Breaking News on team name

Yeah as really need to be creative over the name should it changed.

The Burgundy and Gold. Same uniform; same logo.

I'm glad the post did an independant poll, it needed to be done. I couldn't really listen to people on either side talk about it, because it was hard to trust the information. Mike Wise always is such a contrarian on everything for example.

Hopefully no one lets Snyder off the hook for anything, the guy buys a backhoe for a tribe as soon as the name controversy starts up.

The Burgundy and Gold. Same uniform; same logo.

Same name too

Hey...things are looking up in keeping the Redskin name and trade mark

Supreme Court strikes down law blocking disparaging trademarks - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/supreme-court-redskins/index.html)

Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court struck down part of a federal law that denies trademark protection of terms that disparage living or dead.

The ruling could benefit the NFL's Washington Redskins, whose trademark was canceled based on the same law in a separate proceeding.
"Holding that the registration of a trademark converts the mark into government speech would constitute a huge and dangerous extension of the government-speech doctrine, for other systems of government registration (such as copyright) could easily be characterized in the same way," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.

"The commercial market is well stocked with merchandise that disparages prominent figures and groups, and the line between commercial and non-commercial speech is not always clear, as this case illustrates," Alito added. "If affixing the commercial label permits the suppression of any speech that may lead to political or social 'volatility,' free speech would be endangered."
The case at hand involves Simon Tam, an Asian-American musician and political activist who named his rock band "The Slants" in an attempt to take back a term that once directed as an insult. He sought to register the name with the trademark office.
The request was denied on the ground that it is disparaging to "persons of Asian descent."

But it has wider impact.
"The case also has obvious implications for the similar dispute involving the Washington Redskins, who had their trademark canceled under the same statute and theory that the justices invalidated today," said Steve Vladeck, CNN legal analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of law. "It should now follow that their trademark also should not have been invalidated."

The Washington Redskins Attorney Lisa Blatt said the team was "thrilled" with the decision.

"The Team is thrilled with today's unanimous decision as it resolves the Redskins' long-standing dispute with the government," she told CNN in a statement. "The Supreme Court vindicated the Team's position that the First Amendment blocks the government from denying or canceling a trademark registration based on the government's opinion."


Hail to the Redskins!

Hey...things are looking up in keeping the Redskin name and trade mark

Supreme Court strikes down law blocking disparaging trademarks - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/supreme-court-redskins/index.html)

Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court struck down part of a federal law that denies trademark protection of terms that disparage living or dead.

The ruling could benefit the NFL's Washington Redskins, whose trademark was canceled based on the same law in a separate proceeding.
"Holding that the registration of a trademark converts the mark into government speech would constitute a huge and dangerous extension of the government-speech doctrine, for other systems of government registration (such as copyright) could easily be characterized in the same way," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.

"The commercial market is well stocked with merchandise that disparages prominent figures and groups, and the line between commercial and non-commercial speech is not always clear, as this case illustrates," Alito added. "If affixing the commercial label permits the suppression of any speech that may lead to political or social 'volatility,' free speech would be endangered."
The case at hand involves Simon Tam, an Asian-American musician and political activist who named his rock band "The Slants" in an attempt to take back a term that once directed as an insult. He sought to register the name with the trademark office.
The request was denied on the ground that it is disparaging to "persons of Asian descent."

But it has wider impact.
"The case also has obvious implications for the similar dispute involving the Washington Redskins, who had their trademark canceled under the same statute and theory that the justices invalidated today," said Steve Vladeck, CNN legal analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of law. "It should now follow that their trademark also should not have been invalidated."

The Washington Redskins Attorney Lisa Blatt said the team was "thrilled" with the decision.

"The Team is thrilled with today's unanimous decision as it resolves the Redskins' long-standing dispute with the government," she told CNN in a statement. "The Supreme Court vindicated the Team's position that the First Amendment blocks the government from denying or canceling a trademark registration based on the government's opinion."


Hail to the Redskins!

I saw that. Fuck you Costas, Peter King, Obama, Olbermann and all other Douchebags that wanted a name change. HTTR FOREVER!!!

I saw that. Fuck you Costas, Peter King, Obama, Olbermann and all other Douchebags that wanted a name change. HTTR FOREVER!!!Yes! That and This! [emoji106]

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I was on NFL.coms home page and I didn't see a reference to the SCOTUS ruling anywhere. No way there is anything more important that happened nfl related today, let alone 30 things. Maybe it was up earlier, what a joke it's either already down or somehow didn't make it up.

I was on NFL.coms home page and I didn't see a reference to the SCOTUS ruling anywhere. No way there is anything more important that happened nfl related today, let alone 30 things. Maybe it was up earlier, what a joke it's either already down or somehow didn't make it up.

Well the Redskins News site (http://www.redskins.com/news/all-news.html) doesn't have anything on it either.

time for rich white elitists to move on to something else. The people who love and appreciate freedom won this one.

Well the Redskins News site (http://www.redskins.com/news/all-news.html) doesn't have anything on it either.

That site is part of the NFL network. No surprise or coincidence there. It's an absolute joke.