As he did when the NFL franchise owners first changed the name (four years ago), Mirengoff again argues that public opinion among Native Americans should be the only relevant question about the naming of the franchise.
Poppycock.
Even if we were to assume that Paul is correct that some 90% of Native Americans don’t object to the prior name… he simply ignores the fact that in America, people who own businesses or other assets, including sports franchisees… have every right to name their sports team anything they choose in their own business judgment. This Paul never even mentions (once again).
He goes on to only mildly suggest that maybe the President of the United States should not be telling the owners of a private business what they are allowed to call their business, on pain of wrongfully denying that business financing for a new stadium deal despite the local government having voted in favor of the stadium deal.
In the end, though whiny cowardly terms, he does admit that Trump is 100% in the wrong here:
“…The key point, though, is that the president should not be using federal power to pressure sports-team owners to rename their teams. Nor should they use that power to jeopardize a legitimate business deal — construction of a stadium in D.C. — that, if consummated, would confer significant benefits on Washington, D.C., including the return of the team to the city and concomitant economic gains…”
Yikes. What a bunch of cowardly boot lickers.
Out.
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