Re: It’s time to change the name

2022-05-01 Thread Walter Cameron
In the interest of gathering data on the impact of the name beyond my own personal experience and understanding, is anyone aware of the details of past complaints about the name? Researching this topic I stumbled across a decade old thread that makes a lot of incorrect claims as I understand them

Re: It’s time to change the name

2022-05-01 Thread me
Yeah. Very much agree with Owen. I think this is a very different situation than offensive use and slogans. Also even if the association was in the minds of those who started the ASF, it's missing even among the vast majority of the ASF members. We cannot compare the sports teams which are activel

Re: It’s time to change the name

2022-05-01 Thread Ed Mangini
@Owen That's not true with regards to complaints driving change. A quick review of the history shows that initial commercial changes (e.g. Washington Commanders) were mostly complaint driven, however community changes were driven mostly by proxy as proactive efforts. I think we need to be carefu

Re: It’s time to change the name

2022-05-01 Thread Jarek Potiuk
Yeah. Very much agree with Owen. I think this is a very different situation than offensive use and slogans. Also even if the association was in the minds of those who started the ASF, it's missing even among the vast majority of the ASF members. We cannot compare the sports teams which are activel