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Old 08-07-2015, 08:55 AM   #716
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This will always be an argument as long as the name stands. Someone is always going to be upset about the name and as long as that person keeps complaining it'll be an issue. You'll never have 100% buy in. Some will be upset if the name isn't changed and some will be upset if it is changed. Personally, I think it should stay as is because if a team is forced to change their name over something like this, you're going to see groups of people complaining about any team name they can. Because of partial Nordic ancestry, I'm going to raise a huge stink over how the Vikings are portrayed in Minnesota and how Montreal calls their team the Canadians but the province of Quebec wants to separate from Canada. Those arguments don't make much sense but you're going to hear people making them if you change names of teams now.

The teams weren't named as a sign of disrespect or to make fun of any specific groups, if anything they were named as an homage to those groups. I honestly think this is just a case of people complaining for the sake of complaining. Some people aren't happy unless they're miserable.
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