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Orange creep threatens baseball and football teams

larryB
in Off-Topic
Doesn’t he have more important things to mess with than NFL and MLB teams?

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  • CrashCrash
    https://www.reuters.com/sports/trump-threatens-washington-stadium-deal-unless-nfl-team-readopts-redskins-name-2025-07-20/

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-sports-teams-restore-racist-names-1235389673/
    Absolutely childish. No surprise, though.
    I never saw those team names as racist. SO tired of political correctness. But the President of the United States OUGHT to be worried about much bigger things. (Is he dead yet?)
  • larryB
    Redskins probably didn’t sit well with Native Americans I bet. Could you imagine the Brooklyn ,,,,, pick big ethnic groups.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    The Brooklyn Irish? Can't see anyone getting upset by that.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    Well, maybe the Brooklyn Italians might resent the Brooklyn Irish.
  • CrashCrash
    NZ All Blacks? Refers to the uniform, no doubt.

    "Cato, my little yellow friend, I'm home."
    https://clip.cafe/the-pink-panther-strikes-again-1976/cato-little-yellow-friend/
  • BD3
    You need to remember context. Trump unsuccessfully tried to buy three different NFL football teams. His most recent attempt was to buy the Buffalo Bills. But he was turned down because of inadequate financing. To those who had rejected his offer, he said “I will become president.“. He then started a new football league, which file for bankruptcy about 18 months later. So he is no fan of the NFL. In his original iBig Beautifil Bill, as retribution, tax deductions for NFL owners were removed. Fans of the billionaire owners of football teams have subsequently been able to restore those deductions, along with deductions for private jets. These tax breaks are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I am disappointed that no
    website or TV station seven able to report on any of these matters. My information is accurate.
  • larryB
    BD3. Thanks for that background. The resentment and retribution move. What a way to govern.
  • a2z

    (see sesame street : ronald grump)
  • larryB
    Old_Joe. Think of more derogatory terms for several of New Yorks many ethnic communities. Would not be well received. Imagine.
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