Don't forget the black residents of this city who hate the team thanks to their undying (and legitimately earned) reputation as the most racist team in all of football. Did you forget about them? It feels like maybe you forgot about them. You know, the Cowboys fans? If anything I feel like the decades of criticism have inured the team against reasonable action.
I didn't forget about them. They are a) more likely to vote for Vince Gray, b) are being unfairly pushed into PG and c) are Cowboys fans and may not be invested either way.
Also, some of them are probably just 90s bandwagoners; the older people who rooted for Dallas to spite that racist sonofabitch George Marshall are cool though.
And yeah, we are unquestionably the most racist team in football history. Forced to integrate, moved here and became the Skins specifically to appeal to Deep South racists, continuing the racist name, the cynical appeal to native groups, the old fight song lyrics, etc...
As for Bowser, she's just about the most pro-stadium deal politician in the city. Not sure where you're getting your info, or if you just took a look and made a judgment call.
She seems relatively the most pro-stadium, but only in comparison to the various groups that are very much anti-stadium. I don't see her letting the team back in with their current name, either for political or personal reasons.
If she does, she's more pro-team than I thought for sure.
As for Abe Pollin, I really am just horrified by your statement and angry that you've put me in the position of defending the crappy new name. Low blow, man.
As I said, it was a #hottaek. I just think the sainting of the man based on this supposed change-of-heart about the name is a bit hollow given the decades of gun crime that took place before the change... and that had ended, by and large, by the time Rabin died.
Just seems rather obtuse to me.
Finally, I don't care how pissed the cult gets, red pandas are the best, and for the first time in my life living in this area, I would throw down cash for that jersey. Not everything is about pissing off the brotherhood.
Don't know what you mean by cult or brotherhood. I don't want a red-based name because that immediately calls to mind the Redskins, and therefore the redface and tomfoolery that we are trying to end by changing the name.
Red pandas are cool I guess, but they are not team-name fodder. Also, crucially, too many syllables. We ain't giving up a fight song we had to sue Dallas to keep the rights to.