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RUSH: So let\u2019s go to Thursday Night Football. Last night on CBS, it was Jim Nantz and Phil, who used to play for the New York Giants, doing the game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. And Phil had vowed back prior to the season he would not say “Redskins” because of its racial connotations, the fact that it offends people and so forth. <\/p>\n

So we vowed yesterday on this program not to ever say Phil\u2019s last name. He\u2019s just gonna be “Phil” or “Phil, who played for the Giants,” or “Phil, the quarterback” or whatever. Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. James Brown last night on CBS, rather, NFL Thursday Night Kickoff.<\/p>\n

BROWN: Here in Washington last week US Senator Maria Cantwell of the state of Washington led a small group of senators that introduced legislation aimed at revoking the NFL\u2019s tax-exempt status if the league fails to force Washington owners Daniel Snyder to stop using the term “Redskins.” Several prominent leaders in the Native American community, including Dennis Welsh of the National Congress of American Indians, the oldest and largest organization of its kind, have repeatedly stated that the Washington team nickname is derogatory.<\/p>\n

RUSH: “[T]he Washington team nickname is derogatory.” So politics, once again, a prominent feature in an NFL pregame show. Here\u2019s an AP story on Phil Simms… Ah! Ah! Ah! Darn it, darn it, darn it, darn it! See, that\u2019s how easy it is? I vowed never to say Phil\u2019s last, and look at how easily it just came out of my mouth. Aw, darn it! To violate my vow that quickly? Oh, my gosh. How bad am I? <\/line><\/p>\n

Sadly, ladies and gentlemen, the same thing happened to Phil last night during the game, and the Associated Press has a story. “CBS lead analyst Phil … referred awkwardly to ‘the Washington team\u2019 early in the Redskins\u2019 nationally televised game against the New York Giants on Thursday night. Otherwise, his decision not to say the NFL club\u2019s nickname wasn\u2019t very conspicuous.<\/p>\n

That is unless you watched the show.<\/p>\n

“[Phil] first told The Associated Press last month that he would refer to the team only as ‘Washington\u2019 during the broadcast. He said he wasn\u2019t taking sides on whether the club should change its nickname, but he was sensitive to complaints that the term is offensive. [Phil\u2019s] broadcast partner, play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz, used ‘Redskins\u2019 as usual Thursday, so the word was still heard plenty during the telecast.<\/p>\n

“Nantz said last month that it\u2019s ‘not my job to take a stance.\u2019 As an analyst, Simms has less reason than Nantz to mention a team\u2019s nickname. <\/line>Most times it was clear which squad he was talking about,” because they wear different uniforms], so he would just say a player\u2019s name, or ‘the defense,\u2019 or even ‘they.'” We have just a short little montage here of Phil\u2019s attempt. Most of the night he called them “Washington,” which sounds normal, but it didn\u2019t sound so normal when he tried to call them “the Washington team.”<\/line><\/p>\n

PHIL: The Washington team, they have a lot of weapons… They play a lot of man coverage, the wash — the Washington team does. … Let\u2019s see how the Washington team plays.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And he slipped up a couple times. (laughing) Does that not sound strange? “Washington team.” He never said, “The New York team.” It was always the “Giants” or “the Jints” or “New York,” but “the Washington team.” He did slip up a couple of times and he happened to say “Redskins.” So the silliness continues, ladies and gentlemen, it just continues to, it seems, multiply. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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