I think now would be a good time for Dan Snyder to shut up. Appearing on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, the owner of the Washington Redskins defended his franchise’s name.
The name really means honor, respect.”
First, Snyder described what a Redskin is to him.
A Redskin is a football player. A Redskin is our fans. The Washington Redskins fan base represents honor, represents respect, represents pride. Hopefully winning. And, and, it, it’s a positive. Taken out of context, you can take things out of context all over the place. But in this particular case, it is what it is. It’s very obvious.”
Okay, first of all, if you want your football fanbase to represent honor, respect, and pride, you probably shouldn’t call your fans “Redskins.” Second of all, nobody is taking anything out of context. YOUR FRANCHISE’S NAME IS REDSKINS. We all understand the context. And yes, it’s obvious to everyone but you.
Snyder continued.
We sing ‘Hail to the Redskins.’ We don’t say hurt anybody. We say ‘Hail to the Redskins. Braves on the warpath. Fight for old D.C.’ We only sing it when we score touchdowns.”
Because that makes it better?
Then, a laughing Snyder ended with this:
“That’s the problem because last season we didn’t sing it quite enough as we would’ve liked to.”
So let’s see. For Snyder, the problem is that they didn’t sing “Hail to the Redskins” enough. But that’s okay, because he’s able to laugh about his team’s 3-13 record. Got it.
Here is the translated version of this interview: I am a billionaire and own the team, therefore “Redskins” means whatever the hell I want it to.
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