We're approaching a PC slippery slope where in the future, much more will be offensive 10 years from now.
The Buffalo Bills? The slaughter of bison. The NY Jets? The glorification of U.S. military hegemony or violence against other nationalities.
Let's pick nouns, and vote on them to find the 32 most inoffensive names for all races, creeds, sexes and whatever else category people fall into.
The Buffalo Balloons? There we go. The NY Jelly Rolls? Shouldn't get a rise.
This nonsense is only going to get worse. When we're done with the race thing, it'll be something else, I promise.
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And, by the way, Indians, aka redskins, in the context of football, implies the warrior spirit, as does Viking. IT IS NOT intended to be a slur. Vikings raped and pillaged. But that's not apparently offensive to rape victims, because it doesn't have the magical connotation to ethnicity or race, only nationality. It's a superficial barrier that PC types put up, and keep changing.
Will nationality nicknames be offensive next? Knicks? Canadians? Etc. Etc. Etc.
I agree with Like a Mofo. The name will eventually change, despite the owner's promise, as will other names.