Yeah, the Chiefs are almost certainly going to something like the 'Avengers' in the next decade. Its just weird to see.
I don't think Indian is really derogatory but using the word for indigenous people kind of makes Americans looks stupid or arrogant or something. I mean how long did it take before the settlers realized this wasn't India? Why did we keep calling the people that were here first "Indians"? I think we were prepared to just call them that forever until we finally got enough actual Indians here that it became confusing.
I tend to agree, there are as many NAs proud of those names as there are offended by them, or at least in the ballpark (pun intended).
No idea why they abandoned the Spiders originally, no idea why they didn’t go back once they made the decision to abandon Indians.
I don’t listen to or follow them, but my understanding is that they are essentially a living/breathing comic book? Every band member is a character (similar to KISS, in a way, I guess) and there is some kind of on going fanfic like story that they are living out.Wish they'd changed it to
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There’s a NA poster that I had a good conversation with. He said Indians was the one name he thought should go. Said it was a name the white man gave the people. No problem with Braves, Warriors or Chiefs and said Redskins was a common mascot and team name among native Americans teams and it was by far white liberals that had more of a problem with the name than actual native Americans
Spiders would be cool. But there's been plenty of stupid nicknames over the years and I think as long as the team wins they will be embraced. What kind of name is "Nationals"? It sounds like some kind of fringe anti-immigration group. But as bad as that is at least they didn't keep the original name which was probably the worst nickname ever--the "Expos". That's like calling your team the Chicago "World's Fairs".
As a Tigers Fan, I don't like this, but as bad as renaming the Indians Guardians ... letting Francisco Lindor go is their biggest mistake. Bad move for Lindor and Cleveland. Lindor belongs in Cleveland.
Contact the Mets. I suspect they would be open to a trade.
As a Tigers fan, I am happy with Lindor with the Mets.
As are the fans of the other NLE teams.
I don't feel too bad about it at this point, he hasn't been good and worth nothing close to $300M. Indians offered him something north of $200M. Take it or leave it. He is a great dude but at this point, I'm glad he didn't take it.
I think he would have been better in Cleveland ... some players just belong in certain places.
