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It seems like they put in all these rules in European futbol when matches restarted and now guys are hugging and swapping shirts and such. But oddly, are still doing postgame elbow bumps instead of shaking hands. 

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BTW - for those of you not in the area. Current and former WFC players are trying to will Red Wolves into being the new name

Polls are stupid but because of constant talk from said players - it is now the run away choice from the fans each time a local media outlet runs a poll on what the new name should be

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Oh and to the surprise of no one - squatters have been trying to file for trademarks on every possible new name for Washington

Example - here are two squatters fighting with each other over who has the RedTails trademark

 

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13 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

Oh and to the surprise of no one - squatters have been trying to file for trademarks on every possible new name for Washington

Example - here are two squatters fighting with each other over who has the RedTails trademark

Off topic a little bit: In the case of something like Lady Antebellum/Lady A where one person probably used the name for several years (Lady A) and the other party (Lady Antebellum) filed for the trademark in 2010 but never used it until now cause of performative wokeness, who would be the squatter in this case? Because Lady Antebellum's whole case for not paying this woman is when they filed for name in 2010 that no one objected to it. Wouldn't that be like a student in college plagiarizing a past student's work and saying it isn't plagiarizing because no one objected to the plagiarism?  

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23 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

Off topic a little bit: In the case of something like Lady Antebellum/Lady A where one person probably used the name for several years (Lady A) and the other party (Lady Antebellum) filed for the trademark in 2010 but never used it until now cause of performative wokeness, who would be the squatter in this case? Because Lady Antebellum's whole case for not paying this woman is when they filed for name in 2010 that no one objected to it. Wouldn't that be like a student in college plagiarizing a past student's work and saying it isn't plagiarizing because no one objected to the plagiarism?  

FWIW, from https://blog.redpoints.com/en/first-to-use-vs-first-to-file-trademark

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Under U.S. trademark law, an Applicant that has filed an application to register their mark can assert priority against a user of an unregistered mark, so long as 1) the Applicant has actually used the mark in commerce prior to the unregistered user’s use of the mark in commerce in the same geographical territory, or 2) the Applicant is able to successfully register their mark provided that a) the Applicant filed the application for trademark registration prior to the date of actual use of the mark in commerce by the other unregistered user, and b) the Applicant has either actually used the mark in commerce, or has shown a bonafide intention to use the mark in commerce at the time of filing the trademark application, followed by actual use within the specified amount of time. 

So I think if Lady A can show that she was actually using the name and earning money prior to the trademark filing, she would have a pretty good case.

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I definitely know in wrestling - people have won their the trademarks over the WWE because they had been using the names for FAR longer than in just the WWE

It seems like a lot if - even going back to the Washington thing is the hope that someone will just pay them instead of wanting to have to deal with the courts

 

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On 7/7/2020 at 12:59 PM, hammerva said:

Desean Jackson must really want out of Philly again.  Although misquoting Hitler might not be the right strategy 

ESPN is reporting that Jackson has been fined by the Eagles for "conduct detrimental to the team."

 

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16 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

ESPN is reporting that Jackson has been fined by the Eagles for "conduct detrimental to the team."

 

He's not allowed to distribute copies of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" around the locker room any more, sadly...

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Yeah, I'm putting the chances of a season happening at about 30%.

To tie this in to the previous post... The cynic in me says Snyder knows there's going to be no season and letting the name change happen now, so he gets a year plus cooling off period.

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 Pigskins is my favorite awful name because it combines the complete laziness of fans who want to say "Skins" and the only thing that most fans live off of and that is nostalgia when they were actually good.    Plus the logo would easily be the goofiest thing possible

 

 

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Also announcing that you are going to retire the name and logo "and the end of the review" while providing no timeline for said review is pretty much the most Dan Snyder thing ever

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8 hours ago, RIPPA said:

You would be amazed - AMAZED - at how many fans think this means they are taking the Super Bowls away

I blame the incredibly stupid way the NFL handled the Browns franchise history when they moved to Baltimore.

Fuck that's still infuriatingly dumb

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On 7/13/2020 at 10:44 AM, RIPPA said:

You would be amazed - AMAZED - at how many fans think this means they are taking the Super Bowls away

Hey remember when they took away the 1978 Washington Bullets trophy  when they became the Wizards ?

The other thing people are complaining about is that Dan didn't really end the name issue he just said the name was done.  We still have no idea what the team will be called.    While it might have made the people who wanted the name gone happy, it is the ultimate cock tease for actual Skins fans.

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