What would Jim Thorpe think?

Take it up with the numerous tribes that are being represented and since the logo for the Washington Football team is included where I don't believe it should be. I see no problem with the logo, but the former name of the team being a derogatory term used against all of the numerous aforementioned, I will go there. I will start by stating my long held belief that it is an honor to the warrior spirit to represent our teams in competition, of which a large number of Native Americans share. However, if native Americans are offended or simply do not want that image or mascot to represent them, then we need to respect that and as Stanford University and other teams have done.

Now I will get very personal, but I don’t believe that I that my white opinion is alone. I do find the term Redskin offensive to Indians, and it might be because I don’t like the whole history of the franchise and Daniel Snyder, yet, that logo I really like and know that it was created in honor of Native Americans. There is a problem though that also puts the Stanford and Cleaveland situation in play. How do you properly represent the Native American tribes as a whole? Perhaps Stanford did it right when they embraced the Cardenal, hoping not to offend the Pope, whatever a Cardenal is. Let’s get back to the Washington Football Team, I would like to see that logo come back and the franchise name an individual tribe like the Chyanne (North or South) or Lacota (otherwise thought of Sioux in a derogatory manner).  The latter would be a great way to call attention to whatever cause that many Native Americans have. Why not, technically we are still at war with the Seminole Tribe (and not Florida State until they challenge for another national championship). This would surely be better than The Washington Football Team or Commanders whatever that is. Now for Cleveland, I can see how that logo can be offensive, but I have also enjoyed some of the stories of how the team used the name to honor the local tribes or is it one, I am a Berkeley Boy who only truly risked ‘dead man’s curve’ once (truly). It is naive to propose that getting some local tribesperson to draw a suitable logo to add to the stories. I am not sure what a Berkley Boy like me to even comment on Stanford, so there.