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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
If they moved and became the Los Angeles Redskins for example I'd be less inclined to remain a fan than if they stayed and changed the name to the Washington Federals.
How about this? Suppose Snyder says forget it, it's not worth it and sells the team. Someone buys the team and moves them to LA and calls them the Stars or whatever. ANd it's RG3 and company. But then the NFL grants an expansion team to DC and that team gets the Redskins name and colors, but it's different players. Who's your team?
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Ouch, you just melted my brain.
I totally agree with your first point.
As for the second point, I'd probably remain a Washington Redskins fan. I guess I'd look at it as "players come and go, but the team as an institution remains."
I think I'd feel the same way in a scenario where Snyder relents and changes the team name to Warriors or whatever, but then LA gets an expansion and calls it the Redskins.
I'll always be a
Washington football fan. But like I said before, they've been The Washington Redskins my entire life, my Dad's entire life, and most of my late family's entire lives and I think that's why the current name is so important to me.