Showing posts with label Washington Redskins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington Redskins. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2014

Taps...

December 08, 2014 RGIII , Robert Griffin III 0 Comments
TMZ, Citing Unnamed Redskins Player: ‘Playing With RG3 Has Been A Nightmare’

By Chris Lingebach, Dec. 6, 2014, Washington.cbslocal.com

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – So, TMZ Sports is getting a piece of the unnamed Redskins sources action.

Either late Friday night or early Saturday morning —depending on how you look at it — TMZ published a report, citing a player “who spoke with us on the condition of anonymity,” alleging no one in the Redskins locker room believes in Robert Griffin III anymore.

The player — who spoke with us on the condition of anonymity — says playing with RG3 has been a nightmare this season … and the locker room has lost faith in the QB.

“No one is happy … no one gets the hype around him anymore,” the player source told TMZ.

But it’s not so much what Griffin does (or doesn’t do) on the field, but rather how he behaves off it that has his teammates bothered, according to TMZ.

Read the full story:  www.washington.cbslocal.com


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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

How long before they call this Navajo an "Uncle Tom-Tom"?

October 14, 2014 Ben Shelly , Dan Snyder 0 Comments
The Sage's Take: A 2004 poll taken by the highly respected, non-conservative Annenberg Center found only 9% of self-described Native Americans considered the name Redskins "offensive."  Some questioned the mythology of the polls, and whether the sample size was sufficient. Still, the issue seemed no biggie. After all, every spring, a handful of people assemble outside the Cleveland Indians stadium to protest the team's nickname. After a few days, the crowd disperses. Nobody cares. 

 In the case of both the Indians and the Washington Redskins, the teams' history suggests that the names were chosen honor particular individuals. These men were associated with the their teams' early years--and were Native American. This is racist, insulting, demeaning?


Redskins Owner Watches Game With Head Of Navajo Nation

By Michael Cantrell, Oct. 13, 2014, Youngcons.com

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has been the target of a liberal witch hunt over the past year, as race-baiting Democrats led by Sen. Harry Reid have been on a crusade to force the team to change its name, claiming it’s “racist.”

The funny thing is, a large majority of Native Americans have come forward in support of the team’s name, saying it’s a term of honor, but of course, that’s not stopped the race obsessed left from continuing to abuse their power and silence someone’s freedom of speech.

Fortunately, Snyder is a tough guy who stands up for what he believes in, and has decided to take the fight to the PC Police by sitting down and watching his team toss the pigskin around with a special guest.

From The Right Scoop:

The Washington Redskins’ owner fights back against the PC police who are trying to force him to change the name of his football team. This photo was just take a few minutes ago of the Washington Redskins owner, Dan Snyder, watching the football game with the president of the Navajo Nation.

Read the full story:  www.youngcons.com

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

What about "redskin" potatoes?

September 25, 2014 Cortney O'Brien , Debate On Renaming The Washington Redskins 0 Comments
Redskins Controversy Reaches Grade School 

By Cortney O'Brien, Sept. 24, 2014, Townhall.com

Mascot controversies aren't limited to the football field. While the Washington Redskins are busy considering a name change due to criticism that their mascot is offensive to Native Americans, the PC police is also invading public schools.

The Anacostia Indians have been the nickname of Anacostia High School in the District of Columbia since 1937. But, political correctness is once again threatening tradition. Ward 5 Democratic Councilman Kenyan McDuffie introduced legislation to ban the Anacostia mascot, as well as four other racially based school nicknames in the district. The legislator called such terms "pejorative."

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Friday, September 5, 2014

And Now This...

September 05, 2014 And Now This... , Washington Redskins 0 Comments
Are You Ready For Some Football?



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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Redskins: Patent Office Got ZERO Complaints About The Name --Protection cancelled anyway

July 02, 2014 Jim McElhatton , Washington Redskins 0 Comments
By Jim McElhatton, Jul. 1, 2014, Washingtontimes.com

The recent decision by an obscure administrative law board to cancel the Washington Redskins‘ trademark registrations came despite the fact the agency hadn’t received a single letter from a member of the public complaining about the team’s name, records show.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which is part of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, ruled last month that the name was disparaging to American Indians. The team is appealing that decision.

Politicians, including President Obama, have waded into the team name controversy, with many saying the team should change its name. But despite widespread media attention and a legal fight that goes back more than a decade, the USPTO recently acknowledged there’s hardly been an avalanche of public complaints filed with the agency.

In fact, the agency doesn’t have any record of correspondence from the public about the Redskins‘ name — expressing sentiments one way or another — prior to the board’s June 18 ruling.

A Freedom of Information Act request from The Washington Times asking for any communications from Congress or the public produced just 13 pages of records.

Six of those pages were a handwritten, meandering letter from a man in Lubbock, Texas, whose position on the team name controversy isn’t clear. Another writer congratulated the appeals board after its decision but questioned whether the judges would “go after” the United Negro College Fund. Both letters were sent after the ruling.

In addition, there were a few pages of email correspondence between staffers for the USPTO and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s nonvoting member of Congress. Ms. Norton has been a vocal critic of the team name, but her staffers were mostly seeking background information on the case.

The board made its ruling last month based on a legal challenge from Amanda Blackhorse and four others, who petitioned the USPTO against the Redskins, calling the team name offensive to American Indians. After the ruling, she called the decision a “great victory for Native Americans and all Americans,” saying the team’s name was “racist and derogatory.”

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