The Washington Redskins announce, "Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review."

They say they'll be doing a “thorough review” and the review has “begun in earnest.” But they've already decided they're retiring the name, so what's left to thoroughly review?

I'm reading "Washington’s NFL team is retiring the Redskins name; new name to come later" (WaPo).

It can't be that the review will somehow get them to the new name. A review looks at what already exists, and it's not as if there's a truer, better name buried in the past, awaiting discovery.

Anyway, I'm glad we don't have to argue about this anymore. I've heard the same arguments for so long. Maybe if they'd held out a little longer, the whole era of American football would have reached its natural ending. Between coronavirus and brain damage, it seems to be on its last legs.

I don't care what the new name is. I heard "Warriors" was in the offing, but it seems too evocative of Native Americans to escape a new attack. Here at Wisconsin, we just use "W" for our logo, so Washington could just skip the "Warrior" step and go with the letter, since it's the first letter in Washington. But I've got to say that I care so very little it's a wonder I've typed this far.