RFK Stadium May be Changed

[erpowers]

RFK Stadium may recieve a name change. It was reported yesterday that the name of RFK Stadium may be changed Armed Forces Field at RFK. I support the military, but I do not think the name should be changed. I contend that the field honoring RFK should kept that way.

[ltfranklin]

1. Only if they...

Change the equivalent number of Ronald Reagan-named facilities.

Let's see...since there's only a couple of RFK-named facilities, changing RFK stadium is about, what, 25% of the facilities. Changing the same number of Reagan-named facilities means we should only have to change, what, 300 or so? I think that's fair...

[KharmaTrain]

2. Wasn't It Part Of The Nationa Guard Armory?

I remember driving past the stadium a couple years ago...it looked all but abandonded, except for a couple soccer games...and it looked like the Armory next door was the major activity in that area.

I'd prefer renaming a stadium in favor of Veterans or Soldiers than some corporation that puts its name all over a structure built with and maintained by taxpayer dollars...and prohibits all but those with big bankrolls to attend their events.

[brooklynite]

3. Warner Objects to D.C. Stadium Name Deal

(04-13) 17:59 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

A day before the Washington Nationals' first home game, it still was unclear what their stadium would be called. One thing seemed certain, though: The proposed "National Guard Field at RFK" wasn't going to make the cut.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., called the Pentagon to object to a sponsorship agreement for that name, saying it was not a good idea while the country is at war.

"Senator Warner found out through media reports of the Guard's intention to purchase the naming rights to RFK Stadium over the weekend, and he felt this was not the wisest use of the limited marketing dollars that the Guard has during wartime," Warner's spokesman, John Ullyot, said Wednesday.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/13/sports/s175940D34.DTL

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. they should call it

"the dc air national guard that could have have protected the pentagan on 9/11 if they had been called" field at rfk stadium.