I can understand the cartoonish imagery of fans dressing up like Native Americans being offensive, and possibly the profiting off of such imagery maybe being wrong and cheapening the Native American legacy, but the names themselves are completely different in connotation.

'Chief' is a vague term and ultimately a respectful word which honors the power structure of the Native American hierarchy. I feel like the 'Chiefs' actually benefit Native Americans by keeping their positive history and imagery alive in modern times, and I don't understand why Native Americans would want to do away with that form of respectful publicity which is driven by relevant regional history.

On the other end of the spectrum.. 'Redskin', is a racially driven term, pointing to the savage stereotype non-Native American people have used throughout US History to stir up fear and group disrespect against Native Americans. It doesn't help that it's in the US Capital where our citizens expect a message of equality. I can see the problem with this... not so much with the 'Chiefs'.

We live in the touchiest of times, but I feel like the 'Chiefs' and 'Redskins' monikers are night and day in terms of offensiveness.

I see what you did there!

Piss on these people...

You couldn't be more wrong on redskins name. This is the popular media spin, only it isn't based on history, knowledge or facts.

Pretty much agree with this.

Though aside from all this the Chiefs name feels stale and really all it represents is mediocrity. Wouldn't mind at all if they blew it up and went with something else.

The word chief isn't offensive. I just don't see how that can hold up in court. There aren't just indian chiefs in the world.

Arrowhead isn't offensive either - other people have been shooting arrows for centuries. Maybe we're talking about Roman chiefs?

They will cut down on the American indian stuff though, I think that is unavoidable.

Like someone else said, if the sports references to Indians go then they will be ignored even more.

More than anything its just sort of an awful look to build around visually.

Any team with an animal name: Peta
Teams with Indian connections : Stupid Indian Bitch
Buccaneers, Raiders : Somali Pirates
Cleveland Browns: NAACP
San Diego Chargers: Weathermen
Vikings: Scandinavians?
Patriots: Decedents of the Redcoats
Saints : Devil Worshipers
Texans: Santa Annas Army decedents
Steelers; Soft Metal lovers

I could go on and on..............

Change the name, I'm still going to yell out CHIEFS at the end of the national anthem.

Don't forget about the Packers.

No chance in hell they win this battle. It will be like Little Big Horn.

Packers: Homosexuals

It's 5am here in AZ and I'm up to early reading CP in bed. I literally had to stop myself from laughing my ass off out loud and pissing off still sleeping family members at "soft metal lovers". Hahahah. Well done.

Excuse my while I forward this in email form to a bunch of relatives. It's so spot on...a true gotcha moment.

It is offensive. The Indians native Americans just told you so. Why would you want to keep a name that's offensive to people?