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No Funding For New D.C. Stadium because of Redskins name

Ira : 7/3/2015 9:33 am
I didn't see this posted. I'll delete if it was.

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell took her cue from the President’s concerns over the name, saying that “personally, I think we would never consider naming a team the ‘Blackskins’ or the ‘Brownskins’ or the ‘Whiteskins.’ So, personally, I find it surprising that in this day and age, the name is not different.” Jewell oversees both the park land and relations with Native American tribes in the area, and raises valid objections.
Ira  
Jim in Tampa : 7/3/2015 10:11 am : link
1. Can you post the link to the article?

2. There's nothing in the quote you posted that states there would be "No Funding For New D.C. Stadium Because of Redskins Name".
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Vin R : 7/3/2015 10:12 am : link
Subject header seems pretty inaccurate.  
Mad Mike : 7/3/2015 10:19 am : link
The actual gist of the news is that if the Redskins want to move back to DC (which they've indicated they do), the only feasible place to build a new stadium would be where RFK is. But that's national park land, leased to DC, and Jewell has indicated she wouldn't renew the lease due to the team name. (The lease doesn't expire for a while, but they'd apparently need a renewal before building a new stadium).
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They can''t move to Los Angeles  
old man : 7/3/2015 11:04 am : link
There would be a huge protest there.
They should move to StLouis when the Rams go back to Cauliflower.
same old crap  
bbfanva : 7/3/2015 11:25 am : link
When JCK announcd he wanted to build a new stadium in DC, he grew tired of every DC politician looking for tribute so he pulled up stakes and moved to Maryland. There were politicians complaining about sitelines, obstructions, "traffic" and sudden zoning problems. When he gave them the finger, they bitched and moaned about the Redskins being a part of the fabric of the city and how it won't be the same and blah, blah, blah.. Now it's just the opposite. Snyder wants to take his money printing business back into DC and they bitch and moan about it.

I hope he moves it to Virginia.
Who paid for FedEx Field  
JonC : 7/3/2015 11:27 am : link
and who owns it?
RE: Ira  
Ira : 7/3/2015 12:35 pm : link
In comment 12355063 Jim in Tampa said:
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1. Can you post the link to the article?

2. There's nothing in the quote you posted that states there would be "No Funding For New D.C. Stadium Because of Redskins Name".


Sorry. I should have posted the original article which I no longer have. This one is similar.
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Here's another  
Ira : 7/3/2015 12:36 pm : link
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They're already fed up of Jack Kent Cooke/FedEx?  
dpinzow : 7/3/2015 12:54 pm : link
Thank Dog we don't have Snyder as an owner
RE: They're already fed up of Jack Kent Cooke/FedEx?  
Ten Ton Hammer : 7/3/2015 12:58 pm : link
In comment 12355224 dpinzow said:
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Thank Dog we don't have Snyder as an owner


To be fair, that place looks crappy.
If this were actually the case they'd change the name in 60 seconds  
Go Terps : 7/3/2015 1:19 pm : link
The answer to changing it has always been to go after the cash... Not whining and appealing to people's sensitivity. No one cared enough to do anything real about this for 80 years.
I like threads where  
mrvax : 7/3/2015 3:34 pm : link
we all suggest new names for the team. Some pretty good ones, too. The old standby, "Foreskins", is still the best. It sort of pays tribute to the old name w/o being offensive and it represents 'lil Danny quite well.
RE: If this were actually the case they'd change the name in 60 seconds  
sober297 : 7/3/2015 3:53 pm : link
In comment 12355249 Go Terps said:
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The answer to changing it has always been to go after the cash... Not whining and appealing to people's sensitivity. No one cared enough to do anything real about this for 80 years.

Political Correctness is driving this, nothing else. Whiny sensitivities are at an all time high. #IStandWithSnyder #Redskins
lel.  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/3/2015 3:53 pm : link
FedEx Field is only 18 years old, too. That's half the age Giants Stadium was when Metlife opened up.
RE: RE: If this were actually the case they'd change the name in 60 seconds  
Sgrcts : 7/3/2015 5:15 pm : link
In comment 12355372 sober297 said:
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In comment 12355249 Go Terps said:


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The answer to changing it has always been to go after the cash... Not whining and appealing to people's sensitivity. No one cared enough to do anything real about this for 80 years.


Political Correctness is driving this, nothing else. Whiny sensitivities are at an all time high. #IStandWithSnyder #Redskins


Maybe you should pick up drinking again.
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Kulish29 : 7/3/2015 5:39 pm : link
In comment 12355066 Vin R said:
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Thanks for the endless nightmares now jerk
RE: RE: RE: If this were actually the case they'd change the name in 60 seconds  
BMac : 7/3/2015 6:22 pm : link
In comment 12355440 Sgrcts said:
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In comment 12355372 sober297 said:


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In comment 12355249 Go Terps said:


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The answer to changing it has always been to go after the cash... Not whining and appealing to people's sensitivity. No one cared enough to do anything real about this for 80 years.


Political Correctness is driving this, nothing else. Whiny sensitivities are at an all time high. #IStandWithSnyder #Redskins

Maybe you should pick up drinking again.


I think perhaps that that has already occurred.
This is a made up issue to draw headlines...  
bradshaw44 : 7/3/2015 6:31 pm : link
DC has all along said they won't let him build there unless he pays the $50 mil or so to clean the Anacostia river. Which Snyder said he won't do. That's the cities job. He did not recently reach out and get this response.
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Kulish29 : 7/3/2015 6:35 pm : link
In comment 12355372 sober297 said:
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In comment 12355249 Go Terps said:


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The answer to changing it has always been to go after the cash... Not whining and appealing to people's sensitivity. No one cared enough to do anything real about this for 80 years.


Political Correctness is driving this, nothing else. Whiny sensitivities are at an all time high. #IStandWithSnyder #Redskins


Do us all a favor and, don't procreate. We have enough mouth breathers in this world.
RE: RE: They're already fed up of Jack Kent Cooke/FedEx?  
Jints in Carolina : 7/3/2015 7:19 pm : link
In comment 12355229 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Thank Dog we don't have Snyder as an owner



To be fair, that place looks crappy.


That place was a dump the day it opened. Kinda like Met Life.
This is all Left Wing PC Bullshit.  
Blackbeard : 7/3/2015 7:23 pm : link
The team should move out of D.C. to any place that isn't run by the Left.
RE: This is all Left Wing PC Bullshit.  
Kulish29 : 7/3/2015 7:44 pm : link
In comment 12355534 Blackbeard said:
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The team should move out of D.C. to any place that isn't run by the Left.


Said another mouthbreather
RE: This is all Left Wing PC Bullshit.  
Kulish29 : 7/3/2015 7:53 pm : link
In comment 12355534 Blackbeard said:
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The team should move out of D.C. to any place that isn't run by the Left.


I'll also add, good lord are you backwards and, completely ignorant. Just so ridiculously, inconceivably, ignorant.
RE: RE: This is all Left Wing PC Bullshit.  
bradshaw44 : 7/3/2015 8:20 pm : link
In comment 12355566 Kulish29 said:
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In comment 12355534 Blackbeard said:


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The team should move out of D.C. to any place that isn't run by the Left.



I'll also add, good lord are you backwards and, completely ignorant. Just so ridiculously, inconceivably, ignorant.


What about that comment makes you say that?
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Klaatu : 7/3/2015 9:31 pm : link
In comment 12355361 mrvax said:
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we all suggest new names for the team. Some pretty good ones, too. The old standby, "Foreskins", is still the best. It sort of pays tribute to the old name w/o being offensive and it represents 'lil Danny quite well.


I voted for Bloodthirsty Savages.
RE: RE: RE: This is all Left Wing PC Bullshit.  
Kulish29 : 7/3/2015 9:43 pm : link
In comment 12355586 bradshaw44 said:
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In comment 12355566 Kulish29 said:


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In comment 12355534 Blackbeard said:


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The team should move out of D.C. to any place that isn't run by the Left.



I'll also add, good lord are you backwards and, completely ignorant. Just so ridiculously, inconceivably, ignorant.



What about that comment makes you say that?


If you need an explination, you're just as backward and ignorant as Blackbeard.
It's OK for someone to get on television or in the newspapers  
Reese's Pieces : 7/4/2015 12:06 am : link
by condemning use of the Redskin nickname as long as that's not all they do. Native Americans have lots of serious problems which might be the reason that they didn't get excited by white folk wanting to change an NFL team's nickname. This is from a PBS publication, but you can verify all this from other sources:

•Native Americans live, on average, over five years less than other Americans. The life expectancy for the general population is 76.9 years. The life expectancy for Indians is 71.1 years. Native Americans around Aberdeen SD can expect to live only to their 64th birthday.

•Native American young people are 2.5 times more likely to commit suicide than the population as a whole. Another study showed that within Native populations, young men are the most likely to kill themselves. In the general population, elderly males are most likely.

•Native Americans have alcohol dependency rates that are three times higher than the national average. Almost 20 percent of all Indian deaths are alcohol-related, compared with less than 5 percent for the general population.

http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/challenges/health.html

Anyone who gets a sound byte on TV news or gets quoted in a newspaper article about the nickname and what an terrible insult it is to Native Americans but once this story dies out never gives them another thought is no one to admire.
Kulish,  
Blackbeard : 7/4/2015 4:22 pm : link
PISS OFF!
Redskins  
TheBigCat : 7/4/2015 6:02 pm : link
There is Political Correctness, then there is Don Trump. Whats in your wallet?
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Ryan in Albany : 7/4/2015 6:17 pm : link
What else would you expect from the biggest mistake in American history?
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