MessierII
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Changing the name back would be such a well timed reset for the team.
100%Changing the name back would be such a well timed reset for the team.
Speaking of ignorant…
So far after 4430 votes....
Eskimos. No Esks or Eakins or Elks or whatever
He will be the new owner's favourite fan.If they change the name again, poor messiah is gonna have to go down and drop another 1k at the store.
Collaros in WPG makes 600k. That much can fit into the cap. Rourke is only gonna make 250k this year though. They won't be able to afford both VA and Rourke next year. The BS part I don't understand is next year he makes 550k on the cap and 200k that's cap exempt in marketing money. What the f*** is that?Does the CFL have a salary cap? How could BC fit in a $600K salary?
You would have had the entire BoD confronting you about your lack of social awokeness, er I mean awareness.Was walking right behind Tom Richards at Sundays game as we went to our seats. I was tempted to yell, "Hey Tom, antlers up!"
I voted other.
While I don't agree completely, I sort of understand.
Speaking of ignorant…
While I don't agree completely, I sort of understand.
It's one thing to keep a name that's based in history that wasn't selected at a time when it was considered offensive.
It's a completely different thing to rename your team to a name that is considered offensive at the time you are renaming it.
That said, I'm fascinated to see what the results of such an action would be.
Tough to say, but the team isn't the only group to remove the word Eskimo from their name. A local steel fabrication company also did prior to the team name change. There's also a musical act from Europe that used to be called Eskimo Callboy that changed it's name to Electric Callboy so globally there's at least some recognition that the name is problematic to enough people to matter.In general I agree with you on this, the issue for me in this case is based on the various polls, etc we’ve seen, the name is offensive to some, while others wear it as a badge of honor. Not sure it didn’t just get caught in the whole politicalizing of team names at the time.
The name change is a off field problem and is clearly seperate from the mismanagement of the on field product.Tough to say, but the team isn't the only group to remove the word Eskimo from their name. A local steel fabrication company also did prior to the team name change. There's also a musical act from Europe that used to be called Eskimo Callboy that changed it's name to Electric Callboy so globally there's at least some recognition that the name is problematic to enough people to matter.
I'm firmly in the camp of "don't care what the name ends up being unless it a completely new variant never used before". I also hope that regardless of the path chosen we as group of sports fans just move on.
To me the bigger thing is seeing if this owner really understands the underlying issues and isn't just obsessed with the thought that the name fixes everything. The rot in this organization has run deep for decades and everything needs to be looked at and overhauled.
I doubt he think it’s the “biggest issue.” It’s his team so he can name it whatever he wants.If this new owner seriously thinks the f***ing name is the biggest issue, this team is screwed.
I doubt he think it’s the “biggest issue.” It’s his team so he can name it whatever he wants.
Lol I don’t think anyone thinks it will magically make the team better.Looking forward to the shocked Pikachu face when changing the name doesn't magically make the team better.
Looking forward to the shocked Pikachu face when changing the name doesn't magically make the team better.
It would be funny if the team happened to turn it around right around the name change.By virtue of the team being so bad for so long, there's a reasonable chance they've already improved.