...in spite of being a liberal i think being owned by Dan Snyder is way more of a problem than the team's stupid name.
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...in spite of being a liberal i think being owned by Dan Snyder is way more of a problem than the team's stupid name.
This thread is long overdue for an update.
The statue of notorious racist, George Preston Marshall, who founded the Washington team, has been removed from RFK Stadium. Some background..
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As a result of a "gentlemen's agreement" promoted by Marshall, NFL teams did not sign black players until 1946, when 2 teams broke the agreement. Marshall refused to do so, claiming that integrating the team would cause the team to lose fans in the Southern United States and the team was at the time the southernmost team in the NFL.[12][13] He said that "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites."[4]
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In June 2020, a statue of Marshall was removed from the grounds of RFK Stadium after it was defaced and vandalized following the George Floyd protests.[18] The same month, his name was removed from the Redskins Ring of Fame at Fedex Field.[10]
Fast forward to this week..
Under pressure from investors, corporate advertisers are demanding that the team change its name. Going further than anybody else, Nike stopped selling the team's merchandise.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...wth/112018228/Quote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
Oh noes not Nike...
Guess the name was to hard for those 6 year old hands to sew.
Fucking hypocrites.
It's pretty amazing how companies like Nike and Apple keep getting away with this woke bullshit in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaps
"We are against mean words and statues dedicated to old racists!"
2 minutes later.
"So how can we squeeze an extra dollar of profits? Should we cut our generous rate of near slave labor from 2 dollars a day to 1.90 a day?"
Lawsuits incoming.
After tweeting earlier today that NASCAR ratings are going down because they banned the Confederate flag at NASCAR events, Trump turned his attention to NFL team names..
HAHAHA
Indians, like Elizabeth Warren.
I'm fucking laughing so much.
You gotta love Trump.