For the sake of accuracy, I'd like to point out that Obama did not suggest or demand that the team change its name... He merely said that if he was the owner, he'd have to think about changing the name. A very political answer, which doesn't really take any side.

Once again... we're talking about titles bestowed on Native Americans by Native Americans vs. a racial slur.

I'm with the author here... how is this even an argument?

And your red herring regarding none of the players on the Chiefs being Chiefs is just stupid. None of the Eagles are actually Eagles... but their name…

I'm sure you'd be first in line to see the Atlanta False Equivalencies.

I mean, fuck those idealistic white college students who were registering voters in the South in the 60s. Why couldn't they stay out of black people business?

I'd call a Native American "Chief" if he was, in fact, a Chief.

The only reason that you wouldn't put the word "Chief" in Snyder's letter in place of "Native American" is because it wouldn't make any sense. It wouldn't be derogatory, it would just be stupid.

Huh? "Brave" and "Chief" are honorable titles bestowed upon certain Native Americans by other Native Americans. They aren't derogatory terms assigned to Native Americans by white people as a blanket descriptor based on their appearance.

Go home... you're drunk.

I don't want to blame the victim here, but what do these girls expect when they show up with vaginas and non-threatening physiques. The real victims here are the rapists. They spend most of their waking hours NOT raping women, but just one slip of the penis and they're criminals? They're the real victims here.

There is a difference between presumption of innocence in the criminal justice system and a presumption of innocence in the media. You only have the right to one of them. People are free to think the guy is a rapist based upon the known facts. They don't have the right to throw him in jail, fine him, put him on…

"Alleged" victims?

This is just another case of hardworking Americans breaking their backs while non-Americans get a free ride. First it was driver's licenses in California, then it was health care, now it's soccer, or fooot-ball as they like to call it, and next it will be amnesty to illegal immigrants. It's all thanks to our president…

Every single time, I read that US Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Mexico is eternally grateful? Wishful thinking Barry. Surely their horrible fans will be back throwing shit at our players and supporters alike the next time we play anywhere near the border, much less at the Azteca. And the players? Nearly as classless as their supporters. They should take pages from the Panamanians…

Why not? Washington may not have any AP titles to claim in the pre-BCS era (neither does Oregon), but they have had a few seasons where someone named them champion (their undefeated 1991 season where they were named champion by the Football Writers Association, for instance).

I enjoyed the "I took De'Anthony Thomas' SAT's" sign.

Wave your flag if you couldn't get into UW was a nice dig at WSU.

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Just got back from Red Square. Kiffin saw my "How was the bus ride to Seattle, Lane?" sign right before they went on the air for his segment. He looked sad. It was one of the highlights of my life thus far.

So let's go on a diversion. What if the team in Kansas City decided to call themselves the Kansas City Africans? And their fans dressed up in blackface and in what they thought was traditional Zulu garb? And during their games their fans decided to engage in mock-African chants? And, when asked about it, they said "Oh…