This why being fans of teams located in Somerset is a good thing, the cricket team tried to call themselves the "Sabres" but then they gave up and are just Somerset again.
When the pro club split off from the amateur, the amateurs kept the name "Bath Football Club"; and the pro.s took the franchise name of "Bath Rugby"
Surely you'd go for Centurion's?
The Roman's not really having chiefs or anything referred to as such might be the greatest stumbling block there. Wiped out quite a few mind.
I wouldn't go for anything; I mourn the loss of "FC" as it is!
Seems appropriate at the moment
I for one don’t like these tacky add on names…. Pointless and unnecessary….
Funny that you say that. It’s been a year since the Washington team changed their name and theirs a growing sentiment that they should just remain the Washington football team.
Not sure. I think that is a bit unfair. Anachronistic. Do you think many people would have considered exeter chiefs to be offensive back in 1999? Was there any intent whatsoever to offend or negatively discriminate with that choice of name? Is there now?
If you can learn to read for once, its got nothing to do with the Chiefs name its the Native American imagery that has been used historically and even currently to racially discriminate against them. Those people have specifically asked for sports teams to stop using it.
Yes, people found the Exeter Chiefs imagery offensive in 1999 - but it was generally felt (amongst people who weren't from the marginalised community) that a minor sport on the other side of an ocean from the victims, where they'd pretty much never heard of rugby was "no harm, no foul". Crass, but okay at the time.
Now you're just being silly (or "Reductio Ad Absurdum" as it's otherwise known)
And the "slippery slope" (absent any actual logical rationale) is a well known and acknowledged logical fallacy
We should also note the fact the world has literally changed since 1999 in terms of globality of a brand or group and awareness of issues. In 1999 its fair to say most people did not have regular internet access hell home computing was still in its infancy but about rapidly expanding. We studied the American West at school at the very time Exeter were adopting it and we did a fair amount of time on the systematic destruction of the native American people what we didn't study is how those stereotypes still existed then (1999-2001) and now continue almost two decades later.Yes, people found the Exeter Chiefs imagery offensive in 1999 - but it was generally felt (amongst people who weren't from the marginalised community) that a minor sport on the other side of an ocean from the victims, where they'd pretty much never heard of rugby was "no harm, no foul". Crass, but okay at the time.
Since then though, the world has evolved, and our understanding of racism, victimisation etc has evolved; whilst rugby has become properly professional, and is becoming a much bigger sport in the USA, with MLR, Olympic7s, and RWC bids. It's now right in the face of the victims, rather than hidden half-a-world away.
