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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
When I heard about that I was wondering if Simm's could be in jepardy of losing his job because of stipulations in his contract? I have no idea what would be in his contract or how it would be worded. However, one would think that the NFL would have stipulations regarding a boycot or refusal to say team names or locations, for whatever reason, in a contract with a play by play or on air commentator. Especially when the Network is owned and operated by the NFL.
It's obvious that the NFL is not going to remove the team name at this time. So one would think that they would try to neutralize a situation where a tv commentator employed by the league is bringing extra scrunity to the situation.
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Definitely a valid point, but the NFL has had to deal with Redskins boycots already:
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Mike Carey, a recently hired rules analyst for CBS Sports, spent 19 seasons as an NFL referee but did not officiate a Redskins game for nearly all of the last eight years of his career.
That was by request — because he disapproves of their name.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...820-story.html
Very different, as Simm's is a public figure making a public stand, and Carey's stance could only be found out by public putting 2 and 2 together. However, the NFL seems to have an understanding and acceptance that people in their league do not like and do not approve of the name. I think Simm's will be very safe. As after the Redskins name is changed it will look VERY bad in the history books when they fired a guy for standing up to racism.