Washington's football team renamed Washington Football Team
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Nike pulled all of their gear from their stores, guess that got Danny Snyder thinking more seriously about it lol...
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https://www.nfl.com/news/washington-red ... eam-s-name
It's even trending on the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53276070
The press has already posted a few suggestions for alternative names:
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/if-w ... t-options/
https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/washingto ... red-hawks/
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/re ... their-name
Thoughts/preferences?
It's even trending on the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53276070
The press has already posted a few suggestions for alternative names:
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/if-w ... t-options/
https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/washingto ... red-hawks/
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/re ... their-name
Thoughts/preferences?
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I honestly have no clue which way they're going to go with this. Are they going to stick with the Native American theme or just change it completely? Not being a fan, I personally don't have a preference so I'm curious to see what they end up deciding, if anything.
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Red Tails makes a bunch of sense. Keep the colors in the logo and it would pay tribute to the military and African-American soldiers as well.
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they don't really need to change the name ... just the logo
who doesn't like redskin potatoes? no controversy there ... and they could hold fan recipe contests ... I think my cheesy garlic mashed redskin potatoes would be a worthy competitor
who doesn't like redskin potatoes? no controversy there ... and they could hold fan recipe contests ... I think my cheesy garlic mashed redskin potatoes would be a worthy competitor
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Boris13c wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:45 pm they don't really need to change the name ... just the logo
Redskins-potato.jpg
who doesn't like redskin potatoes? no controversy there ... and they could hold fan recipe contests ... I think my cheesy garlic mashed redskin potatoes would be a worthy competitor
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Sounds like the announcement is coming tomorrow. I didn't have a suggestion about what it would be but Red Tails would be awesome.AZ_Bearfan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:36 pm Red Tails makes a bunch of sense. Keep the colors in the logo and it would pay tribute to the military and African-American soldiers as well.
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Just heard on the radio that some dude took out patents / trademarks on several possible names Washington might adopt, had several thousand dollars of merchandise made up and started selling it online to show that he's using the patent.
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This is fairly typical of most major bits of news like this. The NFL will either pay them off or lawyer up until they can't afford it anymore.Atkins&Rebel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:53 am Just heard on the radio that some dude took out patents / trademarks on several possible names Washington might adopt, had several thousand dollars of merchandise made up and started selling it online to show that he's using the patent.
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Washington NFL franchise adopt new name for 2020 season
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/53520772
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/53520772
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so they have become the TBD's ... makes sense for them to wait until next year for a real name since there wasn't really enough time to make all the changes and get the legal crap all sorted in time for 2020HisRoyalSweetness wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:38 pm Washington NFL franchise adopt new name for 2020 season
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/53520772
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Yeah, all the merchandising and trademark stuff takes a while. What a weird time to be alive.
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The Washington Continentals (George Washington's Continental Army)
The Washington Spies (The Culper Spy Ring that defeated the British)
However, my favorite is:
The Washington Football Team
I'm not kidding. I like the way that sounds. I like the way their jerseys look. I like the numbers on the helmet. It's all very old school.
The Washington Spies (The Culper Spy Ring that defeated the British)
However, my favorite is:
The Washington Football Team
I'm not kidding. I like the way that sounds. I like the way their jerseys look. I like the numbers on the helmet. It's all very old school.
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