the story of whether the Washington football team will maintain its name the
Redskins continues by the way that the answer that question is yes they will
there's no indication that they won't
but the pressure on the league and the team to change the name continues
the latest move now a letter from fifty democratic senators
a initiated by a Maria Cantwell of Washington and the senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid of Nevada
up say to the NFL
indicating that the name should be changed the despicable comments made by
mister sterling referring to Clippers owner Donald sterling
and open up a national conversation about race relations we believe this
conversation is an opportunity for the NFL take action to remove the racial
slur
from the name I wanted its marquee franchises
that being the Redskins I'll but so
was inching years that no Republican side to John McCain included in the item
mccain
in Arizona a lot of Native Americans in Arizona and he had indicated at various
times
they'd he doesn't want to weigh in so much I'll but if you are the owner
he probably change the nature and that's probably popular opinion yeah gin
yeah and also five democrats it inside on the ones you expect
write the law to its funny had assorted the one the ones in tight reelection
race is now
right mark Pryor they heat up some ballz okay if you think you're gonna lose your
feet because
you said they should change your name just fucking do it by the way that's
exactly the kind of thing you'd the calories and you lose you see I guess
that's a good bob
a Joe Donnelly in joe Manchin I am India and Indiana and West Virginia they just
barely
but also the fairly conservative Democrat the joe Manchin of West
Virginia thats
that's that's Washington Redskin territory here as is our consultant for
a long time like two hours out yet tell that was the theme
because the Falcons didn't have a national following and until they put
the Panthers in Carolina
the Redskins where the South's team really up until the point you got
really to Georgia that don't know Texas teams or anything now the texas is not
the South Texas Tech yes
a and then the other guys it inside it the Virginia sellers
at baidoa 10k to mark or the like away part yeah I gotta go
Rd their I got things happen in their use in a letter that's great I'll be on
I got up
I losing you I'm going to the tunnel I but the other 50 democratic senators
a sided are the ones who caucuses with Democrats all side
here's the NFL's respond to that comes from a Brian McCarthy spokesman
after the NFL begins at the NFL has long demonstrated
a commitment to progressive leadership on issues of diversity and inclusion
both on and off the field the intent to the team's name is always been to
present
a strong positive and respectful image the name is not used by the team or the
NFL in any other context
we respect those the view it differently and so
really fast that Brian McCarthy saying exactly what it means now to be
interpreted why didn't we list what tribe he represents
per broker at Pronto it away in the middle okay
a minute yes that might be Irish other beyond I
so like again that put the first part of that
long demonstrated commitment to the intent to the team's name
has always been to present a strong positive
and respectful image at that pork world like
dude we know that part like nobody thinks now
the Dan Snyder you want to keep the insider who is now because Dan
Donald sterling is on the cusp of being forced out is now in sole possession
but the biggest check back in sports like he's owned it he was in competition
with dance night with doctor and Bradley
sterling out Mb even before this but I feel more passionately
about the washer football team that idea about the Clippers but now you can
tonight
dow sterling is worse the Dan Snyder but that his competition
he's a loathsome loathsome and and like
apparently mark even as well and Jordan node drummer cuba is a different want to
be seen as being in competition
yeah i i but I i he switched their wouldn't because he's a little damp
never guys made that much but he doesn't know but like not to say he not they're
not the same brandish back at all
up to write check back try to really get that were at their
so you know to reintroduce the earlier this week I do I did know but I don't
you tell you for using a welfare check back check back jeffrey
so I'm now here's a look that way three hundred drives representing
to million Native Americans have endorsed
changing the neck yeah that that's from the help the
the team continues to trot out old old old polls that suggested
you know the ball drop because they were like eighty-nine percent Native American
support the name
I can conceivably a bright we can even nap
the Kennywood bake a poll correctly and also was asked in a way that like
what it doesn't matter we know now that the body and native americans would like
the name change
and it's pretty basic as to why they want to change because
the dictionary definition do we have that a dictionary definite definitely
offense usually offensive
American Indian look any look here's the thing I i mean i understand we've we've
had this argument multiple times
I think they should change the name I get you can assert an argument over
Braves or something like that in the same way that you could have like
legionnaire
look at the name for a biting classic your culture no arguing about
Redskins we know what that means Cydia the they couldn't do black skin you
couldn't do yellow skinned insert whatever color you want it would force
people out
you know it all together umbria YouTube he told a great segment on this
last month just as good as as good as it can be done and I'm still a little bit
problem but
I so first ball the owner of the team
back when they came up with the name a George Preston
Marshall he was a big hit he
the Redskins were the last team to side a black player
he said things like I'm paraphrasing now
I yells you know you do you also had a black player at my cold dead hands
I'm here it was a close actually is virtually the same point
a the up blah blah to blah guy when you pry that black guy from my cold dead
um he had he was a heat his bigotry is like down sterling to bigotry
right there's no ambiguity on yet
so that's the history the team name
you know that the hail to the Redskins song had the words changed because they
were like
lead cheese apple of God yeah Bob
and then so there's that years dance not as rich but we gave you the NFL's but
Dan Snyder in March
Snyder announced the creation Washington Redskins original Americans foundation
there's never been a more obvious attempt to buy people of panetta
the creation the Washington Redskins original American Foundation the result
in Mumbai which is now look at that name
the washer Redskins original American Foundation the original American
Foundation
which of course in case you hadn't figured this out its acronym would be
both yet but is generally a
I and none other than the wanted the strategist reserve all the three
republican strategist
who've assisted Dan Snyder this effort to get one of those republican
strategist
is a democrat lanny davis I whose why the
use your guys to dislike in american public life
and these are the brain trust
that cable with the one of the worst thing that bill clinton did was employed
lanny davis
I but it just to be fair with my father ran for Congress in 1976
in the democratic primary five-way primary loss to landed okay who then
lost the
fucking sick on I but nobody likes Lady
this is no progress over the world like Lady Bears and their big solution to
solving death matters problem was coming up in an organization called
ok there well but look I i'm glad the the centers are doing something about
this is that an area they normally get involved in but as they say in the
letter which you should track down to read the entire thing
there is sorta a perception of an opening in the wake up what
sterling said that maybe we can get some traction on these
these long-standing at areas of bias and discrimination in professional sports
and I don't know that's right but it's worth
a letter I think yet where the letter and at it and it worked or let the names
at some point a nap change
although again you could have an owner who lives to be 75 I mean keep the team
delhi's 85 years old India
and just what he's a bad guy dancer is a bad human being
but will look here's what needs to happen whoever daniel snyder is sleeping
with on the site and start carrying
pocket recorder that's represented more
worst and 5 girlfriend when you get a pic I mediator prevalent in america
like likely to happen in the clip opt remembers watch
Keith Olbermann's the Google Keith Olbermann's
very good over men show clip from last month
on the team name in Snyder's efforts full and complete
that's great that's worthwhile yet by the way I do often watch
because I don't have any real reason too often watches show but i remember i
watch that one and I also caught the
the but basically the takedown what was going on and so Chi
what's happening he knows what he's doing yes he did it
going to redo it ok to we've had some issues with what
know he puts on a good show I mean he drew me in twice to sports news when I
really don't give you a it earlier than he does it does a great job