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FCC considering banning the Redskins team name
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An interesting approach. Since Dan Snyder won't change the Washington team's name and is acting tone deaf, someone thought outside the box to force it. If the FCC deems the name as a racial slur, then they likely will prohibit it's use on public airwaves. Let's see. That is CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox.

That will get the NFL's attention.

Maybe he will name them the Washington No Foreskins, because surely that's not offensive.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...kname_n_5909796.html



FCC Considering Move To Ban Washington Redskins Nickname

Reuters Posted: 09/30/2014 5:34 pm EDT Updated: 09/30/2014 6:59 pm EDT


LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 18: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the grass during a preseason football game between the Redskins and Cleveland Browns at FedExField on August 18, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by TJ Root/Getty Images) | TJ Root via Getty Images


By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to punish broadcasters for using the moniker of the Washington NFL team, the Redskins, a word many consider a slur to Native Americans, the agency's chairman indicated on Tuesday.

The FCC, which enforces broadcast indecency violations, has received a petition from legal activist John Banzhaf III, asking that regulators strip local radio station WWXX-FM of its broadcasting license when it comes up for renewal for using the name "Redskins."

Banzhaf says the word is racist, derogatory, profane and hateful, making its use "akin to broadcasting obscenity."

"We'll be looking at that petition, we will be dealing with that issue on the merits and we'll be responding accordingly," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told reporters.

"There are a lot of names and descriptions that were used over time that are inappropriate today. And I think the name that is attributed to the Washington football club is one of those," Wheeler added.

The FCC could formally deem use of the team name to be indecent, and thus impose a de facto ban on it on over-the-air television and radio.

Despite protests, vigorous lobbying and even intervention from President Barack Obama, team owner Daniel Snyder has vowed not to change the name of his National Football League team.

Some TV football analysts, including CBS' Phil Simms and Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy, have said they will no longer use the term Redskins. On the other side, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, a Hall of Famer, says the issue is "so stupid it's appalling."

Half of the U.S. Senate asked the NFL to endorse a name change and the Washington Post editorial board has also said it will stop using the team's name, although it will still be used in the rest of the paper, including the sports section.

In June, a panel of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the team's trademark registration because it considers its name and logo disparaging. The team has appealed the decision in federal court.
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Re: FCC considering banning the Redskins team name [CPA_Triathlete] [ In reply to ]
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Why did you post this here and not in the Lavender room?
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Re: FCC considering banning the Redskins team name [CPA_Triathlete] [ In reply to ]
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If you are going to post something this abhorrent, please give appropriate warning. I do not use that word and I can't even bring myself to read it. Disgusting.

Got it fuck-nozzle?
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Re: FCC considering banning the Redskins team name [CPA_Triathlete] [ In reply to ]
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Snyder knows how this ends up. But, he's about to ask for public funds to build a new stadium and will use dropping the name as leverage in these funding negotiations.
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