It’s one thing to change a team’s name and logo. It’s another to pretend it never existed.
NFL fans were buzzing when they noticed something important missing from a graphic used on Sunday Night Football.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels broke the record for most rushing yards by a rookie QB while facing off against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
The NBC broadcast highlighted Daniels’ record-breaking night by comparing Jayden to Robert Griffin III, the former record holder.
Daniels’ 820 rushing yards this year surpassed RGIII’s 815 from his rookie campaign.
But something appeared off in the picture …
The broadcast deliberately omitted the logo of the Washington Redskins, the team rookie RGIII played for in 2012.
Look, we all know they’re going to bring back the Redskins name sooner or later. Even a significant majority of American Indians – including me – support this. It is not better to erase a popular reference to the American Indian, even if some find it offensive, than keep it. Do what Florida State does and donate a percentage of the merchandise revenues to the local tribes in the area if there is any need to assuage one’s conscience over the supposedly negative aspects of the term.
And there is no excuse for erasing history. That way much wickedness lies.