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DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2, 2022 7:38AM in Sports Talk

Name drop, more on link.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna14421

The Washington Commanders will take the football field near the nation's capital this fall, team officials said Wednesday, ending an 18-month name search.

The team will keep its traditional burgundy and gold uniforms and hope this new title can boost interest in the once-proud franchise that has posted just five winning seasons this century.

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  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,839 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my visceral reaction: could've been worse, could've been better

    I think Washington Brigade would've been a slick name

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fitting.

  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 8:03AM

    So Commanders like Washington himself was Commander-in-Chief or something? How exactly did they arrive at that one and not any of the others?

    sigh of relief they didn't call themselves the Generals

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    Of course if they really must change the name someday...hee hee...

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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nevermind.

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

    Commanders are a lower rank than Captain in the US Navy... They blew it..

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

    Braves Chiefs yes, Redskins sorry, that's racial. Cleveland Indians? just needed to change that hat. Check out some of the Braves earlier logos, PS - hope they never change again another teams name to please some political agenda.

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    I still like Redskins better and will continue the call them that.

    Whenever I'm talking about the Cardinals I always say St Louis. Just can't help it.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    some are calling them Washington Commies

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 11:33AM

    I don't like the name, they could have come up with something better than that.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 11:40AM

    Redwolves would have been better than Commanders, they really blew this one.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, it didn't take long for Commanders fans to come up with a rallying cry, I believe this was stolen from the Farmers commercials, check out the video.

  • spacehaydukespacehayduke Posts: 5,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rooksmith said:
    Braves Chiefs yes, Redskins sorry, that's racial. Cleveland Indians? just needed to change that hat. Check out some of the Braves earlier logos, PS - hope they never change again another teams name to please some political agenda.

    So you are saying that racist name changes are there to please some political agenda? Hmm.............

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 12:05PM

    Will the cheerleaders be the "COMMANDERETTES"........ Kinky! 👩‍🚒

  • spacehaydukespacehayduke Posts: 5,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree that Red Wolves would have been a totally cool name in all ways in a violent sport. Too bad they were worried about the legal use of that name.

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 12:10PM

    Leave it to this sorry, inept franchise to go from attempting to honor Native Americans with a racial slur, to instead honoring the primarily white guys that wiped the American Indians mostly out of existence (the U.S. Military). Let alone how the U.S. Military has slaughtered millions (including women and children) around the world in the past hundred years. Talk about tone deaf. They should have gone with an innocuous animal like Redwolves.

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:
    some are calling them Washington Commies

    The Red Wolves would serve the same purpose.

  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 12:18PM

    They could have gone with "Burgundy and Gold" -- that's been their nickname for 90 years anyway. It's heavily used by the fans already. It would have honored the past without any trademark issues. Their team colors are actually Burgundy and Gold ... not Red ... so Red was a misnomer.

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

    @WingedLiberty1957 said:
    They could have gone with "Burgundy and Gold" -- that's been their nickname for 90 years anyway. It's heavily used by the fans already. It would have honored the past without any trademark issues. Their team colors are actually Burgundy and Gold ... not Red ... so Red was a misnomer.

    then they should be called the Gold Burgs?

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

    I was hoping for something Original like the Capitols or the Federals .

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 12:27PM

    Best uniform ever ... A deep burgundy (not a ketchup red) ... a true gold (not a mustard yellow) ... arrow on the helmet. Call them the Washington Warriors and be done with it. A Warrior doesn't necessarily have to be military or indian and honors the past. A good graphics person can mess with the arrow to make it not Indian in nature. An arrow can be a cool icon, as cool as the cowboys star or the chargers lightning bolt.

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  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭

    Dont mess with the FED! They should have consulted me, I work pro bono.

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2022 4:06AM

    @rooksmith said:

    @WingedLiberty1957 said:
    They could have gone with "Burgundy and Gold" -- that's been their nickname for 90 years anyway. It's heavily used by the fans already. It would have honored the past without any trademark issues. Their team colors are actually Burgundy and Gold ... not Red ... so Red was a misnomer.

    then they should be called the Gold Burgs?

    The Washington Gold would be better than the Commanders

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @musclemom said:
    I was hoping for the monuments

    That's not bad.....I like it! Very creative!

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 2:10PM

    @musclemom said:

    @Hydrant said:

    @musclemom said:
    I was hoping for the monuments

    That's not bad.....I like it! Very creative!

    Or the senators

    Why not....it worked for a lousy baseball team for generations..... why not for a lousy generational football team?

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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    I still like Redskins better and will continue to call them that.

    How about The Artists Formerly Known As the Redskins? :blush:

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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    @WingedLiberty1957 said:
    Best uniform ever ... A deep burgundy (not a ketchup red) ... a true gold (not a mustard yellow) ... arrow on the helmet. Call them the Washington Warriors and be done with it. A Warrior doesn't necessarily have to be military or indian and honors the past. A good graphics person can mess with the arrow to make it not Indian in nature. An arrow can be a cool icon, as cool as the cowboys star or the chargers lightning bolt.

    Oooh so with arrows could this be their new fight song? :blush:

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 12, 2022 8:47AM

    There will be a group of Washington Fans that sit in the end zone and wear no underwear to the games. They will be known as the Commando's

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Estil said:

    @perkdog said:
    I still like Redskins better and will continue to call them that.

    How about The Artists Formerly Known As the Redskins? :blush:

    Never heard of them buddy!

  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    @Justacommeman said:
    There will be a group of Washington Fans that sit in the end zone and wear no underwear to the games. They will be known as the Commando's

    How about Barnyard Commandos? :smiley:

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  • streeterstreeter Posts: 4,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Washington Redskins said they were going to remove the offensive part of their name.
    It'll just be Redskins from here on out.

    Have a nice day
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