None of these sports team names would be an issue if people didn't intentionally make it one for the sake of virtue signalling to feel better about themselves or just complaining.
Kids aren't growing up with negative imagery of Native Americans due to these names...in fact it might be seen as positive, almost epic imagery without the historical context (kind of like the Minnesota Vikings, Fighting Irish etc.)
With that being said, people are going to make it an issue, and clearly the issue isn't going away. I think the sooner they just change the names and get on with it the better.
I like the Washington Redtails
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