about we take a cross of Grizzly Adams and Hagar the Horrible and put Davy Crockett's hat on him? Ooooh, and feathers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paredskinsfan Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 and the second highest profiting sports team in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voicekiller Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I think it is ludicrous that people hate on our name...i don't find it offensive, or racist in the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[ghost]] Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 This article doesn't count since it comes from Canadians. :laugh: Not to mention, I'll take my Redskins over being a team synonymous with Brokeback Mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie_Skinz Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 This article doesn't count since it comes from Canadians. :laugh: Mt. Dew almost plastered my screen. Lousy Canadians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebornempowered Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Sorry, nothing is worse than the Blooming Prairie (MN) Blossoms......well maybe the Butte Pirates but that is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Sorry, nothing is worse than the Blooming Prairie (MN) Blossoms......well maybe the Butte Pirates but that is it. Depends on how you pronounce "Butte". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 If they want insensitive, we can go back to the original words of Hail to the Redskins. If anybody has them, feel free to post but it was pretty bad, Something like... "scalp 'em" and "we want heep more" broken english that made it sound like the indians from F-Troop were singing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 If they want insensitive, we can go back to the original words of Hail to the Redskins.If anybody has them, feel free to post but it was pretty bad, Something like... "scalp 'em" and "we want heep more" broken english that made it sound like the indians from F-Troop were singing it. yeah and it was fight for ol dixie and not DC. now THATS racist for ya.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I like the team name, and could never imagine changing it, but I mean, it does seem pretty offensive. Not to worry, I'm not joining the picket lines anytime soon. I imagine that it will eventually be changed. There will eventually be enough of an uproar, or we'll get an owner who is more liberal and socially conscious, not to mention doesn't mind killing his brand recognition. Just go back a few years in the very city, when Abe Pollin changed the name of the basketball team from Bullets because of the high murder rate in the district. Sure, there was an uproar, and now everyone calls them the Wizards without thinking twice. Eventually, we'll have an Abe Pollin type owner for the Skins who will do the same. Everyone will be pissed off about it, but after a few years, will accept the new name. I hope this doesn't happen for a long time, but I'm also not Native American and not personally injured by the name. The question is, what would they change it to. As far as I'm concerned, just dropping "red" and calling them the Skins would be best. Hell, that's how a lot of folks refer to them in short anyway. I would be sad to lose our logo though.:logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zCommander Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Just to educate you guys on the actual origin of the name, it started as the Boston Redskins. Named after the white guys who dressed as Native Americans and threw that tea into the Boston Harbor during the "Boston Tea Party" in 1773, protesting the Kings taxes. You can find more information about the Boston Tea Party at your local library. Are you sure about your info here???? Read this: I think that it is well established that redskin is taken by most people today to be disparaging. What is more interesting is whether it has always been so, as Harjo et al., as well as various others, claim. One interesting piece of evidence is the origin of the name Washington Redskins. In 1933, George Preston Marshall, the owner of the team, which was then located in Boston, renamed it the Boston Redskins in honor of the head coach, William "Lone Star" Dietz, an American Indian.³ When the team moved to Washington in 1937 it was renamed the Washington Redskins. George Marshall clearly did not consider the name disparaging. Full Article: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002961.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sith lord Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I think it is ludicrous that people hate on our name...i don't find it offensive, or racist in the least It is a racial slur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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