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Two influential TV announcers say they won't use 'Redskins' name on NFL telecasts
By The Associated Press August 18, 2014 - 07:52 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two influential NFL voices - including CBS lead analyst Phil Simms, who will handle Washington's Week 4 game - said Monday they likely won't use the term "Redskins" when discussing the franchise.
"My very first thought is it will be Washington the whole game," Simms told The Associated Press on Monday.
Simms will work the Thursday night package the network acquired this season and will have Giants-Redskins on Sept. 25. He isn't taking sides in the debate over whether Washington's nickname is offensive or racist. But he says he is sensitive to the complaints about the name, and his instincts now are to not use Redskins in his announcing.
"I never really thought about it, and then it came up and it made me think about it," Simms added. "There are a lot of things that can come up in a broadcast, and I am sensitive to this."
His broadcast partner, Jim Nantz, says it is "not my job to take a stance."
NBC's Tony Dungy, one of the most prominent voices in the league as a Super Bowl-winning coach and now as a studio commentator, plans to take the same route as Simms.
"I will personally try not to use Redskins and refer to them as Washington," Dungy said in an email. "Personal opinion for me, not the network."
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/two-influential-tv-announcers-say-they-won-t-use-redskins-name-on-nfl-broadcasts-106201.html#ixzz3AwXDsBGI
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By The Associated Press August 18, 2014 - 07:52 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two influential NFL voices - including CBS lead analyst Phil Simms, who will handle Washington's Week 4 game - said Monday they likely won't use the term "Redskins" when discussing the franchise.
"My very first thought is it will be Washington the whole game," Simms told The Associated Press on Monday.
Simms will work the Thursday night package the network acquired this season and will have Giants-Redskins on Sept. 25. He isn't taking sides in the debate over whether Washington's nickname is offensive or racist. But he says he is sensitive to the complaints about the name, and his instincts now are to not use Redskins in his announcing.
"I never really thought about it, and then it came up and it made me think about it," Simms added. "There are a lot of things that can come up in a broadcast, and I am sensitive to this."
His broadcast partner, Jim Nantz, says it is "not my job to take a stance."
NBC's Tony Dungy, one of the most prominent voices in the league as a Super Bowl-winning coach and now as a studio commentator, plans to take the same route as Simms.
"I will personally try not to use Redskins and refer to them as Washington," Dungy said in an email. "Personal opinion for me, not the network."
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/two-influential-tv-announcers-say-they-won-t-use-redskins-name-on-nfl-broadcasts-106201.html#ixzz3AwXDsBGI
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