NFL Announcement...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.com )
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:52:15 +0000


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Hiya Loonies...

Here's one for the American Football fans among us...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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AP. Washington DC, Oct.23, 1998

The National Football League announced today that the Washington DC
franchise will no longer be known as the Washington Redskins.

The National Association for the Advancement of Native Americans in a
separate announcement took credit for the change, and promised to
intensify their efforts to get the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indian
baseball franchises to do the same. This is the result of the combined
efforts of Indian groups with other civil rights groups culminating in
success after a five-year campaign to have the derogatory name changed,
the NAANA announced.

National Football League officials strongly deny the change was due to
pressure from Indian or civil rights groups. The NFL states the changes
were necessary to reflect the recent character of the team.

The team will now be known as the Washington Tampons. This new name was
felt to be appropriate because Washington is good for only one period
and it does not have a second string.


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