I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
there are 32 teams in the NFL, and these states have more than one: California (3), Florida (3), Texas (2), Missouri (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), technically New Jersey (both New York City teams play here) and Maryland (Baltimore and Washington)
California is huge and Northern and Southern California having a team each, at the very least, makes sense. Not entirely sure about, like, the Lakers and Clippers playing hoopsketball in the same arena though
My dad and elder sister are both hardcore Steelers fans, to the point where merely hearing this thread's title would be enough to send both on long-winded rants about football.
My mom likes the Giants and my brother likes the Chargers. I couldn't give less of a fuck about football if I tried.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
I'm not a Broncos fan but you mentioning the Chargers reminded me that it's always so weird to see people around here with cars emblazoned with stuff to do with the Broncos' divisional rivals (the Raiders are the big one, but there's also the Chargers and Chiefs too)
Green Bay has the Packers logo and "Titletown, U.S.A." in their city seal
Via osmosis I got kind of bummed when the Seahawks came back to win the NFC title game last season (for obvious reasons) until the other side shook out and their opponent became known
Well, I guess the Packers are probably the thing that Green Bay is most known for, so I think that makes some sense. They are pretty unique in U.S. pro sports in being a super popular team located in a small city. I think it is unlikely for that sort of thing to happen elsewhere; the Pack are kind of an anomaly in having so much success despite their small media market and being owned by the community rather than an owner.
Yeah, racism has no place in sports. I guess people get attached to names like that because that is how they have always known their team. That said, it seems to me that the tradeoff of not being able to call your team what you have always called them or have the mascot you have always had is quite minimal compared to the benefit of no longer using a racial slur or caricature of a group of people who have historically been treated terribly in the U.S.
I'm not sure why Dan Snyder is so stubborn about it (aside from him being a horse's ass), but I can also see people considering the "change the name" thing as adding insult to injury. Not one of Washington's teams in American football, basketball or hockey have won a championship since the team in question won the Super Bowl in early 1992—indeed, they tend to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on a regular basis—and not only do people blame Snyder for this, I wouldn't be surprised if the naming controversy enters into this.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
It would be very expensive to change "Redskins" to something else. New logos would have to be commissioned. Signage and stationery would have to be replaced. He could afford it though.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
the Redskins have had the same logos (main and wordmark) for decades - also the NFL seems to be immune to the fads of sports design that take other leagues by storm and then pretty much totally disappear a few years later
-Our moronic fans can’t leave Western PA without packing their goddamn Terrible Towels so they can take pictures with them at various landmarks. If you’re at the Great Wall of China or the fuckin Eiffel Tower, enjoy the view and put the towel away. There was actually a slideshow of this on the Post Gazette’s website.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Morally? As best as I can tell, having players who don't embroil themselves in bad shit or do absurdly right-wing-wet-dream stuff like return their kids' participation trophies
Morally? As best as I can tell, having players who don't embroil themselves in bad shit or do absurdly right-wing-wet-dream stuff like return their kids' participation trophies
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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in which Imi states the obvious
My mom likes the Giants and my brother likes the Chargers. I couldn't give less of a fuck about football if I tried.
Because Sheffield is also known as the Steel City.
Their hated Ravens suck too, they're the NFL's 13-year-old going through a rebellious phase