# Rename the Washington Redskins (version 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 4, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243 "2020-07-04T02:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/41 "2020-07-05T03:29:32Z")
The Washington Pork Barrels The Washington Graft The Washington Gridlocks Suggested before, but I like the Washington Filibusters. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/42 "2020-07-05T05:35:58Z")
Y’all are going about this the wrong way around. They don’t need to change the name-they just need to change the mascot: [![](https://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/i-potatoes-red.jpg) ](https://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/i-potatoes-red.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/43 "2020-07-05T05:42:43Z")
Planters buys naming rights to Washington NFL team stadium. Team to retain name. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/24/ed/a524ed032d524adf88bc9155f73abb62.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/24/ed/a524ed032d524adf88bc9155f73abb62.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/44 "2020-07-05T06:33:10Z")
> [@gadzookery](#): > > **Generals +400** > There’s already Washington Generals, they are 2-1000 v the Harlem Globetrotters. Given the team’s ineptitude the past two decades, that’s probably an appropriate name. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/45 "2020-07-05T13:34:28Z")
Why not the Washington Tan, or the Washington Orange? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/46 "2020-07-05T13:45:37Z")
The only way to escape from their shameful, racist past is to completely disband the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/47 "2020-07-05T13:59:58Z")
The Washington **Trumps,** that ought cause some amusing confusion. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/48 "2020-07-05T14:04:50Z")
There’s only one possible mascot. [![](https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/4R8w71gRBXYzl97ZEly6Gf/2a684e5948aba9512ec9ae9e49d911ce/unnamed.jpg?w=650) ](https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/4R8w71gRBXYzl97ZEly6Gf/2a684e5948aba9512ec9ae9e49d911ce/unnamed.jpg?w=650) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/49 "2020-07-05T14:30:34Z")
For the Washington Trumps? Yeah, but it’s a bit disgusting to drag a turd around the ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/50 "2020-07-05T14:33:04Z")
Unless it becomes the D.C. FuckSnyders, I’m pretty ambivalent about the new name. It’s great they’re finally close to ditching the old, racist name, but until that racist, waste of human flesh owner is gone, the team can rot. I feel a bit bad for their fans (75% of whom have Indiginous people’s blood I’ve been told), but c’EST la vie. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/51 "2020-07-05T14:33:15Z")
How about something more inclusive, like the Washington Colored Skins? ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/52 "2020-07-05T16:14:17Z")
They already have a second commonly used nickname. Just make it official. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/53 "2020-07-05T16:39:16Z")
Shouldn’t be presidents, nobody likes them and Snyder can’t keep a quarterback for 4 years. Watching Pundits get beaten up on a Sunday is a time honored pasttime in DC. How about Bridges? DC does not have enough now and the ones they have are falling down, like the team. How about Swamp? Or since they already play in Maryland and may move to Virginia call them the DMV (district,Maryland, Virginia) A name never known to work on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/54 "2020-07-05T16:48:42Z")
> [@Beesnest](#): > > Or since they already play in Maryland and may move to Virginia call them the DMV (district,Maryland, Virginia) A name never known to work on Sunday. No one would make it inside to watch the game. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/55 "2020-07-05T16:50:44Z")
How about: Washington Interns Washington Bureaucrats Washington Posts Capitol Hills ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/56 "2020-07-06T00:12:53Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I don’t think it’s taken, and that could work with one of [their old uniforms and helmet logos](https://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/2012/09000d5d829029f6_gallery_600.jpg), from the late '60s (which they’ve worn as a throwback uniform in recent years). This has always felt like an absolute no-brainer to me. Keep most of the same colors and imagery (minus the Indian head). It has alliteration. It sounds good and it doesn’t com across like some horrible derivative shit like Raptors or Mighty Ducks. It’s also not some ultra-PC focus grouped non-entity like Heat, Jazz, Thunder or Wild. I’m also really, seriously out on anything that’s an allusion to the government. Maybe this is just my reaction to the current state of our politics, but that’s some weak shit. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/57 "2020-07-06T00:22:32Z")
As an aside…I loathe that every time this discussion happens 90% of the responses are bad, overused jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/58 "2020-07-06T00:32:47Z")
Not as bad a joke as their reluctance to change the name. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/59 "2020-07-06T00:55:03Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > This has always felt like an absolute no-brainer to me. Keep most of the same colors and imagery (minus the Indian head). It has alliteration. It sounds good and it doesn’t com across like some horrible derivative shit like Raptors or Mighty Ducks. It’s also not some ultra-PC focus grouped non-entity like Heat, Jazz, Thunder or Wild. > > I’m also really, seriously out on anything that’s an allusion to the government. Maybe this is just my reaction to the current state of our politics, but that’s some weak shit. Agreed on this all. That would seem to me an easy pick – though the nature of the spear logo may still leave people dissatisfied about appropriation, but they could always come up with stylized-W badges or a non-native spear/shield design. And yeah, really, some of the allusions to politics and government … please ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243/60 "2020-07-06T01:08:31Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > And yeah, really, some of the allusions to politics and government … please So you’re vetoing all the suggestions? :flees: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243.md?page=4)