The team will still sell some merchandise with the controversial logo on it to keep the trademark in their possession.
âWe donât want to jettison all of our racist proclivities,â the team said.
Well, in their defense, Wahoo hasnât had a base hit in years.
Itâs a business decision, but itâs a good day when racism is bad for business.
The Washington Red****s need to learn that lesson.
I see this more as a control mechanism. As soon as they abandon the mark, every racist tee shirt printer in Ohio can start selling the image.
So now if we could just get the âPatriotsâ to drop âPatriotsââŚ
Depends entirely on how many they sell. If they sell ten T-shirts a year with the logo and then sue anyone else who tries to print anything with the logo, fine; thatâs the way American copyright law works (as I understand it from my non-lawyerly perch). If they sell as many as they can sell, little benefit of the doubt from me.
Big news. Now, was that so hard? Gâbye, gâbye, gâbye!
On Sunday on the Island of Manhattan the Lenape nation held their first full-scale pow wow since they were forced from their homelands in the 1700s. It was an amazing moment. A beautiful and moving spectacle. Then I went home and watched the Redskins⌠How far we have not come.
That doesnât make the name any less offensive.
They should change their name to the Choke Artists, amiright Cleveland?
Is this thing on?
I want that Fighting Irish POS gone next. My mother was a Murphy and we arenât violent.
ETA. Unless youâre English.
So ideally they should sell it only on non-durable goods. Small flimsy paper items like napkins or toilet paper.
But donât want to make them worth a lot by scarcity, tho. So tissue paper bookmarks, maybe.
The poll question does not ask about using redskin as a team a
Mascot. Big difference between asking someone if the term âredskinâ is offense and whether it is offensive to use it as a team logo.
Cleveland did not go far enough. Need to get rid of it altogether. It is offensive and even more offensive to use money as an excuse.
So the article is about new uniforms - new uniforms that do not bear Chief Wahoo ⌠yet the picture on the article shows old unis with Chief Wahoo somehow âhighlightedâ
why? is it more fun to show the naughty bits than show the new uniform?
article picture:
NEW UNIFORMS:
Plus - there may be a huge bunch of entanglement / business / royalties related to the movie series - âMajor Leagueâ
People buy high-priced MLB gear to show their support for the team - and often choose gear that looks like what their favorite players use. By removing Chief Wahoo from team uniforms, in a few years Chief Wahoo will be all but forgotten by fans, and much easier to retire permanently.
By taking this approach, the Indians have avoided providing an incentive for people that like the logo to fight back and create a public spectacle.