Sportscasters Simms, Dungy To Not Use "Redskins" name on TV

[CreekDog]

Simms, Dungy Likely Not to Use 'Redskins' on TV

NEW YORK — Aug 18, 2014, 6:09 PM ET
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

Associated Press
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.

"There are a lot of things that can come up in a broadcast, and I am sensitive to this."
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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."

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/phil-simms-considers-redskins-tv-25026312

Good.

[CreekDog]

1. kick

[PoutrageFatigue]

2. 'But i'll still be hatin' on teh gays though'....

...So it's okay to act principled when it comes to race, but NOT when it's about sexual orientation....got it...Thanks Tony...

[theHandpuppet]

3. +1

That about sums it up.

[CreekDog]

5. No, it's okay to do the right thing

and this is the right thing. and his comments about gays are wrong.

principle is not what makes it right or wrong, being right or wrong is what makes it right or wrong.

[theHandpuppet]

6. Oh, he doesn't just make anti-gay comments

He's actually raised funds for anti-gay organizations and received awards from them.

[CreekDog]

7. right and I take issue with that

meanwhile, I support his not using the "Redskins" name.

is that too complicated?

[theHandpuppet]

10. Well, let's see...

If Dungy took issue with the name "Redskins" (which I do, BTW, vehemently) but raised money for the KKK and received awards from racist hate groups, would you feel just as forgiving? Perhaps that comparison will offer some insight about how I feel about Mr. Dungy.

[CreekDog]

11. I support Dungy not using the term "Redskins" and oppose his anti-LGBT crap

next time try reading what you're responding to.

[theHandpuppet]

12. Okay, next time I'll let you point out the irony

Because it was missing from your OP.

[CreekDog]

13. you're hopelessly confused

My OP was about the news story I posted.

Where you're hopelessly confused, and should apologize for is saying that I forgave Dungy for his anti-LGBT activities because he won't use the "Redskins" name.

I didn't say that and I don't think that.

Again, try reading.

[snooper2]

4. They are called the REDSCABS, why does nobody get this?

[Iggo]

8. Good.

[rjj621]

9. I respect their personal opinion

but as commentators they should not be interjecting their personal opinions. They are paid to discuss the teams, games, and players and for the moment the team name is the Redskins. They don't have to agree with it just like most of us in the workplace don't agree with everything but we have a job to do.

[CreekDog]

14. if the team was named the N-words, would you still insist this?

and why?

[fishwax]

15. do you tihnk they can't do their job by referring to "washington" instead of "the redskins"?

I don't see how this decision will interfere with their ability to do their jobs.