Alternative Names for the Redskins: I Pick the Washington Veterans

Well there seems like quite a bit of chatter to get the Redskins to change their names to something else.

Via the must-read-for-'Skins-fans blog Mr. Irrelevant comes this collection of possible new logos, featuring hypothetical names: The Washington Warriors, The Washington Renegades and The Washington Griffins. (Washington Jacklegs has already been claimed by Congress. Ha ha ha.)

These logos are the result of a contest over at 99 Design, and there are hundreds more where these came from, so check 'em out. And please, feel free to leave your comments on the merits of these below.

My vote would be for the Washington Veterans. They can have several uniforms that they can use to represent the various branches of the Military. A camouflage helmet and uniform like Army does from time to time. Maybe one with the Air Force colors like blue and white. They could also have a Marines one with their standard camo pattern and a Navy one that is grey and gold. They can wear each uniform 4 times a year away or at home. That would increase jersey sales I'm sure.

They could even have special helmets to honor POWs (the POW symbol on the helmet,) Navy Seals (all black helmet with the Navy team uniform,) WW2 Vets (a helmet that looks like a GI one with the netting on it,) Vietnam Vets (Jungle Camo helmets) etc.

Then what they need to do is let armed forces enlisted in uniform or veterans into their home games for free. You could even have them sit in a section of honor in the section next to the 50 yard line. A few free tickets wouldn't put much of a dent in the vast sums NFL teams take in. Also this should be the home team for the Armed Forces network overseas as well. What would be cool is that this would really be America's Team instead of the feckless Cowboys.