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Special Teams
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Towson area
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Re: Name change
The name links us to our heritage. Changing the name would be a major loss for the team and Snyder would lose $millions in having to change marketing/signs/etc.
Maybe it was wrong from the start to inherit the Braves than change it to Redskins, (what the redskins have to do with DC is beyond me) but its fiction. I always loved The Senators but thankfully we didnt switch to the Nationals- (that name is pretty 'tarded)
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ellicott City, MD
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Re: Name change
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Also, I'm almost positive the Senators were originally called the Nationals.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: close to the edge
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I dont want the name changed but in time who knows what will happen. Im guessin 10 years before they changed "old glory" to "old DC", people thought it was just PC crap and it would never be changed either.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Name change
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As a historical note, even when Washington's baseball team was called the Senators their officical name was Nationals and had been since the 1860s. Charley Brotman took to calling them the Senators because he couldnt come up with a good logo for Nationals and then everyone started calling them the Senators. Nationals wasnt some name they pulled out of thin air. |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hackettstown NJ
Age: 54
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: UNITED STATES
Age: 38
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Re: Name change
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It works both ways honestly
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Playmaker
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Richmond
Posts: 3,261
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Re: Name change
Its not a nickname its the actual name. Its different then a high school or college mascot. The team is firmly grounded in the name / is the name.
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hackettstown NJ
Age: 54
Posts: 2,665
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Re: Name change
No it really wouldn't be the same. They would still be Washington DC's pro football team and i guess most people from the area would still cheer for them. For me the name is everything...I have been a Redskins fan since i was 5 years old and it started with the colors and the name of the team and grew from there. The team i grew up loving is the Redskins and if they are no longer called the Redskins it will feel like the team I love got killed. And i can't see myself keeping my season tickets and driving 4 hours each way to see any team other then the Redskins.
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Towson area
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: PA
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