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Fucking liberals
The Cleveland Indians are now the .................
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The Cleveland Indians are now the .................
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I agree. With Cleveland being the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you'd think they'd come up with something related to that. If they picked the right name, it could be a marketing bonanza with a lot of cross promotion possibilities.
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I've really not heard much noise around the Chiefs.... I've seen some minor noise around the Braves. KC better be lining up various tribal representatives to go to bat for them. That is how FSU has survived.
I'd like to see the fallout / support matrix of an organization just flat out refusing to change.... I mean taking an extreme hard line. The Redskins tried early, but I can actually see how their name could be offensive to some. I still think they should have kept it but I'm probably in the minority there. Team nicknames are meant to be an honor... That's why Jackasses and Assholes are still available.
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They shouldn't have changed but Spiders was the best alternative. I read where Cleveland ownership was worried about licensing issues with the Richmond Spiders... I would have thought that could have been overcome. I would wager the Guardians nickname may cost them more in the long run in lost merchandising than acquiring the rights to Spiders from a small liberal arts school.
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I would consider myself more irritated than mad, but I'm just tired of PC culture in general. It is a snowball rolling downhill that is not stopping. 100 years of history is being needlessly thrown to the curb because of potential hurt feelings and feel good-ism and that should not be acceptable.... It's not the American way. Wokeness will eventually impact something you care about. I care about baseball... I guess I'll consider myself lucky I'm not an Indians fan.
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The name sucks but I mean...roller derby team? If I were them I wouldn't have said anything and did some generic advertising like
Come watch the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night at... see how many tickets you could sell before people realized it was roller derby.
Come watch the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night at... see how many tickets you could sell before people realized it was roller derby.
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I'd just sell the name for a one time cash pay out of $250k or whatever to fund my roller derby shit for the next decade.
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That works too. Could be making some money on the front end of that though.
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The astute financial minds behind women's roller derby probably know how to do both.
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My cousin was on the Omaha roller derby team. Ima Firestarter. Think she's retired now. Maybe some off rink issues.
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What makes the story a little more crazy is its a men's team, obliviously with a few ladies.
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Men's roller derby is gonna get a big yikes from me dawgWhat makes the story a little more crazy is its a men's team, obliviously with a few ladies.
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Did you just assume their gender?
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Yes
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But why are you mad? Does it affect you at all? I don't really care one way or another. It's not really deleting history. It's just changing a name.
