Rooting for the Redskins

[knight82]

I'm rooting for the Redskins for one reason. As an organization, they didn't bend over for the PC police and kept the name they've had forever.

 

[Abro1975]

They should have changed their name to the 'Fore Skins' . That'll teach'em .

 

[Knight Shift]

And there fight may have just gotten some muscle from a Federal appeals court. A band called THE SLANTS fought the Federal government's refusal to register their band name on the grounds the government found it to be disparaging. The Federal Circuit court held that this exclusion of “disparaging” marks violated the First Amendment. This decision isn’t binding on the Fourth Circuit, which is considering the Redskins mark. Moreover, because the court has struck down part of a federal statute, the Supreme Court will likely agree to consider the case.

Interesting list of marks in the Washington Post article that were refused on the same basis:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rk-registration-violates-the-first-amendment/

 

[rubaseball78]

Left 4 points off the board. Will probably come back to kill them.

 

[RutgersSam]

I'm rooting for the Redskins for one reason. As an organization, they didn't bend over for the PC police and kept the name they've had forever.

It's naive to think they did it for the principle. It would have cost them hundred of millions in marketing and brand updates. They did it for the money.

 

[redking]

And there fight may have just gotten some muscle from a Federal appeals court. A band called THE SLANTS fought the Federal government's refusal to register their band name on the grounds the government found it to be disparaging. The Federal Circuit court held that this exclusion of “disparaging” marks violated the First Amendment. This decision isn’t binding on the Fourth Circuit, which is considering the Redskins mark. Moreover, because the court has struck down part of a federal statute, the Supreme Court will likely agree to consider the case.

Interesting list of marks in the Washington Post article that were refused on the same basis:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rk-registration-violates-the-first-amendment/

Not exactly apples to apples. The Slants is a band based out of Oregon comprised predominately of people with Asian heritage. If they want to call themselves a disparaging remark, more power to them. It's similar to how there is a rap group called "NWA". From my research, the Redskins don't seem to have a lot of Native American players, if any.

 

[Knight Shift]

Not exactly apples to apples. The Slants is a band based out of Oregon comprised predominately of people with Asian heritage. If they want to call themselves a disparaging remark, more power to them. It's similar to how there is a rap group called "NWA". From my research, the Redskins don't seem to have a lot of Native American players, if any.

Yeah, but the Federal Circuit court declared the "disparaging" trademark statute unconstitutional. That means it cannot be a valid ground to refuse a trademark. The Redskins case is in a different circuit court, the Fourth Circuit. So, it will likely go to the US Supreme Court to resolve the conflict. My guess, based on the current composition of the Supreme Court, is the Federal Circuit's decision will be upheld, and the Redskins will prevail.

 

[Veiox]

SO how did the ForeSkins do today?

 

[Abro1975]

SO how did the ForeSkins do today?

They were 'snipped'.

 

[MozRU]

Kirk Cousins holds the redskins single season passing record. That's all you need to know about today's NFL.

(It have turned into a real POS league)

 

[Doctor Worm]

Kirk Cousins holds the redskins single season passing record. That's all you need to know about today's NFL.

(It have turned into a real POS league)

And do you know who held the record before Cousins? Jay Schroeder, in 1986. Jay F'n Schroeder. Does that tell you all you need to know about the NFL of 30 years ago?

 

[MozRU]

And do you know who held the record before Cousins? Jay Schroeder, in 1986. Jay Schroeder. Does that tell you all you need to know about the NFL of 30 years ago?

Right, Jay Schroeder was a hack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Schroeder


Get a life buddy.

 

[shields]

Go Packers!

 

[BeKnighted]

It's naive to think they did it for the principle. It would have cost them hundred of millions in marketing and brand updates. They did it for the money.

Actually, the evidence suggests that name changes (and logo changes) *make* money for teams, at least in the short term, as the people who buy jerseys run out and buy new ones. And the one thing that Snyder is good at is milking every possible dollar from the fans, so I'm sure he could make a name change into gold.

I'm not a fan of the current name (and think it will get changed in the next five years, although that's less a prediction than a guess at probability), but until recently I was perfectly fine with the team winning unless they were playing the Giants. (D.C. is, in general, a happier place when they're doing well.) In the last five years, I've gotten more and more annoyed with Snyder, who seems to be a petty jerk who has run the team like he's playing fantasy football while, as mentioned above, grabbing for every possible dollar from the fans, and so I found myself pretty much rooting against them all year. I was happy with yesterday's result.