Sep 18

Rick Reilly’s Outrageous ‘Redskins’ Defense Compares Protesting Name To Putting Native Americans On Reservations

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ESPN columnist Rick Reilly wants you to know that he will not “fall in line” with the handful of his media colleagues who have opted to stop using the term “Washington Redskins.” On the contrary, the 11-time National Sportswriter of the Year has painted those calling for change as the true villains in the ongoing controversy swirling around the NFL team, going as far as to compare them to those who forced Native Americans onto reservations.

A week after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell conceded that the league should listen to anyone offended by the name of the professional football team in D.C., Reilly entered the fray with a Sept. 18 column about the debate.

I guess this is where I’m supposed to fall in line and do what every other American sports writer is doing. I’m supposed to swear I won’t ever write the words “Washington Redskins” anymore because it’s racist and offensive and a slap in the face to all Native Americans who ever lived. Maybe it is.

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