• Changing team names.

    From Utopian Galt@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Friday, July 03, 2020 17:30:00
    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.
  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Utopian Galt on Saturday, July 04, 2020 11:02:44
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 05:30 pm

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!

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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to HusTler on Saturday, July 04, 2020 10:07:04
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: HusTler to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:02 am

    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!
    I agree with you, but I was trying to think of a name that would get the other side to be quiet.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Utopian Galt on Saturday, July 04, 2020 08:35:00
    Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    The Washington Lobbyists!



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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Utopian Galt on Saturday, July 04, 2020 18:20:27
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 05:30 pm

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    Yes! I mean, I wouldn't give up rooting for my beloved Packers, but They'd definitely move up a notch in my "Teams-I-like-for-stupid-reasons-like-they-have-a-cool-name-or-I-live-near-thei r-home-stadium" list.



    The Onion posted an article a few years back that the Washington Redskins changed their name to the "DC Redskins" to resolve the controversy. It's started making the rounds again. :D

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to HusTler on Saturday, July 04, 2020 20:12:00
    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!

    They threw a fit with Florida State University having the name of "Seminoles". But, from what I understand, they have an agreement...
    possibly monetary...with the local area Seminole tribes (there are
    several Indian names for some Florida cities). They are on very good
    terms with the university, and have been for several years.

    They also have an excellent meteorology department, and even created
    a model used by the National Hurricane Center with their forecasts.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, July 04, 2020 20:13:00
    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    The Washington Lobbyists!

    If they were engaged in Waste Management, nothing would get done.

    Daryl

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, July 05, 2020 15:50:13
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Daryl Stout to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 04 2020 08:13 pm

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    The Washington Lobbyists!


    I must say. I like that name. Very "catchy". There's a hockey team the Senators that's availble but Lobbyists is much more "catchy". Let's put that one in the suggestion box.

    HusTler
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, July 05, 2020 23:27:59
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 08:35 am

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    The Washington Lobbyists!

    Or the washington ChazChops
    Columbus Ohio wants to change it's name I think Dumbass, Ohio works

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  • From paulie420@VERT/PAULIE42 to HusTler on Sunday, July 05, 2020 23:44:59
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: HusTler to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:02 am

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!
    ... Ignorance is the mother of research.

    From what I gather, its alredy all but sure that they will change their team name before the start of the next NFL season, whenever that may be.

    The Dixie Chicks = The Chicks
    Aunt Jemima
    and so on and so forth... this is one time that I do agree with you, Hustler, we don't need to go changing everything.

    The whole master/slave thing that was discussed a short while ago on DN is silly too..

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  • From Brokenmind@VERT/TIABBS to HusTler on Thursday, July 09, 2020 13:46:07
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: HusTler to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:02 am

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.
    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!
    ... Ignorance is the mother of research.
    HusTler
    havens.synchro.net:23

    How about The Washington SnowFlakes?

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  • From Andeddu@VERT/AMSTRAD to Brokenmind on Sunday, July 12, 2020 19:14:14
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Brokenmind to HusTler on Thu Jul 09 2020 01:46 pm

    How about The Washington SnowFlakes?

    Changing the name of the team would technically mean disbanding it & creating another seperate team. I know NFL teams change location often, such as the Cleaveland Rams becoming the LA Rams - but changing the name of the team itself means ending its legacy. Shouldn't that be considered?

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ANDEDDU on Monday, July 13, 2020 16:02:00
    Changing the name of the team would technically mean disbanding it & creating another seperate team. I know NFL teams change location often, such as the Cleaveland Rams becoming the LA Rams - but changing the name of the team itsel
    means ending its legacy. Shouldn't that be considered?

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it
    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.


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  • From Jon Justvig@VERT/STEPPING to Dumas Walker on Monday, July 13, 2020 23:19:04
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Dumas Walker to ANDEDDU on Mon Jul 13 2020 04:02 pm

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig

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  • From paulie420@VERT/BEERS20 to All on Monday, July 13, 2020 18:25:00
    So I did read that the RedSkins WILL be changing their name. No hints as to what the change might be to... lets start a list, what do you think the RedSkins will be switching to?

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 09:18:00
    Mike,

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe
    it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    I think that's correct. The worst part is for all the merchandising and printed items. When the name changes, the items are worthless, or they
    become collectors items.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Jon Justvig on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 09:18:00
    Jon,

    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to paulie420 on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 09:19:00
    So I did read that the RedSkins WILL be changing their name. No hints
    as to what the change might be to... lets start a list, what do you
    think the RedSkins will be switching to?

    There have been news stories all over the place. To me, I think the
    Lobbyists would be more than appropriate. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From paulie420@VERT/BEERS20 to Daryl Stout on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 17:04:00
    There have been news stories all over the place. To me, I think the Lobbyists would be more than appropriate. <G>

    Muahahhahahaha - that would be quite fitting. :P

    pAULIE42o
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  • From Andeddu@VERT/AMSTRAD to Dumas Walker on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 00:26:03
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Dumas Walker to ANDEDDU on Mon Jul 13 2020 04:02 pm

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.


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    It's still deeply offensive to my sensibilities. I know that English football teams regularly changed their names back in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Manchester United, for instance, was founded as Newton Heath & West Ham United were known as Thames Ironworks F.C. I suppose I can see why The Hammers changed their name!

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  • From calcmandan@VERT/DIGDIST to paulie420 on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 21:37:00
    paulie420 wrote to All <=-

    So I did read that the RedSkins WILL be changing their name. No hints
    as to what the change might be to... lets start a list, what do you
    think the RedSkins will be switching to?

    They should make it something obvious and mimicking the far-left's agenda to normalize racism and attack all white people: EvilWhiteSkins

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:38:31
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Daryl Stout to Jon Justvig on Tue Jul 14 2020 09:18 am

    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA referring to Los Angeles.

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Andeddu on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 07:39:00
    Andeddu wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    It's still deeply offensive to my sensibilities. I know that English football teams regularly changed their names back in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Manchester United, for instance, was founded as Newton
    Heath & West Ham United were known as Thames Ironworks F.C. I suppose I can see why The Hammers changed their name!

    As a long-time Oakland resident, I wish the Raiders would change
    their name. The "Las Vegas Raiders" doesn't do their history justice.

    I always like the story of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers moving to LA
    and leaving the "trolley" part in NY.



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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to paulie420 on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:29:00
    There have been news stories all over the place. To me, I think the Lobbyists would be more than appropriate. <G>

    Muahahhahahaha - that would be quite fitting. :P

    For all the money that changes hands...never mind what's spent for elections...we could eliminate the debt (in the trillions of dollars),
    fund Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and have stuff left over.

    But, you know darn well the Deep State isn't going to let that
    happen. It's like the tagline below.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Nightfox on Thursday, July 16, 2020 11:01:00
    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA referring to Los Angeles.

    It is...but we do things differently down here. <G>

    At times, some have referred to Arkansas as "Sasnakra" (Arkansas
    spelled backwards), as that's the way stuff was done. Years ago,
    before they had "The Arkansas Lottery", they said "gambling was
    illegal". Yet, they allowed betting on the horses at Oaklawn Race
    Track in Hot Springs, and on the greyhounds at Southland Greyhound
    Park in West Memphis. To me, that's a double standard.

    Years ago, when I was working in silkscreen printing, one customer
    came in for a deer hunting style shirt (hunting is real big here).
    But he wanted "muzzle loaders" spelled as "muzzel loders". After I
    and the artist corrected it (I did a ton of proofreading of stuff),
    the customer said "that's not how he wanted it", and I blew a gasket.

    While the owner was right there, I angrily replied "And they wonder
    why Arkansas' literacy rate is the lowest in the country!! Stuff like
    this makes us look like a bunch of dumb hicks. If there had been
    something on the order that 'he wanted it that way', I wouldn't have
    said a word!!".

    It makes me glad that I'm not a native Arkansan (I'm originally
    from Florida).

    Daryl

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Saturday, July 18, 2020 20:45:09
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 15 2020 12:38 pm

    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Daryl Stout to Jon Justvig on Tue Jul 14 2020 09:18 am

    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA referring to Los Angeles.

    Also Louisiana.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Saturday, July 18, 2020 23:32:14
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat Jul 18 2020 08:45 pm

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA
    referring to Los Angeles.

    Also Louisiana.

    That's true, I forgot about that.

    Nightfox

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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT/IUTOPIA to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, August 08, 2020 10:36:00
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Andeddu <=-
    As a long-time Oakland resident, I wish the Raiders would change
    their name. The "Las Vegas Raiders" doesn't do their history justice.
    Las Vegas Mobsters

    I always like the story of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers moving to LA
    and leaving the "trolley" part in NY.
    Los Angeles did have trolleys as well. But the red car system was replaced as the highways came along.

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