Listen, people. We need to have a talk about a Chiefs name change at some point.
 

I think the odds are low of a name change, but given the current state of affairs it's a non-zero possibility. And if we don't have input, the name will end up being some trite adjective in front of the word Hawks, which has happened with pretty much every other sports name change in America. Green Hawks, Fighting Hawks, Screeching Hawks, whatever. We don't want that.

I suspect that some members of Chiefs management read this site occasionally to get our takes on who should be starting at left guard or how they should handle a particular contract, so this is our chance to have input into the process. (Oh, and hi, Clark. Nice work last year, my friend. PM me about getting together for dinner next time you're in Denver.)

So we'll have a renaming tournament. In this thread, you may propose up to three names, and I'll structure everyone's suggestions into heats. Using the Chiefsplanet brain trust, we'll give Clark and his team valuable input into what the Chiefs should become if we eventually delete our homage to indigenous plains cultures.

No, we don't

Quick question: are ermines native to Kansas City?

KC FIRE CHIEFS Double AXE Grey and Yellow uniforms like the coats firemen wear when they break in. Fountains the Dalmation is the mascot. The KC HOSE cheerleading team. LADDER UP is the slogan.

Champions
Kings
Knights

KC FIRECHIEFS PUT OUT ANOTHER FIRE!!! Holthus

Scalpers
Savages
Rapers

"The Kansas City Champs" has a nice ring and will be relevant for the next two decades.

History is moving forward, my friend. If we don't move with it, we'll be left behind like an Australopithecus watching the Bering land bridge sink.

Kansas City Sauce

KANSAS CITY CHEUFS!!!

I have conflicting information about ermine habitat, but the Missouri extension office implies that there are indeed ermines in the northern part of the state. It's problematic because it's not the exact species of Mustela erminea, but it's close enough. And there are no lions in Detroit or tigers in Cincinnati.

https://extension2.missouri.edu/g952...in%20wetlands.

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The word Chief is noble and has a respectful connotation. In this case, it is attributed to the elders of the native american communities. There is nothing racist, demeaning or pejorative in its definition. To argue otherwise is irrational.

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LOL

Might as well be the Z-Men

In reality, I like "Kings"...

Donkey Rapists? Maybe that's not family friendly and it might piss off Mexicans. Lets just stick to Chiefs. If they can't do that, then I like Demonpenz idea.

Kings will be on the banned list not long after Chiefs

IN. Except everyone will refer to them as tha rappers and then will evolve to the raptors.

Nope.

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Kansas City Smoke

The Kansas City "Human Beings"

The Kansas City We are not walking that far.

The Kansas City One Terminal Disaster

That's fine. If they bow down and change their name just to be obedient for such a bullshit reason, I won't watch them anymore. Same with the fighting Sioux. They're dead to me.

Are you trying to get your statue torn down or something?

While we all have our own beliefs about the Chiefs name, the truth is that there are some public relations people dogging on us. It's best to be prepared in case something happens and we have to pivot quickly. We'll just prepare an acceptable alternative name and Clark can keep it in his back pocket.

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As the first of my three names, I'll go with Ermines. It's clearly a great contender.

As my second name, I'll go with Chameleons. We can get high tech uniforms that change to match our multi-colored field turf, and it'll confuse opponents. Plus, it's alliterative.

Still thinking about my third name.

KC Hitmen

Nothing wrong with Chiefs.

I was always fond of our former Hockey team.

Kansas City Scouts
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Kansas City Jazz

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How about the Bleeding Kansas?

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I think the name is safe. As mentioned, Chiefs is a term of respect unlike Redskins.

Gone will be the chop, the white woman riding in on a horse, stuff like that. And maybe at some point they'll update the helmet/look.

In today's cancel culture our old negro league baseball team KC Monarchs wouldn't survive.

Also speaking of Negro League Baseball Museum. When will it be changed to African American League Museum?

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Good post and also correct!

See, that's the disconnect. You assume people will act rationally. I have some really bad news for you, man.

If they change the name I'm out.

Kansas City Burnt Ends With a Side of Beans and Fries, hold the slaw.

Might be kind of hard to yell at the end of the Anthem though

Apparently there was a short-lived NFL team in Kansas City in 1924 called the Kansas City Blues. We could take that name and keep the red jerseys just to mess with people.

The Blues later became the Kansas City Cowboys, but Cowboys is a stupid name so we won't consider that.

No you won’t be

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There's no more neutral a word than Gray. You can keep that thing forever.

1. Kansas City Grays

2. TK

3. TK

The White Knights

WHAT'S A DICKFORE?, he asked.

The Chiefs should be able to keep the name, but the Tomahawk chop will be gone at some point. It will likely live on in some parts of the stadium and the fandom, but I think there will be a concerted effort by the team to phase that out. I personally think the chop is not worth fighting for as it is just a tradition stolen from Seminoles/Braves fans.

They have already made some small steps to encourage more education and connection to Native American tribals groups in the area. If I were in charge, I would take the following steps:

1) Make immediate plans to get rid of the chop
2) Start implementing policies that gets fans to not wear Native American headdresses and other symbolic apparel at the game
3) Reach out to local tribal leaders and do more to honor these groups at the games with some half time performances that are educational, respectful, and inclusive to Native Americans
4) Create strategic partnerships with local Native American institutions, such as Haskell University in Lawrence, the Mid-American Museum Center in Wichita, holding free football camps on Indian reservations (there is actually a long and storied history of Native Americans embracing football), etc.

Get out in front of the messaging and do the best you can to mitigate the fallout from the angry subset of fans who are pissed off that you are taking “their chop” away from them.

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Just re-name everything in KC after PMIII... problems solved.

Can't believe I'm saying this for a Rainman thread......but thread FAIL!

If someone of lessor CP statue had posted this nonsense, they would be given anti-freeze and set on fire on an aids-tree.

Overreaction to current events??

UND pushed back against pressure to change the name for decades. Only until the NCAA threatened them with ineligibility for all athletic playoff tournaments did the school remove the Fighting Sioux name.

They had no other choice. There was no “just tough it out if people complain”

Burnt ends

You can argue the name is a title, not a culture. You could argue that arrowheads are kinda universal but you kinda lose the argument with the tomahawk chop and chant. However a lot of my ancestry is of nordic background, if we've got to change then the racist vikings need to as well. Maybe the Minnesota Dontcha Knows.

I like it a lot, but it's risky. I figure that future generations will tear down his statues because he drank milk or had a dog or some other 21st century thing that will become a 22nd-century abomination.

Oh, how about Wasps? I could go with Wasps.

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As noted earlier, I'm not proposing that the name be changed. I'm just saying that we should be prepared if a change becomes necessary. It's the equivalent of building a fallout shelter before the Soviets put missiles in Cuba.

Nah, then Blackie Lawless would sue us.

The KC Beef n Fry

And I just remembered that WASP is a slang for White Anglo Saxon Protestant. That would be an embarrassing snafu on a name change.

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Also We Are Sexually Perverted, take your pick.

No, no, you are going about this all wrong. Don't change the name. Just change the mascot and iconography.

For example, the mascot could be a dude in a business suit carrying a briefcase. Maybe he could resemble H. Roe Bartle (quick, somebody check and see if he was a racist) or Lamar Hunt. Instead, of a pseudo Indian chant when doing the chop, the crowd could say something like, "You've been served," like someone serving a subpoena, as their arms move up and down. We could call the cheer squad, The Interns. Instead of the Red Coaters, the 1%ers. We could even keep K.C. Wolf; just keep him away from The Interns

I suppose this could work for the Fire Chiefs suggestion as well, though I'm not partial to the firefighter idea. I've just known too many asshole firemen/women/people over the years. CEOs seem much nicer, always worrying about the bottom line and shareholders and dividends and all.

But anyway, it's just an example. Don't change the name. Just change what it signifies.

The Eagle Murderers

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I ilke it, excessive. The Kansas City Chief Executive Officers could be shortened to Chiefs. Now, we might take some flak if people complain that CEO's are not proportionate to the population by race and gender, but could we say that we're just aspirational toward the future? That theme could work.

It all died with Ralph Engelstad. He had the money. Every time someone would complain he would put up another sioux emblem. After he wax gone it lost it's fire.

Not a chance in ****ing heck.
Enough with the fear mongering on all levels.

The whole indian name shit was as manufactured as 5he corona fear.

Yeah, I don't see how it could possibly be considered derogatory in any way, shape or form.

I'm confused.

What's a dick for?

i would vote for "The Kansas City Dammit Carls."

Historically, it should be the "JFC, This River Is Almost As Big As The One We Crossed Last Month - DagNabIt, Let's Just Live Here!"s Maybe the "DagNabIts" for short.

These are my actual suggestions:

1. Kansas City Wasps: I'm stealing this idea from whoever had it first on this thread. There are no bug mascots in the NFL. We'd be quite original.

2. Kansas City Racers: I guess there's that speedway thing we have that's kind of popular, and it embraces the team's proud tradition of having some of the NFL's best fast guys for their given eras (Dante Hall, Jamaal Charles, Tyreek Hill). Ubeja would ****ing love this one. Doesn't have to be Racers specifically. Could be Speeders or Zoom Machines or whatever other speed-related noun rolls off the tongue the best.

3. Kansas City Kings: Yeah, wrong sport and all, but to make the transition as seamless as possible, I think we might need to think about the history of teams in this area so that sports fans at least feel somewhat "at home" with the new name, as uneasy as it may be. It's the boring suggestion, but boring might be best. Other suggestions: Monarchs, Royals (could be a nice way to spite the people who sparked this change by forcing them to specifically say "Kansas City (football) Royals"), Athletics, Scouts (don't like Scouts, though).

Alternatively, if we want a brand new name the city has never had before and want to stick with the royalty/community executive theme, we could also try Kansas City Emperors

The Kansas City 'Cat-Hawk-Elephant-Iguana-Falcons' - Chiefs for short.

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I like it, but I'd switch the order up a little.

Kansas City Choppers
Kansas City Tornadoes
Kansas City Slabs

Fighting banana slugs

Yep then St Lou stole it for their stolen Hockey team and claim they are rich in blues and jazz tradition. St Lou the City of Thieves.

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