Why fly with the Eagles when you can swim with the EELS ?

[Yarddog]

Yes you heard it here. I'm proposing that the Washington Commanders football team change their lame name
over to the Washington EELS.
Seriously, have you ever tried tackling an eel? its not going to happen. Thoughts??
Secondly there is the fact that in the early days of the colonies, the colonists ate eel meat. It was probably a staple for their survival.

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what say Yee??

 

[Thunk]

Seriously, have you ever tried tackling an eel?

Truly shocking!

Now...how about we change the name of the "Browns"?

 

[Yarddog]

Truly shocking!

Now...how about we change the name of the "Browns"?

Sure why not?? let me think about it!

 

[Yarddog]

Truly shocking!

Now...how about we change the name of the "Browns"?

How about the Cleveland CURS?

A noble and majestic creature!

 

[MarathonMike]

Yes you heard it here. I'm proposing that the Washington Commanders football team change their lame name
over to the Washington EELS.
Seriously, have you ever tried tackling an eel? its not going to happen. Thoughts??
Secondly there is the fact that in the early days of the colonies, the colonists ate eel meat. It was probably a staple for their survival.

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I'd prefer Redskins be restored but anything is better than being named after Biden's dog.

 

[Thunk]

I'd prefer Redskins be restored

How about the "Scalpin' Injuns" just to piss off the liberals?

 

[1srelluc]

Eels are damn good eating. The meat is very delicate, and their hide can be tanned into a very durable, yet thin, leather.

Native Americans used both raw and tanned eel skins for all manner of things.

 

[MarathonMike]

The Washington Eels Fight Song:

 

[whitehall]

Animal symbols seem to be all the rage to replace alleged offensive names of American Indians and Confederate heroes but it's typical of nerdly lefties who have never played sports think that a slimy creature could inspire a fan base. No wonder lefties lost the freaking election.

 

[Yarddog]

Animal symbols seem to be all the rage to replace alleged offensive names of American Indians and Confederate heroes but it's typical of nerdly lefties who have never played sports think that a slimy creature could inspire a fan base. No wonder lefties lost the freaking election.

Its not that. It's just that I'm a Raiders fan and would love the Skins to become the Washington Eels!
I find it in no way inspiring hahaha

Honestly though I would be happy if they became the Redskins once more. I didnt like the change to the Comanders.

Why Did the Washington Redskins Choose the Name “Redskins” in the First Place, Rather than Some Other Native American Name? – Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

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"One thing that is clear is that several months before July 1933, Marshall had decided that he was going to bring “Indian football” back to the National Football League. Indian football was a wide open brand of early twentieth century football, usually played by Native American teams, that featured lots of passing and trick plays. It was most strongly associated with the college teams fielded by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania between 1893 and 1917, and during the 1920’s with the Haskell Indian Institute teams from Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, 1922 and 1923, the National Football League had also featured the Oorang Indians, an all-Native American team based in Larue, Ohio, that featured player-coach Jim Thorpe.

It is likely that the availability of Coach Deitz, a well-known figure in college football who had been a teammate of Thorpe at the Carlisle Indian School and had taken teams to two Rose Bowl games, figured into this decision. At the time of his hiring by Marshall, Dietz was the coach at the Haskell Indian Institute and was famous for the “trick” plays and unconventional formations deployed by his teams. While it is true that Marshall had long been fascinated by certain aspects of Native American history, it seems likely that the availability of Dietz, combined with the resignation of previous Head Coach Lud Wray, led him to embrace the idea of reviving Indian football when he did."