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Simms Considers Not Using Term "Redskins" On Broadcast

CRinCA : 8/18/2014 6:52 pm
And the beat goes on...

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-nfl/20140818/20140818150843500056908/
There may be a few broadcasters with enuf power to take a stand  
capone : 8/18/2014 7:02 pm : link
and still collect their check (costas) Phil is not one of them . I think he will be reassigned - Snyder will make sure of it
Its Obama and the Liberals fault  
montanagiant : 8/18/2014 7:10 pm : link
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Simms is a totalitarian communist!  
Exit 172 : 8/18/2014 7:13 pm : link
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They've been using the name  
djl8699 : 8/18/2014 7:27 pm : link
For how many years now? Now is when everyone decides to be pretentious about it?
Who gives  
dontboobigblue : 8/18/2014 7:31 pm : link
A shit
Please Phil  
giant24 : 8/18/2014 7:36 pm : link
dont go PC on us!!
RE: Its Obama and the Liberals fault  
G2 : 8/18/2014 7:44 pm : link
In comment 11813421 montanagiant said:
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A moment of clarity from montana. Refreshing.
maybe he's thinking if he goes PC  
Bill in UT : 8/18/2014 7:46 pm : link
the writers will vote him into the HOF
Save the Drama  
Giants2012 : 8/18/2014 8:51 pm : link
Phil
RE: maybe he's thinking if he goes PC  
BillT : 8/18/2014 8:55 pm : link
In comment 11813458 Bill in UT said:
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the writers will vote him into the HOF


That's the only possible explanation.
i support a name change  
natefit : 8/18/2014 9:01 pm : link
but I have to say i dont recall the name bothering Phil all those yrs he was playing them
Stick to "Washington"  
CT Charlie : 8/18/2014 9:01 pm : link
and stick it to Snyder.
Like Simms  
SLIM : 8/18/2014 9:22 pm : link
and actually think the name should be changed but if he doesn't want to say Redskins and is open about it, they should assign him that game and suspend him if he doesn't call them by the name. He could have probably gotten away with not saying anything and just referred them to "Washington" through the game. Now it is just to get publicity.
He's just jealous  
Pitt G-man Dan : 8/18/2014 9:35 pm : link
that the term refers to someone with at least some skin pigment.
This redskins thing is so ridiculous and hypocritical -- PC bullshit  
djm : 8/18/2014 10:16 pm : link
We murder the native Americans and take everything for ourselves, literally wipe that shit from the books and now 150 years later we try to make it all better by saying no more bad words it's mean. Gimme a break. The horse has left the barn.
I'd prefer it  
bceagle05 : 8/18/2014 10:20 pm : link
if Simms didn't say any words during broadcasts. Does he still think Tavaris Jackson will be a stud QB?
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christian : 8/18/2014 10:26 pm : link
Yup, and continuing to use a shitty term is the way to go.
Simms works for CBS  
upstatenyg : 8/18/2014 11:07 pm : link
And NFC games will be on Fox, for the most part, so is this really a story?
RE: He's just jealous  
Modus Operandi : 8/19/2014 6:30 am : link
In comment 11813626 Pitt G-man Dan said:
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that the term refers to someone with at least some skin pigment.


/thread
RE: This redskins thing is so ridiculous and hypocritical -- PC bullshit  
Modus Operandi : 8/19/2014 6:34 am : link
In comment 11813652 djm said:
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We murder the native Americans and take everything for ourselves, literally wipe that shit from the books and now 150 years later we try to make it all better by saying no more bad words it's mean. Gimme a break. The horse has left the barn.


Fuckin right. And another thing...keep your hands off my lead paint!!
Right...  
Wuphat : 8/19/2014 6:48 am : link
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i support a name change
natefit : 8/18/2014 9:01 pm : link : reply
but I have to say i dont recall the name bothering Phil all those yrs he was playing them


...because we all know that people's viewpoints can't evolve over time and that every single thing that we not bothered by when we were younger commits us to remain not bothered by them for the rest of our lives.
*that we were not...  
Wuphat : 8/19/2014 6:49 am : link
...
Wu  
Modus Operandi : 8/19/2014 6:51 am : link
Evolving is for pussies.
I always believed that intent  
JoefromPa : 8/19/2014 7:37 am : link
Was more important than any literal meaning a word can have. However for professionals not being mindful of PC can unfortunately be very harmful to a career. It is sad but it is the reality of the situation.
RE: Wu  
montanagiant : 8/19/2014 8:57 am : link
In comment 11813760 Modus Operandi said:
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Evolving is for pussies.

Yup, only those liberal pussies evolve...freaking commies
That'll show em' Simms!  
Jimmy Googs : 8/19/2014 9:01 am : link
But don't slip up because if, by mistake, you say "redskins" one time, all this will be for naught...
RE: This redskins thing is so ridiculous and hypocritical -- PC bullshit  
Randy in CT : 8/19/2014 9:06 am : link
In comment 11813652 djm said:
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We murder the native Americans and take everything for ourselves, literally wipe that shit from the books and now 150 years later we try to make it all better by saying no more bad words it's mean. Gimme a break. The horse has left the barn.
Holy fuck. So we admit all the bad that was done to them and then the conclusion is that if we take away a ridiculously offensive slang for them, it is somehow bad? How about the idea that some of these edifications help to admit and rectify ONGOING wrongdoings?

Some here are so insecure it is pathetic. Yeah, "PC". How about morally correct?
RE: They've been using the name  
Randy in CT : 8/19/2014 9:07 am : link
In comment 11813434 djl8699 said:
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For how many years now? Now is when everyone decides to be pretentious about it?
We are supposed to get smarter as a species. You think it makes sense to realize something is offensive and then continue doing it just because "we've always done it that way!"?
Simms hates the Redskins, always has.  
NoPeanutz : 8/19/2014 10:03 am : link
Nantz, meanwhile, is a shill.
Keep the Name  
jintzz : 8/19/2014 2:08 pm : link
change the logo from redskins to red potato's
I didn't want to start a new thread on this, so I put it here.  
Ira : 8/20/2014 8:26 am : link
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"What's all the stink over the Redskin name? It's so much [expletive] it's incredible. We're going to let the liberals of the world run this world. It was said out of reverence, out of pride to the American Indian. It's all the political correct idiots in America, that's all it is. It's got nothing to do with anything else."


The ultimate insult is being called an idiot by Mike Ditka. Sometimes he puts Sarah Palin to shame.
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RE: This redskins thing is so ridiculous and hypocritical -- PC bullshit  
PaulBlakeTSU : 8/20/2014 8:36 am : link
In comment 11813652 djm said:
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We murder the native Americans and take everything for ourselves, literally wipe that shit from the books and now 150 years later we try to make it all better by saying no more bad words it's mean. Gimme a break. The horse has left the barn.


We? I didn't murder them and my family didn't murder them. Europeans who came to this country several hundred years ago did it and it has nothing to do with "us."

It's a terrible and offensive name--especially for a team representing our nation's capital-- and there happens to be enough momentum now in today's dialogue to rectify it and make a change. I view this as a good thing.

It just seems that others (not directed at the poster I quoted) are so selfish that they can't allow themselves to be inconvenienced in order to stop something which is damaging and hurtful to a group of people.
RE: That'll show em' Simms!  
RB^2 : 8/20/2014 9:01 am : link
In comment 11813903 Jimmy Googs said:
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But don't slip up because if, by mistake, you say "redskins" one time, all this will be for naught...

Yep. He'll probably be red in the face if that happens.
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Go Terps : 8/20/2014 10:12 am : link
White people sure like to tell everyone where the line is, what is offensive, and what will be done to right the situation.

There are what, four black NFL head coaches? How many black GMs? 6? But 2/3 of the ~1,700 players in the NFL are black.

It's funny when white people highlight which areas it's ok for everyone to be offended. Go ahead and change the name of the Redskins. It's the same slight of hand and misdirection as naming a street after MLK, Jr.

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