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jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:09 PM Jun 2014

Moonie Times editorialist comes up with the "perfect" new name for the Redskins

You guessed it: He wants the team renamed the Reagans.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/24/taube-why-not-the-washington-reagans/?page=1#ixzz35eye70Zb

Isn't there something NON-political associated with Washington they could name the team after? I was thinking "cherry blossoms" once, but that sounds like something you'd name a Japanese baseball team.

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Moonie Times editorialist comes up with the "perfect" new name for the Redskins (Original Post) jmowreader Jun 2014 OP
Nope, that sucks. BUT, if we expand that a little, they could completely rebrand and call themselves ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #1
Can't they call the team just..."Washington". CJCRANE Jun 2014 #2
How about a play on Washington? MohRokTah Jun 2014 #3
Or the Washington Generals? Zen Democrat Jun 2014 #5
And the New York Giants can change their name, too! MohRokTah Jun 2014 #6
After they came in 9-7 last year? I don't think so! jmowreader Jun 2014 #10
They'd always be losing games when other teams pulled the ol' ball on a rubberband trick Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #8
washington millionaires? washington elitists? so many possible names nt msongs Jun 2014 #4
The Washington Red-acteds joeybee12 Jun 2014 #7
"Dipshit Who Kicked America Off The Cliff" IDemo Jun 2014 #9
Bonzo Bedtimes. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #11
I'm OK with that as long as they use Zombie Reagan as their trademark csziggy Jun 2014 #12
Gives a new meaning to the term "fly ball." NBachers Jun 2014 #20
I stole a copy of the Reagans' playbook KamaAina Jun 2014 #13
No, "Ham Fighters" is something you'd name a Japanese baseball team KamaAina Jun 2014 #14
There's also a Carp, a Dragons and a BayStars Japanese baseball team jmowreader Jun 2014 #16
I found it! The Only Name for the Washington team jmowreader Jun 2014 #15
Copperheads has a secondary meaning KamaAina Jun 2014 #17
With orange helmets to evoke his dyed hair and pink uniforms printed in reverse . . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #18
The Washington Lobbiests......... wandy Jun 2014 #19
Why not just the Washington Moons? NBachers Jun 2014 #21
 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
1. Nope, that sucks. BUT, if we expand that a little, they could completely rebrand and call themselves
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:11 PM
Jun 2014

The Washington Presidents

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
6. And the New York Giants can change their name, too!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:19 PM
Jun 2014

How about relocating them to Harlem and calling them the Globetrotters?

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,781 posts)
8. They'd always be losing games when other teams pulled the ol' ball on a rubberband trick
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jun 2014

or ran around with a water bucket full of confetti.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
14. No, "Ham Fighters" is something you'd name a Japanese baseball team
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:43 PM
Jun 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ham_Fighters

actually, Japanese teams are named for the corporations that own them, in this case Nippon Ham. So the name is really "Fighters".

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
16. There's also a Carp, a Dragons and a BayStars Japanese baseball team
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:51 PM
Jun 2014

I think people over there would like a team named the Cherry Blossoms.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
15. I found it! The Only Name for the Washington team
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:44 PM
Jun 2014

Call them the Washington Copperheads. The snake is native to the area and has the degree of menace that good NFL mascots require.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
17. Copperheads has a secondary meaning
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:59 PM
Jun 2014

Democrats who opposed the Civil War were called Copperheads.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
18. With orange helmets to evoke his dyed hair and pink uniforms printed in reverse . . .
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:59 PM
Jun 2014

in remembrance of his inability to see anywhere but backwards through rose-colored glasses.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
19. The Washington Lobbiests.........
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:00 PM
Jun 2014

Think of the slogans....

We call the plays.
We control the game from the backfield.
Washington is OUR tailgate party.
Make that first down! Throw money at it!

Even the play names would be interesting.......

The filibusterer rush.
The revolving door lateral.
The long Hail Adelson pass.

In no time at all they would control every aspect of the NFL.

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