NFL 2020 Season: We're gonna bite a kneecap off
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Fans and players are a superstitious lot. Any change will be regarded as bad luck.
This is like saying water is wet.
Ah yes, the Hogettes! 
I designed a Harley for them for a charity fund back in 2005-2006. Don't know if it ever got made, as the parent company I worked for went under and the bike shop spun off and I lost contact.
Great bunch of folks - and yes, their costuming zeal for the institution is unparalleled.
I designed a Harley for them for a charity fund back in 2005-2006. Don't know if it ever got made, as the parent company I worked for went under and the bike shop spun off and I lost contact.Great bunch of folks - and yes, their costuming zeal for the institution is unparalleled.
Ah yes, the Hogettes!
Great bunch of folks - and yes, their costuming zeal for the institution is unparalleled.
Google doesn't show a Hogette Harley. Any pics? Looking for girls on hogs, I was reminded of this beautiful sight on the Kennedy from a couple summers ago.
Indeed I do! I found the files in my archive, dated March of 2005. Here is my original rough-draft pencil sketch:
... Which I then pulled into Adobe Illustrator and blocked out several vector templates:
I really love vector gradient fills - they make such a cool visual effect, I think.
Sadly, I have no idea if they ever selected a design, or if it was ever even built.
Sweeeet
Looks like we may be waiting awhile.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/washington-redskins-name-trademark-martin-mccaulay/#
And who knows, because of this random dude we might not get Redtails at all which... would honestly suck a lot.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/washington-redskins-name-trademark-martin-mccaulay/#
And who knows, because of this random dude we might not get Redtails at all which... would honestly suck a lot.
I'm sure I saw another story (here it is) that said he wasn't going to be an a-hole about the whole thing.
Correct - in fact, he also publicly stated that he offered to give the NFL/former-Skins an opportunity to freely take whatever name they chose that he owned within a ten day window (don't know when the clock started or ended). This changes a narrative a bit, and could wind up making Snyder and Gooddell look like the five-star toolbags they both really are for sitting on that offer. I suspect that their massive egos bristled at the whole thing and decided instead to take legal action against him because they can. This would all be quite wildly amusing and entertaining if it weren't so stupid sad...
Hmm...I don't know if this was news...
True - but it definitely won't do anything to improve their image, for certain.
The NFL's image is pretty much shot at this point.
If the NFL had any balls (of the intestinal fortitude type), they would have gone full-metal Adam Silver on Snyder and forced him to sell the team (or his share thereof).
Doesn't that require the other owners giving a crap?
Fair point. Some might, but not enough.
Why? The team name existed well before Snyder bought it, the NFL collected its share of revenue from selling Redskins merchandise for the last twenty-five years and also were in no hurry to change the name until events spiraled out of their control. Businesses generally won't change a money making strategy until they absolutely have to.
I can be salty that Snyder didn't read the writing on the wall sooner, but that isn't grounds to make him sell the team.
The others know that with Snyder in charge, the Washington Whoevers will continue to be a shit team and, ergo, not a threat. If someone buys the team who knows what they’re actually doing as an owner (like Jack Kent Cooke Jr., for example), they may become a serious division contender. Nobody wants that, so they’ll stay out of it. This is Snyder’s shit show and everyone is content to keep it that way.
So...Snyder isn't quite as bad as Sterling?
Is he? I don’t know the man personally, and I haven’t heard of him carrying on in any manner similar to Sterling. He bought an NFL franchise called the Redskins, he thought for a long time that changing it would devalue his investment.
Should the team have ever had the name to begin with? No. But when Snyder purchased it, the name had been there for nearly sixty years.
And, trust me, I have no love for him. But facts are facts.