Obamacare-like failure to ensue.
Forget Snyder, It’s Time to Target the Redskins’ Advertisers — Huffington Post
The ongoing debate over the Washington Redskins nickname is tiresome.
It’s tiresome because it’s inevitable that the team name will be changed, no matter what Washington team owner Dan Snyder says. It’s just a matter of time. Clearly, Snyder’s contention that the team nickname is a “badge of honor” is patently absurd. Using a derogatory racial term as a professional sports franchise’s nickname — in our nation’s capitol no less — is simply wrong. And while it’s frustrating that it’s taking so long, it will be changed.
It’s also tiresome because thousands of people are spending time, energy and money on a team’s nickname, while the depressing plight of Native Americans on reservations today is basically ignored. […]
Let’s let Snyder continue to throw his tantrums and stomp his feet and scream “Never!” whenever the topic of changing his team’s nickname comes up. In reality, his stubborn childish actions are pushing more people into the “Let’s dump the Redskins name” camp.
It’s time to let Snyder live in his little Neanderthalville penthouse for awhile and turn our attention to the major advertisers that have their corporate logos proudly displayed on the home page of the Washington Redskins’ website: FedEx, Bank of America, Bud Light, Ameritel, and Ticketmaster.
In addition, New York Life proudly boasts of the fact that they are the “Official Life Insurance Partner” of the Washington Redskins. StubHub, already the “Official Fan-to-Fan Ticket Marketplace of FedEx Field,” home of the Redskins, is now a naming rights partner for the stadium, entitling the premium club level at the stadium StubHub Club Level. Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL) is the “Official Health and Wellness Partner of the Redskins.”
These companies need to be challenged for aligning themselves with Snyder and tacitly approving his team’s despicable nickname. If Americans across the country engaged in a letter-writing campaign calling for these companies to drop their sponsorship of the Redskins or lose their business, we might get somewhere on this Redskins issue.