• Changing team names.

    From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 4 11:02:44 2020
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 05:30 pm

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!

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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to HusTler on Sat Jul 4 10:07:04 2020
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: HusTler to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:02 am

    I hope the Skins plan on fighting this. This country has gone too far with this shit!
    I agree with you, but I was trying to think of a name that would get the other side to be quiet.
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 5 23:27:59 2020
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Utopian Galt on Sat Jul 04 2020 08:35 am

    The Washington Redskins can become the Washington Black Mages.

    The Washington Lobbyists!

    Or the washington ChazChops
    Columbus Ohio wants to change it's name I think Dumbass, Ohio works

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ANDEDDU on Mon Jul 13 16:02:00 2020
    Changing the name of the team would technically mean disbanding it & creating another seperate team. I know NFL teams change location often, such as the Cleaveland Rams becoming the LA Rams - but changing the name of the team itsel
    means ending its legacy. Shouldn't that be considered?

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it
    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.


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  • From Jon Justvig@VERT/STEPPING to Dumas Walker on Mon Jul 13 23:19:04 2020
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Dumas Walker to ANDEDDU on Mon Jul 13 2020 04:02 pm

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Dumas Walker on Tue Jul 14 09:18:00 2020
    Mike,

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe
    it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    I think that's correct. The worst part is for all the merchandising and printed items. When the name changes, the items are worthless, or they
    become collectors items.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Jon Justvig on Tue Jul 14 09:18:00 2020
    Jon,

    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to paulie420 on Tue Jul 14 09:19:00 2020
    So I did read that the RedSkins WILL be changing their name. No hints
    as to what the change might be to... lets start a list, what do you
    think the RedSkins will be switching to?

    There have been news stories all over the place. To me, I think the
    Lobbyists would be more than appropriate. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Andeddu@VERT/AMSTRAD to Dumas Walker on Wed Jul 15 00:26:03 2020
    Re: Changing team names.
    By: Dumas Walker to ANDEDDU on Mon Jul 13 2020 04:02 pm

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.


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    It's still deeply offensive to my sensibilities. I know that English football teams regularly changed their names back in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Manchester United, for instance, was founded as Newton Heath & West Ham United were known as Thames Ironworks F.C. I suppose I can see why The Hammers changed their name!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Andeddu on Wed Jul 15 07:39:00 2020
    Andeddu wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    It's still deeply offensive to my sensibilities. I know that English football teams regularly changed their names back in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Manchester United, for instance, was founded as Newton
    Heath & West Ham United were known as Thames Ironworks F.C. I suppose I can see why The Hammers changed their name!

    As a long-time Oakland resident, I wish the Raiders would change
    their name. The "Las Vegas Raiders" doesn't do their history justice.

    I always like the story of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers moving to LA
    and leaving the "trolley" part in NY.



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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to paulie420 on Wed Jul 15 12:29:00 2020
    There have been news stories all over the place. To me, I think the Lobbyists would be more than appropriate. <G>

    Muahahhahahaha - that would be quite fitting. :P

    For all the money that changes hands...never mind what's spent for elections...we could eliminate the debt (in the trillions of dollars),
    fund Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and have stuff left over.

    But, you know darn well the Deep State isn't going to let that
    happen. It's like the tagline below.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Nightfox on Thu Jul 16 11:01:00 2020
    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA referring to Los Angeles.

    It is...but we do things differently down here. <G>

    At times, some have referred to Arkansas as "Sasnakra" (Arkansas
    spelled backwards), as that's the way stuff was done. Years ago,
    before they had "The Arkansas Lottery", they said "gambling was
    illegal". Yet, they allowed betting on the horses at Oaklawn Race
    Track in Hot Springs, and on the greyhounds at Southland Greyhound
    Park in West Memphis. To me, that's a double standard.

    Years ago, when I was working in silkscreen printing, one customer
    came in for a deer hunting style shirt (hunting is real big here).
    But he wanted "muzzle loaders" spelled as "muzzel loders". After I
    and the artist corrected it (I did a ton of proofreading of stuff),
    the customer said "that's not how he wanted it", and I blew a gasket.

    While the owner was right there, I angrily replied "And they wonder
    why Arkansas' literacy rate is the lowest in the country!! Stuff like
    this makes us look like a bunch of dumb hicks. If there had been
    something on the order that 'he wanted it that way', I wouldn't have
    said a word!!".

    It makes me glad that I'm not a native Arkansan (I'm originally
    from Florida).

    Daryl

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Sat Jul 18 20:45:09 2020
    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 15 2020 12:38 pm

    Re: Re: Changing team names.
    By: Daryl Stout to Jon Justvig on Tue Jul 14 2020 09:18 am

    was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.

    You might be onto something there.

    Around the southeast US, LA either stands for Lower Arkansas, or
    Lower Alabama. <G>

    Really? I grew up in the northwest US, and I've always heard of LA referring to Los Angeles.

    Also Louisiana.

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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT/IUTOPIA to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Aug 8 10:36:00 2020
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Andeddu <=-
    As a long-time Oakland resident, I wish the Raiders would change
    their name. The "Las Vegas Raiders" doesn't do their history justice.
    Las Vegas Mobsters

    I always like the story of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers moving to LA
    and leaving the "trolley" part in NY.
    Los Angeles did have trolleys as well. But the red car system was replaced as the highways came along.

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