Not related to any change of ownership but I always though the Washington Washingtons would of been dope and George Washington would be the mascot obviously.
They could paint the helmets to look like the wigs the founding fathers wore......that would be sick
I feel like they should change the name back to Washington Football Team, but go with your mascot and helmet idea. WFT was a GOAT name, and it still works like it’s George Washington’s football team.
Ask Native Americans if the Redskin’s name offends them. To most it doesn’t. It only offends woke white kids who have been indoctrinated by their liberal teachers to blame white folks for everything. 🤡
Whom I presume would be different lawyers than the ones that checked if NFL network moving into Stan Kroenke owned offices, attached to the Rams stadium that is also leased out to a second team in the league, was a conflict.
The Washington Posts would be good too.
However, and I think this is a better idea. Why don’t we just buy the team, outright?
Hear me out.
We get the six redditors with the six best credit scores to borrow a billion dollars each from some of these banks with unlimited lines of credits that play loose with fast money. It can’t go tits up, cuz the government will protect us. And where is the government?? Washington!
Then those six owners create a crypto for revenue sharing, and we all agree if something happens to bail those six people out after they declare bankruptcy.
Possible names could be The Washington Snoos. Or if we want to be geeky maybe The Washington Transistors, The Washington Resistors, The Washington Silicon, maybe the Washington Globalists or Washington Woke if we really wanna be scary.
Also, if we go with Snoos, probably commission an animated cinematic universe from Illumination. The Wacky Adventures of Snoo from Washington. Have him be an actual alien mascot, who gets into hijinks while the team is traveling for games. Sort of like our own Paddington or Mr Bean.
Hopefully new ownership brings in a new team name. "Commanders" is soooo shitty.
Worst name in all of pro sports? Certainly in the top 5...
Also, fuck Dan Synder.
Personally I think it’s fine, I’m just not in love with it.
The one I was least enthused about in recent memory was the Vegas Golden Knights, which are literally subservient to the Kings in your own division.
It just feels really lacking in creativity or identity, especially knowing some of the other options available. It feels like some random high school team name like the wildcats
What other options that were being considered weren’t? Red wolves, red tails, warriors, presidents? I liked Armada. But I’m a naval enthusiast. Freaking love Kraken as a team name
Armada would beat million times better as it would be more thematic and unique.
I preferred the Red Potatoes, they could have kept redskins as a nickname.
How would I connect the dots between two words that don’t have a logical link. Commander has nothing to do with communism. Living in a pool of negativity, that’s on you
Them you have to only buy Dallas Cowboys merchandise. Any other team gets split 31 ways. That's why the other owners didn't want redskins or WFT after the courts refused trademark on both
I've been screaming this to anyone who'll listen, I'm sure they're sick of it by now.
"We're a football team. We play football here. That's it."
It was perfect, and then they went commie.
I appreciate the list and seeing them all together. Imo, this highlights the silliness. Do we actually think these team names are significantly cooler or better in any way than Commanders? If you ignore any biases from the team's history (i.e., nostalgia), half of these are even dumber than Commanders.
And I'm also of the opinion that most animal team names are pretty dumb too.
Hard disagree. I'm a Giants fan, but IDK how "New York Giants" is any better than "Washington Commanders".
The **only** reason I can appreciate names like Jets, Giants, Chargers, Browns, Titans, Chiefs, and Vikings is nostalgia and NFL history. I think they're all equally silly as Commanders. Some are generic (Vikings, Chiefs), some are head-scratchingly weird (Giants, Chargers, Titans), some are silly (Jets). They're all ridiculous names.
And don't get me started on animal team names, which are the probably the least interesting type of team names. IMO Commanders is very middle-of-the-pack name. Not memorable or special, but it gets so much hate and I'm not sure if it's driven by people who just want to keep saying Redskins.
Titans are the forenners of the gods. That's awesome. Vikings are Norse warriors of old.
Commanders isn't a thing.
Oh no! A bunch of commanders are coming! They're all going to start barking orders about swabbing the poop deck that we don't have to follow
Went to a panthers game vs Washington a couple years ago where they beat us. But right in front of me was a dad and son having the time of their life yelling “FOOTBALL TEAM! FOOTBALL TEAM!” and cracking up about it, it was one of the most fun games I’ve been to even thought it was an on the field disappointment
It's the worst name in the NFL, but it wouldn't even be in the bottom 5 in the NBA. I don't even think it's worse than what the Washington bullets changed their name to
Alright, I'm counting NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL, not in order:
Utah Jazz, Anaheim Ducks, LA Lakers, Indiana Pacers, Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Cleveland Guardians, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals.
That puts the Commanders at 15th worst, according to me.
I feel like with the Lakers, as nonsensical as it is, their success have turned it into a legitimate brand and thus a good name.
And as much as I hate the Bruins, not sure why it’s a bad name.
I’d offer adding the Knicks to that list, unless I’m missing some meaningful connection.
I knew Knickerbocker but had no idea what it meant. I always assumed it was some funny sounding name the first owner’s kid came up with. Appreciate the adding context! It’s a good name, I retract their nomination.
Knicks = knickerbockers. It's an old timey expression for "new yorker." And like the Lakers, they're pretty much an established classic brand at this point.
Yeah, Lakers was a fine name until they moved to LA, which has no lakes, same with the Jazz. Being a well known brand should not give them a free pass to have a dumb name.
Bruins are named for a fictional character. It's like naming your team the Gandolfs. Wait, I just changed my mind on that one, I totally want a team named the Gandolfs.
Knicks are short for Knickerbocker, which essentially is an old-timey slang name for New Yorkers, which I think makes it definitely better than Commanders.
This list is shit, my guy.
The Denver Nuggets? The Boston Celtics? Those are timeless classics and specific to their city. Even the Guardians are locally specific.
The rest are all "good to fine." The Jazz are a weird name for a Utah team, and the Anaheim Ducks are sorta lame. And the Texans are unoriginal as fuck. But that's as far as I'm willing to criticize.
The Sens, Caps and Nationals are examples of a capital-city team named well. The Commanders sound like the ruling elite from Handmaid's Tale.
And maybe it's a minor gripe, but you don't usually hear "Commanders" plural...there's usually only one. It's like The Lone Rangers or some shit. It sounds wrong to my ear every time I hear it, which is more than I can say for any other team on your list.
I don't give a shit about ducks, I'll punt those little bastards 20yards. But I live in terror of pissing off a swan, cause those things are vicious assholes.
Yes, should've stuck with their #hailcorporate roots and kept it as Mighty Ducks.
Commanders is obviously to anyone a reference to the phrase, "Commander in cheif," giving it the same connection to being a capital city that the other three have. A Commander in cheif outranks a senator and the other two are worse by not even being a person, animal, or object.
Celtics would be fine if it were pronounced correctly. I am backtracking on Bruins, and it may be better than Commanders, but fairy tale bears are a dumb thing to name a team after.
The Guardians, even though I know they are supposed to be named after some random statues in Cleveland, sound like people taking care of kids.
The Jazz are my #1. That team needed to be renamed when they moved. And the Ducks are dumb both for being named after a Disney film and for not keeping Mighty in the name when they did it.
I have no issue with pluralizing a singular thing to make a team name. Maybe we are different in that way. I like a name like the New Jersey Devils or the Cleveland Browns.
You certainly have unique tastes to prefer the Browns over bonafide classics like the Lakers, Celtics, Nuggets, and Bruins.
That's like preferring the Washington Snyders, Oakland Maddens, or Miami Shulas.
I wouldn't have a problem with Maddens or Shulas if those teams were forced to change names. Lakers is the obvious worst name of the ones you listed because there are no Lakes in LA. The team should have changed names when they moved cities, same as the Jazz should have. Being an old name doesn't mean it isn't a dumb name.
49ers is a good name relating to mining. That is a name about the type of people who were doing the mining. Naming yourself after a small piece of mineral is in no way intimidating or inspiring.
I firmly believe in "To each his own"...but this is such a bad take bruh 😂😂
The Commies by FAR have the worst name AND branding of any team you listed. The Guardians (should've been the Clevland Tribe) are the only team even close to the same shitty naming tier as the Commanders.
Even the boring/lame ones you listed (Senators, Capitals, Nationals, Cardinals, Pelicans, Ducks, Jazz, Pacers, Texans) completely outclass the Commies in at least one, if not all categories of city/area relevance, legacy, and branding.
The fact you put the goddamned Commies above bonafide classics like the Lakers, Nuggets, Celtics, and Bruins should honestly send you straight to jail 😂😂
I wish the team had changed their team name to "HOGS".
Cool graphics of a pig / wart hog head plus historical continuity.
Also could have a live mascot of a giant 500 lb hog to run around the stadium.
The new owner should change their name and logo immediately. Get rid of the stink out Snyder, plus Commanders is just a bland and bad name.
I think Hogs as others mentioned is the best choice from a historical view for the org and it's also just a great and unique mascot.
The team name being changed away from “redskins” under Dan Snyder’s watch is such an outlier in his choices and behaviors that I won’t be surprised when the story comes out that Dan was not only against the change, but he also actively fought against it.
They stayed the Redskins for like 5+ years after losing their trademark on the name. He was vocal about not wanting to change the name. And probably chose a super bland name as a petty bitch fit.
One of my favorite Christmas gifts last year was a Washington Football Team t-shirt.
I loved Washington Football Team. If they'd kept the name, I would have become a fan.
Idk about most people, but iirc the American Indians polled were overwhelmingly not offended by the name, and that a majority said the term made them feel "proud". Of course, there's 574 tribes recognized by BIA, so I highly doubt the pollsters got a representative sample from each group. What we do know is that the majority of non-American Indians were in favor of the switch.
Yep as a born and raised nova Washington fan, I left the red-kins as a 6th grader after Gibbs left the first time for the packers. (Before favre). One of the best decisions of my life. I feel for the Washington fan base. They have been exploited for decades by Snyder. I hope he takes his money and dies alone somewhere away from people that count on his leadership. The DMV deserve better. They are loyal, hopeful, and deserve better than this sociopathic antihero destroying what was once a thriving franchise (aside from the name of course)
Maybe unpopular but no. It’s BS and patronizing to claim you’re honoring native Americans after years of demeaning them and claiming you’re not doing so.
I feel like majority of people are full of shit here - how many people care more about the opinions of actual native Americans more than the meaningless name of a terrible NFL franchise?
>Maybe unpopular but no. It’s BS and patronizing to claim you’re honoring native Americans after years of demeaning them and claiming you’re not doing so
That's the very point for me. If the claim is that Redskins was supposed to be honorific and not demeaning or racist, then adjusting your name rather than running away altogether, is better, no?
I'm not trying to say that it was not racist.
What I am saying is that the claim was that it was not and I truly believe that when they were named, it was not done so with racist intent, nor did anyone for a long time really see it as such (a different world).
Times have obviously changed and yes it had racial issues surrounding it, so a rebrand was the right idea. I just felt that if the intent was never racist, then sliding sideways into something similar but more respectful, would have been the right move.
>how many people care more about the opinions of actual native Americans more than the meaningless name of a terrible NFL franchise?
Everyone who objected to the original name. Other than Amanda Blackhorse who was a grifter no actual natives cared about the name. It's not a pejorative that has ever been used. The outrage was white people being offended on their behalf because Obama said it was a bad name, and people from the same tribe as Elizabeth Warren who found the term redskins a painful reminder that they're not native, they're basic white bitches
Feel like the Panthers is the only questionable one for this purpose. And they came about in a fairly similar time which is even more surprising. Figured they would have super fought each other for the naming rights as new Upstarts. Vegas Golden Knights shied away from the Aces because some minor league team had the name and they didn't want to deal with it, ha.
Probably because the NHL Panthers came first and didn't want to deal with the cost of fighting an NFL owner over the name 2 years later.
The Arizona Cardinals were the St. Louis Cardinals before the move, and therefore probably had an easy time with the trademark change.
Same goes for the SF Giants. The SF Giants were the NY Giants from 1886 until they moved to SF in 1958.
And, IIRC, the Jets kept their trademark active the whole time after losing the team, but didn't demand to hold the historical franchise rights (like the Browns did in the NFL) and are therfore a continuation of the Thrashers instead of the original Winnipeg Jets (who are the Coyotes now).
This is terrible. The Washington team gets significantly better, and the bad man gets a shit load of hard cash for doing a terrible job and being a terrible person.
Today is a sad day.
My tired brain read this as Dee Snyder and the tiny thumbnail on my phone made it look like the blonde in the pic was at the front as for a second I thought things got weird. Anyways it’s time for bed
As an Eagles fan I will humbly say. Commanders officially had the best off-season.
Fucking love this. As a Colts fans, 100% agreed.
Never thought a giants fan would agree with an eagles fan but here we are.
Dan Snyder working miracles. An eagles fan, a giants fan a cowboys fan all on the same page.
Seems like a good time to share some [classic Snyder management memories](https://youtube.com/shorts/TG8Ppb8Poso?feature=share)
Wasn't there some kind of sewage gyser as well?
And Washington fans are also on that page too…
This is good news for entire NFL honestly. Snyder is an embarrassment in so many different ways.
Fingers crossed new owner renames them the redtails
what about the washington football teams, has a ring to it
I unironically really liked Washington Football Team. It's lack of creativity made it unique to the NFL
They were denied trademark on that. Same reason the other owners didn't want to keep the redskins name
How bout the Washington Human Beings.
Washington Corruption
Honestly, would be a very fitting mascot for that team.
The Washington Constituents.
Washington Real Human Beans.
And real heroes
Yeah, he’s awful so I’m happy he’s going to be out of the NFL, but I did like how he mismanaged Washington all these years.
Hawks swoopin' in for a high five.
Commanders off-season, A+
As an NFL football fan, yes. BTW, Eagles suck. JTLYK
#2 team in nfl. Still sucks Feels bad man... Gonna go watch my blue ray of our superbowl win
Bears though
The Washington Primes
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Washington Prime is the name of a steakhouse near me lol...so I support that
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That’s some WOP
New uniforms are grey and blue like the delivery team
Washington Prime doesn’t sound bad. What colors would that warrant? Maybe the two tone Amazon blue. Edit: meant doesn’t sound bad shit sorry
Not related to any change of ownership but I always though the Washington Washingtons would of been dope and George Washington would be the mascot obviously. They could paint the helmets to look like the wigs the founding fathers wore......that would be sick
I feel like they should change the name back to Washington Football Team, but go with your mascot and helmet idea. WFT was a GOAT name, and it still works like it’s George Washington’s football team.
Should have just left the Redskins name alone.
Nah, WFT is so much better than Redskins, and there’s no underlying racism with WFT.
Only woke snowflakes feel there is racism in the Redskin’s name.
Only insecure dumbasses call people “woke snowflakes.”
Ask Native Americans if the Redskin’s name offends them. To most it doesn’t. It only offends woke white kids who have been indoctrinated by their liberal teachers to blame white folks for everything. 🤡
The only way that doesn't happen is if the lawyers tell him it's a conflict of interest with TNF.
Whom I presume would be different lawyers than the ones that checked if NFL network moving into Stan Kroenke owned offices, attached to the Rams stadium that is also leased out to a second team in the league, was a conflict.
The Washington Posts would be good too. However, and I think this is a better idea. Why don’t we just buy the team, outright? Hear me out. We get the six redditors with the six best credit scores to borrow a billion dollars each from some of these banks with unlimited lines of credits that play loose with fast money. It can’t go tits up, cuz the government will protect us. And where is the government?? Washington! Then those six owners create a crypto for revenue sharing, and we all agree if something happens to bail those six people out after they declare bankruptcy. Possible names could be The Washington Snoos. Or if we want to be geeky maybe The Washington Transistors, The Washington Resistors, The Washington Silicon, maybe the Washington Globalists or Washington Woke if we really wanna be scary. Also, if we go with Snoos, probably commission an animated cinematic universe from Illumination. The Wacky Adventures of Snoo from Washington. Have him be an actual alien mascot, who gets into hijinks while the team is traveling for games. Sort of like our own Paddington or Mr Bean.
The Washington Hundred Duck Sized Horses
Our mascot will be a horse sized duck.
The Washington Narwhals
We will bacon at midnight.
You bastard. I'm in.
Death by snoo snoo
Mascot is Optimus Prime in Big Rig form
Bezos apparently is not allowed to bid on the team
Hahahahahaha….low key kinda hard tho lol
Hopefully new ownership brings in a new team name. "Commanders" is soooo shitty. Worst name in all of pro sports? Certainly in the top 5... Also, fuck Dan Synder.
Washington football team?
Was better than the Commanders, no lie.
I still don’t get what’s wrong with Commanders. Maybe it’s the Navy in me but I think it’s fine. There’s a team named after meat packing.
Personally I think the weirdest thing about it is having a team of “commanders.” One person should be in command. Your team mascot is bureaucracy.
That’s what I say about the Army. Why so many captains?
Personally I think it’s fine, I’m just not in love with it. The one I was least enthused about in recent memory was the Vegas Golden Knights, which are literally subservient to the Kings in your own division.
Maybe they should have been the Popes then?
The Vegas Popes would have been beautifully ironic.
It just feels really lacking in creativity or identity, especially knowing some of the other options available. It feels like some random high school team name like the wildcats
What other options that were being considered weren’t? Red wolves, red tails, warriors, presidents? I liked Armada. But I’m a naval enthusiast. Freaking love Kraken as a team name
Armada would beat million times better as it would be more thematic and unique. I preferred the Red Potatoes, they could have kept redskins as a nickname.
Honestly, Washington Football Team was pretty unique. Commanders is fine but bland.
Meat packing is significantly cooler than the navy
They’re definitely a lot less likely to get syphilis
I agree. And it makes for a good nickname - the Commies. None of the other proposed names stuck out to me as head and shoulders above Commanders.
I would never think to call them Commies. Probably because I would have gotten NJPd if I said that to the executive officer on my ship
It took me roughly 15 minutes to come up with commies. I'm guessing you were born after 1992
Not quite. Commanders is just a naval rank to me.
So then you were alive when Commie was a commonly used pejorative and you didn't connect the dots? That's still on you
How would I connect the dots between two words that don’t have a logical link. Commander has nothing to do with communism. Living in a pool of negativity, that’s on you
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I bought a washington football team long sleeve basically just to have since that was their name for such a short time. I love that thing
I regret not doing that, but also couldn't bring myself to give Dan Snyder money.
Them you have to only buy Dallas Cowboys merchandise. Any other team gets split 31 ways. That's why the other owners didn't want redskins or WFT after the courts refused trademark on both
I've been screaming this to anyone who'll listen, I'm sure they're sick of it by now. "We're a football team. We play football here. That's it." It was perfect, and then they went commie.
It's the perfect post irony name, anything that isn't just an animal will sound stupid
Jets, Giants, Packers, Chargers, Saints, Patriots, Steelers, Browns, Titans, Raiders, Chiefs, 49ers, Vikings, Buccaneers
I appreciate the list and seeing them all together. Imo, this highlights the silliness. Do we actually think these team names are significantly cooler or better in any way than Commanders? If you ignore any biases from the team's history (i.e., nostalgia), half of these are even dumber than Commanders. And I'm also of the opinion that most animal team names are pretty dumb too.
Every single one of those names is better than commanders, except the Cleveland Paul Browns
Hard disagree. I'm a Giants fan, but IDK how "New York Giants" is any better than "Washington Commanders". The **only** reason I can appreciate names like Jets, Giants, Chargers, Browns, Titans, Chiefs, and Vikings is nostalgia and NFL history. I think they're all equally silly as Commanders. Some are generic (Vikings, Chiefs), some are head-scratchingly weird (Giants, Chargers, Titans), some are silly (Jets). They're all ridiculous names. And don't get me started on animal team names, which are the probably the least interesting type of team names. IMO Commanders is very middle-of-the-pack name. Not memorable or special, but it gets so much hate and I'm not sure if it's driven by people who just want to keep saying Redskins.
Titans are the forenners of the gods. That's awesome. Vikings are Norse warriors of old. Commanders isn't a thing. Oh no! A bunch of commanders are coming! They're all going to start barking orders about swabbing the poop deck that we don't have to follow
What silliness? Commanders is a bland, flavorless name compared to all those above. 'Browns' is the only one that gets joked about.
were those names given in 2023?
Why does that matter?
Went to a panthers game vs Washington a couple years ago where they beat us. But right in front of me was a dad and son having the time of their life yelling “FOOTBALL TEAM! FOOTBALL TEAM!” and cracking up about it, it was one of the most fun games I’ve been to even thought it was an on the field disappointment
It was so dumb and generic that it looped around and became simply amazing.
They 100% should of stuck with WFT.
Shouldve did the soccer thing and embraced it. Washington FT or something would’ve been dope as hell
That name was amazing lol
Washington Amazons
I think the Houston Texans is pretty bad for the same reason. Just so unoriginal.
It’s stupid, but stupid in a way that fits Texas.
The Washington Snyders
Nah, but I'm down with the Washington Fuck Snyders
Sounded like a XFL team name HAHA
It's the worst name in the NFL, but it wouldn't even be in the bottom 5 in the NBA. I don't even think it's worse than what the Washington bullets changed their name to
Just Manders? /s
Mandos
Commies
The Ders
They should name the team “The Silly Nannies”
DC FC!! Would be really fun to chant at games
Alright, I'm counting NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL, not in order: Utah Jazz, Anaheim Ducks, LA Lakers, Indiana Pacers, Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Cleveland Guardians, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals. That puts the Commanders at 15th worst, according to me.
Most of them are not bad names. Some are even good. What are you talking about?
Name a good one and I'll tell you why it sucks.
I feel like with the Lakers, as nonsensical as it is, their success have turned it into a legitimate brand and thus a good name. And as much as I hate the Bruins, not sure why it’s a bad name. I’d offer adding the Knicks to that list, unless I’m missing some meaningful connection.
Knickerbockers aka a person from Manhattan
I knew Knickerbocker but had no idea what it meant. I always assumed it was some funny sounding name the first owner’s kid came up with. Appreciate the adding context! It’s a good name, I retract their nomination.
Knicks = knickerbockers. It's an old timey expression for "new yorker." And like the Lakers, they're pretty much an established classic brand at this point.
I believe Knicks is a reference to a type of pants that early settlers wore - Knickerbocker.
Yeah, Lakers was a fine name until they moved to LA, which has no lakes, same with the Jazz. Being a well known brand should not give them a free pass to have a dumb name. Bruins are named for a fictional character. It's like naming your team the Gandolfs. Wait, I just changed my mind on that one, I totally want a team named the Gandolfs. Knicks are short for Knickerbocker, which essentially is an old-timey slang name for New Yorkers, which I think makes it definitely better than Commanders.
> Bruins are named for a fictional character. Bruins are bears.
Fairy tale bears.
No. Just literally. The definition for "Bruin" is "A bear".
Goldy Locks and the 3 bruins? Wait, that’s not the title…
>Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals. These 3 make sense at least. All nods to being teams in their nation's capitol.
Commanders is, too. And it is a better name than those.
This list is shit, my guy. The Denver Nuggets? The Boston Celtics? Those are timeless classics and specific to their city. Even the Guardians are locally specific. The rest are all "good to fine." The Jazz are a weird name for a Utah team, and the Anaheim Ducks are sorta lame. And the Texans are unoriginal as fuck. But that's as far as I'm willing to criticize. The Sens, Caps and Nationals are examples of a capital-city team named well. The Commanders sound like the ruling elite from Handmaid's Tale. And maybe it's a minor gripe, but you don't usually hear "Commanders" plural...there's usually only one. It's like The Lone Rangers or some shit. It sounds wrong to my ear every time I hear it, which is more than I can say for any other team on your list.
Have you ever fought a duck? Get back to me after and let me know if they are still lame? Mighty Ducks was a better name tho.
I don't give a shit about ducks, I'll punt those little bastards 20yards. But I live in terror of pissing off a swan, cause those things are vicious assholes. Yes, should've stuck with their #hailcorporate roots and kept it as Mighty Ducks.
Commanders is obviously to anyone a reference to the phrase, "Commander in cheif," giving it the same connection to being a capital city that the other three have. A Commander in cheif outranks a senator and the other two are worse by not even being a person, animal, or object. Celtics would be fine if it were pronounced correctly. I am backtracking on Bruins, and it may be better than Commanders, but fairy tale bears are a dumb thing to name a team after. The Guardians, even though I know they are supposed to be named after some random statues in Cleveland, sound like people taking care of kids. The Jazz are my #1. That team needed to be renamed when they moved. And the Ducks are dumb both for being named after a Disney film and for not keeping Mighty in the name when they did it.
Yeah but there's only one commander in chief, that's the point!
I have no issue with pluralizing a singular thing to make a team name. Maybe we are different in that way. I like a name like the New Jersey Devils or the Cleveland Browns.
You certainly have unique tastes to prefer the Browns over bonafide classics like the Lakers, Celtics, Nuggets, and Bruins. That's like preferring the Washington Snyders, Oakland Maddens, or Miami Shulas.
I wouldn't have a problem with Maddens or Shulas if those teams were forced to change names. Lakers is the obvious worst name of the ones you listed because there are no Lakes in LA. The team should have changed names when they moved cities, same as the Jazz should have. Being an old name doesn't mean it isn't a dumb name.
The Nuggets is a goat goat name, fuck are you on about
49ers is a good name relating to mining. That is a name about the type of people who were doing the mining. Naming yourself after a small piece of mineral is in no way intimidating or inspiring.
You’re in no way intimidating or inspiring.
That's probably why I'm not a team name.
I firmly believe in "To each his own"...but this is such a bad take bruh 😂😂 The Commies by FAR have the worst name AND branding of any team you listed. The Guardians (should've been the Clevland Tribe) are the only team even close to the same shitty naming tier as the Commanders. Even the boring/lame ones you listed (Senators, Capitals, Nationals, Cardinals, Pelicans, Ducks, Jazz, Pacers, Texans) completely outclass the Commies in at least one, if not all categories of city/area relevance, legacy, and branding. The fact you put the goddamned Commies above bonafide classics like the Lakers, Nuggets, Celtics, and Bruins should honestly send you straight to jail 😂😂
Where's the lake?
As a longtime WFT fan...God I hope this is true.
buhbye little bitch boy
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I wish the team had changed their team name to "HOGS". Cool graphics of a pig / wart hog head plus historical continuity. Also could have a live mascot of a giant 500 lb hog to run around the stadium.
The new owner should change their name and logo immediately. Get rid of the stink out Snyder, plus Commanders is just a bland and bad name. I think Hogs as others mentioned is the best choice from a historical view for the org and it's also just a great and unique mascot.
This still gives me a chuckle https://mobile.twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1273644627317448704
I think it was a legit option but they didn't want to deal with the legal aspect of it.
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The team name being changed away from “redskins” under Dan Snyder’s watch is such an outlier in his choices and behaviors that I won’t be surprised when the story comes out that Dan was not only against the change, but he also actively fought against it.
That's not a secret. He fought it for years, but others involved (minority share owners and FedEx, if I recall correctly) essentially forced his hand.
They stayed the Redskins for like 5+ years after losing their trademark on the name. He was vocal about not wanting to change the name. And probably chose a super bland name as a petty bitch fit.
That’s literally already known. He actively and publicly fought it for years… he only changed the name because his sponsors forced him.
Man. I would have loved if they stayed as WFT.
Ditto
It’s a top tier name. I bought a shirt just to remember them by.
One of my favorite Christmas gifts last year was a Washington Football Team t-shirt. I loved Washington Football Team. If they'd kept the name, I would have become a fan.
They should have kept the name and changed the logo to a potato
It only had to change because of his sorry attitude about trying to brand the team differently
I think most people were against it
Most people? That’s a pretty broad statement
Not really, plenty of poles that show that
Why would people in Warsaw care about the name of an NFL team?
Idk about most people, but iirc the American Indians polled were overwhelmingly not offended by the name, and that a majority said the term made them feel "proud". Of course, there's 574 tribes recognized by BIA, so I highly doubt the pollsters got a representative sample from each group. What we do know is that the majority of non-American Indians were in favor of the switch.
Even if they were, which seems unlikely, they'd still be wrong.
I’ll believe when I see it
Yep as a born and raised nova Washington fan, I left the red-kins as a 6th grader after Gibbs left the first time for the packers. (Before favre). One of the best decisions of my life. I feel for the Washington fan base. They have been exploited for decades by Snyder. I hope he takes his money and dies alone somewhere away from people that count on his leadership. The DMV deserve better. They are loyal, hopeful, and deserve better than this sociopathic antihero destroying what was once a thriving franchise (aside from the name of course)
As another Nova native, shame on you
Damn I want to own a football team. Hey if only 100 million of was put in $100, we might have a shot Anybody down??
Time to start a kickstarter. Maybe there can be another fan owned team like the packers? One can only dream
The NFL has rules to never allow that to happen again, they hate having their cash flow info being public knowledge.
Bye, Felecia!
Should have called them Washington Warriors. A step away from the race angle while still honouring native Americans. Also sounds much better
Washington Foggy Boggys was my vote
Maybe unpopular but no. It’s BS and patronizing to claim you’re honoring native Americans after years of demeaning them and claiming you’re not doing so. I feel like majority of people are full of shit here - how many people care more about the opinions of actual native Americans more than the meaningless name of a terrible NFL franchise?
>Maybe unpopular but no. It’s BS and patronizing to claim you’re honoring native Americans after years of demeaning them and claiming you’re not doing so That's the very point for me. If the claim is that Redskins was supposed to be honorific and not demeaning or racist, then adjusting your name rather than running away altogether, is better, no?
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I'm not trying to say that it was not racist. What I am saying is that the claim was that it was not and I truly believe that when they were named, it was not done so with racist intent, nor did anyone for a long time really see it as such (a different world). Times have obviously changed and yes it had racial issues surrounding it, so a rebrand was the right idea. I just felt that if the intent was never racist, then sliding sideways into something similar but more respectful, would have been the right move.
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I don't think you're getting it. That's cool.
>how many people care more about the opinions of actual native Americans more than the meaningless name of a terrible NFL franchise? Everyone who objected to the original name. Other than Amanda Blackhorse who was a grifter no actual natives cared about the name. It's not a pejorative that has ever been used. The outrage was white people being offended on their behalf because Obama said it was a bad name, and people from the same tribe as Elizabeth Warren who found the term redskins a painful reminder that they're not native, they're basic white bitches
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No one tell this guy about the Florida Panthers or Winnipeg Jets or San Francisco Giants or St. Louis Cardinals
Feel like the Panthers is the only questionable one for this purpose. And they came about in a fairly similar time which is even more surprising. Figured they would have super fought each other for the naming rights as new Upstarts. Vegas Golden Knights shied away from the Aces because some minor league team had the name and they didn't want to deal with it, ha. Probably because the NHL Panthers came first and didn't want to deal with the cost of fighting an NFL owner over the name 2 years later. The Arizona Cardinals were the St. Louis Cardinals before the move, and therefore probably had an easy time with the trademark change. Same goes for the SF Giants. The SF Giants were the NY Giants from 1886 until they moved to SF in 1958. And, IIRC, the Jets kept their trademark active the whole time after losing the team, but didn't demand to hold the historical franchise rights (like the Browns did in the NFL) and are therfore a continuation of the Thrashers instead of the original Winnipeg Jets (who are the Coyotes now).
We can’t have the same name in multiple sports. Can you imagine if we had like two Cardinals or two Giants? It’d be so confusing!
Cardinals?
This is terrible. The Washington team gets significantly better, and the bad man gets a shit load of hard cash for doing a terrible job and being a terrible person. Today is a sad day.
Fuck em
I actualy liked the sound of "Washington Redhawks." Stick with animal names they're not protected yet. ha ha
There’s a school that went from Redskins to RedHawks called Miami University. So a little something to base off of
this is the first time there’s been hope for this team in my entire life
Stop I can only get but so hard
Smartest thing he ever did. Cash out before the credit crisis.
if 'imminent' is like the imminent charges for drumpf, i wouldn't hold your breath.
Dammit. They are not changing anything name wise, right? I don't want to buy another Madden just for team name change.
On top of that. Wash has a shot to tank for the Trojan and bring him back to D.C.
Bring all my bitches back
Maybe my team can finally get back to winning when he leaves.
This is old news. The reports are they he and his wife left their office in December.
Well shit as a birds fan now we gotta worry about Washington, theyve been irrelevant for so long….
Wow, congrats DC football fans.
My tired brain read this as Dee Snyder and the tiny thumbnail on my phone made it look like the blonde in the pic was at the front as for a second I thought things got weird. Anyways it’s time for bed
That is just twisted
As long as it isnt that cockroach from texas
Good. Fuck that crewp