Federal Judge Orders Cancellation of Redskins’ Trademark Registration

Read more at http://shark-tank.com/2015/07/09/federal-judge-orders-cancellation-of-redskins-trademark-registration/On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins federal trademark registrations. It is the biggest blow to the NFL team thus far.

The cancellation is seen as a “huge victory” by the activists but according to the Washington Post, it does not go into effect until the team has exhausted the appeals process.

Redskins President, Bruce Allen is not giving up. He said:

We are convinced that we will win on appeal as the facts and the law are on the side of our franchise that has proudly used the name Washington Redskins for more than 80 years.

Even if the Redskins take the issue to the Supreme Court and lose they can still use “Redskins” and seek trademark protection from the state. The team is arguing the cancellation of their trademark will tarnish their brand and remove legal benefits that would protect them against copycats.

The NFL team is arguing the majority of Native Americans are not offended by there name whereas the opposition is saying they find it very offensive and want it changed.

Five Native American activists have been pursuing the case against the Redskins. They include Amanda Blackhorse who is a Navajo Indian known for leading protests against the team.

Blackhorse has said:

This case is about humanizing the indigenous identity. I have asked this many times before and have never heard a sensible answer — if people wouldn’t date all a Native American a ‘redskin’ because they know it is offensive, how can an NFL football team have this name?

Other courts have concluded Blackhorse did not reach the burden of proof by showing enough Native Americans find the NFL teams name offensive.

Via: The Shark Tank

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HOLY CRAP!! OBAMA BLOCKING NEW STADIUM OVER REDSKINS’ NAME!!

THIS is absolutely absurd. The ridiculous clown baby president Obama is using the power of the Federal Government to pressure the Redskins to change their name by DENYING their ability to build a new stadium!!! What the hell country do we live in??!

From the Hill:

The Obama administration will likely block Washington, D.C., authorities from building a new stadium for the NFL’s Washington Redskins because of objections to the team’s name.

The National Park Service (NPS) owns the land under the 54-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, a venue two miles east of the Capitol that hosted the Redskins from 1961 to 1996. Some city leaders want to demolish the current stadium and build a new one to lure the football team back from suburban Maryland.

But Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department includes the NPS, told D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in April that, unless the Redskins change their name, the Obama administration would not work to accommodate construction of a new venue, according to The Washington Post.

In a letter a month later, a local NPS official told Bowser the agency opposed the idea of building a new stadium.

“As I believe the Secretary made clear in our discussion, the NPS will not take a position in support of such an extension at this time,” Robert A. Vogel, a regional NPS director, wrote in the letter obtained by the Post.

Seriously?! That damnable buffoon is grabbing his ankles for the terrorist mullahs in IRAN and the sadistic Communist totalitarians in CUBA but he grows a spine to screw over the REDSKINS??!

What the hell happened to freedom????!

Oh and check this out – this is how the damnable idiots at the Associated Press headlined this story. They don’t even MENTION Obama, they put ALL THE BLAME on the Redskins!!!

Via: The Right Scoop

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Pelosi weighs in on Redskins name

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a suggestion for how to put an end to the controversy surrounding the Washington Redskins’ team name: holding a contest.

“I think we should have a contest for naming,” the House Minority Leader told BuzzFeed’s John Stanton at the website’s “BuzzFeed Brews” event in Washington.

Pelosi, a Baltimore native whose dad was a Maryland congressman said, “I don’t know if there’s any will to change the name, but maybe a good enough name, you never know.”

Several individuals, groups and lawmakers have called on the District’s football team to change the name, citing racial insensitivity.

“The first song that I ever learned to sing outside of church was, ‘Hail to the Redskins,’ ” Pelosi told the crowd.

Pelosi initially declined to weigh in on what she thought the name should be changed to, before pointing to a sign behind her set up for the BuzzFeed Brews event and offered, “How about the Red Brews?”

Via: The Hill

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Beck Tears Into ‘Sanctimonious Piece of Crap’ Bob Costas for Redskins Commentary

The last time NBC sportscaster Bob Costas weighed in on an issue of national controversy during Sunday night football, he admitted it was a “mistake,” but it clearly did not deter him from doing it again, this time with the controversy over the Redskins’ team name. This latest batch of commentary did not sit well withGlenn Beck, who had some tough words for Costas and his racial awareness.

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Beck suspected Costas was going “senile” and maybe “it’s time for him to be wheeled down the hallway by the nurse,” before letting loose with what he really thought.

“You sanctimonious piece of crap. Why is it that all white people think that they have to correct all of the ills of–and protect everybody else? Because everybody else is so little-childlike needs-to-be-taken-care-of. What do these arrogant people think?”

Beck and his co-hosts touted a poll showing 90 percent of Native Americans don’t consider the term to be offensive, and Costas is just the powerful white man who feels he “needs to teach the poor little Indian that you should be offended.”

Beck said this was all part of the “progressive way,” though to date there have been at least two bigconservative voices (one of them a congressman) expressing their discomfort with the name.

Watch the video below, via BlazeTV:

Via: Mediaite.com

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Brennan: It's time I stopped calling team 'Redskins'

I can't tell you how many times I've said the words "Washington Redskins." At one point in my career, I probably used the term at least 50 times a day. I said it on television and radio. I wrote it in the newspaper. Over the years, I've used it thousands of times, probably more than 10,000 by now.

It's time I stopped.

I live in Washington, and for three years, from 1985-87, I was the Redskins beat writer for The Washington Post. Then, and even now, saying "Redskins" has always come naturally to me. That word has been a significant part of my life – my professional life anyway – and a very happy, proud, fulfilling part of it. In talking about the team, or my career, I've used the name so often that I've never given it a second thought.

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But when I said the nickname this summer during a panel discussion, I stopped myself. For the first time, it didn't seem right to say it.

Why then? Why not last year? Or five years ago? Or when I covered the team? I think it was the cumulative effect of all the reporting on the issue in the past year or so, solid journalism that continually brings to the surface just how racist the term is to many in the Native American community. And even if only some Native Americans think it's racist, here's news for the rest of us, whether we want to hear it and deal with it or not: it's racist.

Via: USA Today

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