Hail to the Vandals

 

The Washington Redskins are looking for a new name, the old one having been judged insensitive to the sensibilities of many white leftists posting on social media and/or working in the traditional media and of perhaps a few real or pretend Indians working a victim grift.  Judging by  the names that have appeared in print, the people running the team need some help with this. An obvious choice, given the way the team has played recently, would be the Washington Generals. But that one is probably trademarked by the Globetrotters and so not available. Fans who dislike the Redskins have offered a number of rude and unhelpful suggestions. Neither the Washington Soviets nor the Washington Weasels nor the Washington Swamp Rats nor the Washington Woke Wimps would be appropriate.

People like to give  football teams names suggesting something  powerful  - such as patriots, lions, bears, titans, Vikings, giants, rams, chargers, chiefs, falcons, jaguars, Bengals, and broncos. They sometimes also like to give teams names saying something about  the city they came from – such as steelers, cowboys, 49ers,  or packers.

There is a way for the Redskins to do both. The basic business of their city is tax collecting, and the outfit doing it is surely powerful.  Calling the team the Washington Tax Collectors would be appropriate but would mess up the team’s song. So I suggest the Redskins become the Washington Vandals, which would fit in just right with the song and other things too.