Two Announcers to quit using "Redskins" name

[okie52]

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...#ixzz3AwXDsBGI

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[olevetonahill]

Dont much care about either one of em so Let em STFU .

[Jacie]

You left out the part where Troy Aikman said as long as it's the official mascot name he will continue to use it.

[okie52]

From a boy raised in the Indian Nation.

[Turd_Ferguson]

I'm wit Ditka...

[olevetonahill]

You left out the part where Troy Aikman said as long as it's the official mascot name he will continue to use it.

Excuse me if Im wrong , But he stated in his OP that this was about TWO wouldnt use the Name. Not those who would,
Jes sayin

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I'm wit Ditka...

Me too...

[Jacie]

Excuse me if Im wrong , But he stated in his OP that this was about TWO wouldnt use the Name. Not those who would,
Jes sayin

He copied a link to a story, I clicked on it and read all of it, not just the parts the OP cherry picked . . .

"As long as their nickname is the Redskins, I'll continue to call them the Redskins," said Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, the lead analyst for Fox.

[olevetonahill]

Maybe thats the only part he wanted to discuss. You on the other hand can talk about anything yer lil Pea pickin heart wants to talk about.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Lets see... Limo's dad and Dungy said they wouldn't call them Redskins...i don't care about the NFL, but I would bet there is contract language about not calling a team by their name.

[okie52]

He copied a link to a story, I clicked on it and read all of it, not just the parts the OP cherry picked . . .

"As long as their nickname is the Redskins, I'll continue to call them the Redskins," said Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, the lead analyst for Fox.

And that somehow refuted the headlines of the article? I posted the link so there wasn't any attempt to hide any part of the article for those that wanted to read the full article.

I'm glad to see other announcers continue to say Redskins...wish they all would and ignore all of the PC BS.

[Soonerjeepman]

that's how dumb simms is...
" I won't take a side....but I'm sensitive to the complaints so I won't use the name..." that IS taking a side ya idiot

[Turd_Ferguson]

that's how dumb simms is...
" I won't take a side....but I'm sensitive to the complaints so I won't use the name..." that IS taking a side ya idiot

He's probably kinned to 8th's ignernt ***.

[mojorisen2014]

Simms is a ******. F him and his son