A New Name

Some people have wondering  why the NFL has decided to be so vigorous in displaying its political correctness – with plans for mass Kaepernick-style  kneeling, playing a so-called black national anthem before games along with or instead of the American national anthem,  dropping millions of dollars annually in “social justice” protection money, and  so on – given that the percentage of leftists among its fans is probably very small and the percentage of fans who find this stuff offensive is probably pretty high. It could be that Goodell is acting from the heart without regard to consequences, but that is not a guess anybody  should put money on.  It is more likely that he and the owners have made a cynical calculation that they can buy off the lefties for political reasons without offending the ordinary fans enough to get them to stop watching games.  They may be right, but it could  get interesting if they are wrong.

The latest news from the league is that the team in Washington will no longer be called the Redskins, but will get a new and presumably politically correct name.  In the spirit of the times,  I would like to offer a suggestion for what I think is the appropriate new name.  The team should be called the Washington Soviets.  I don’t remember where I first heard this idea, but it surely makes sense. The team’s colors are more  burgundy and yellow than a true red and yellow but they are close enough. The profile of the Indian would be replaced by one of Stalin. In place of the dangling feathers, there would be a hammer and sickle. It is a natural. It would please BLM, antifa, traditional media people, and other important influencers. It would reflect the culture of the team’s home town as well as “Steelers” does for Pittsburgh.  The corporate goofs who have refused to sell shirts with the Redskin logo would have no problem with hawking the image of a man who wanted to liquidate people  like them. The Internationale would make a swell substitute for Hail to the Redskins.  

The NFL needs a to make a progressive statement like this.  It deserves for this to happen.

After it is accomplished,  it will be time to get on to fixing Cowboys, 49ers, Packers, Vikings, Saints, Buccaneers, Texans,  Chargers,  Jets, Raiders, Chiefs, Patriots,  and other problematic names of teams. Doing good has no end.