The Commanders

Cypress said:
Hard to believe they spent all that time and money to come up with a name as lame as Commanders. It sounds like the name of a fictional football team on a low budget cable movie.


However, I am a lifelong enemy of the Deadskins, and their dumb and insensitive name needed to be updated!
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$20 says the top dog's wife picked it. :)
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Let the RW poutrage commence!

"Change is possible.

"The Washington NFL Team released its new name, the Commanders, after decades of conversations, protests, written letters, and media appearances from Indigenous peoples telling owners that the previous name was (and still is) a racial slur. Sponsorship pressure was the last straw.

"The new name unveiled Wednesday comes 18 months after the franchise dropped its old nickname.

"In July 2020, Carla Fredericks, now the president of the Christensen Fund, told Indian Country Today how the fight had shifted to corporate boardrooms in the push to change the name."



https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/washingtons-nfl-team-the-commanders
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I would have just left the name, The Washington Football Team.
 
cawacko said:
Big thread on the ‘SC board about this and posters I know who are politically liberal thought this name was stupid. I don’t know what other names were up for consideration but I’m not sure why someone on the political right would dislike this new name more than a liberal. (Thought I read it had to do with the military but I could be off on that.)

Sounds like the name people in D.C. are calling it is “Going Commando”

Edit: For me personally I really don’t care and don’t think anything of the new name one way or the other. It is what it is
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Its all subjective. I'm sure whatever name(s) you had in mind seem silly or stupid to someone else. At least now we don't have a callous disregard for the dignity of an entire section of the American populace.
 
cawacko said:
Big thread on the ‘SC board about this and posters I know who are politically liberal thought this name was stupid. I don’t know what other names were up for consideration but I’m not sure why someone on the political right would dislike this new name more than a liberal. (Thought I read it had to do with the military but I could be off on that.)

Sounds like the name people in D.C. are calling it is “Going Commando”

Edit: For me personally I really don’t care and don’t think anything of the new name one way or the other. It is what it is
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LOL that could sell tickets!
 
Cypress said:
Hard to believe they spent all that time and money to come up with a name as lame as Commanders. It sounds like the name of a fictional football team on a low budget cable movie.


However, I am a lifelong enemy of the Deadskins, and their dumb and insensitive name needed to be updated!
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Yeah the name should have been changed long ago. I'm not surprised they came up with something stupid though. Whenever you put a bunch of high-level branding experts, PR flaks, and execs in a think room, that's the result.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Stringfellow Hawk said:
not surprised, being fucked up in the head goes along with your gender
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"Mr. Misogyny, your table for one is ready."

:rofl2:
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MAGA-for-brains isn't much of a ladies man. He spends most of his time with his homies talking about the women he's scored. :)

BTW; proof you can never make everyone happy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/02/02/native-americans-washington-commanders/
Commanders leaves Native Americans unhappy, for different reasons


This link explains the logo, colors, etc but not the reason why "Commanders" was chosen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/02/02/washington-commanders-logo-uniforms/

Anyone know why "Commanders"?

Darla said:
Yeah the name should have been changed long ago. I'm not surprised they came up with something stupid though. Whenever you put a bunch of high-level branding experts, PR flaks, and execs in a think room, that's the result.
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It's all about the money. :thup:
 
Darla said:
Yeah the name should have been changed long ago. I'm not surprised they came up with something stupid though. Whenever you put a bunch of high-level branding experts, PR flaks, and execs in a think room, that's the result.
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I think if they just polled the fans they would have gotten a cooler name, than the one their over-paid marketing consultants came up with.
 
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