There’s a tremendous amount of good that comes from American professional sports.
A successful sports franchise can take a struggling economy and flip it on its head.
It can provide a city with hope when they’re at their lowest.
But there’s a dark side of sports as well.
And it’s our responsibility to shine a light on the negative aspects.
Doing so makes us good people.
It’s only a matter of time before we strike again.
The Braves have established partnerships with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians & the Native American Working Group.
In the end, that may be enough to force the Braves into a change.
Even if it has a direct negative impact on Native American communities in the region.
Sometimes you have to lead a horse to water to make them realize they’ve been offended.
After Black Hawk died, people robbed his grave and severed his head.
Some of his remains wound up at a museum.
That museum was eventually burnt to the ground.
However… the Chicago Blackhawks jersey is really cool.
I mean look at it.
It’s a classic.
Some say they’re the best uniforms in sports.
That’s why the Nazi’s were so successful.
And despite Hugo Boss outfitting the entire Nazi Party, they are still a thriving company to this day.
Because they make a really nice suit.
This is what the Sauk people are up against.
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs round out the Native American portion of this blog.
Do you have any idea how powerful you feel when you wield a tomahawk?
I’ve never felt like the Chiefs were under much pressure to change.
Deadspin was sued into oblivion.
Maybe it’s because Blackbeard carried out his atrocities with a wise-cracking parrot on his shoulder.
Or because his merry men sang fun sea shanties as they tied men up and raped their wives.
Or more realistically, that’s just what 400 years of time does.
The classical pirate is no longer a threat.
Their crimes against humanity don’t seem real.
Nobody has a grandpa who’s childhood home was pillaged by Calico Jack.
So the pirate is nothing more than a mythical villain who makes for an intimidating mascot.
You could also take the Somali pirate angle.
Somali pirates have atrocious PR.
Captain Phillips was the Somali pirate’s one big movie and they could not have gotten a worse edit.
But what if they took matters into their own hands?
There’s a sizable Somali population where I used to live in Columbus, Ohio.
Which would be tough to do without guns and shitty motor boats.
They were most likely worse.
It could force Pittsburgh to change their nickname altogether.
But I’m not writing 2 more paragraphs about pirates.
Milwaukee Brewers
One alcohol related death occurs every 39 minutes in the United States alone.
11,000 people die each year from drunk driving accidents.
Henry Ruggs is up for parole next year.
If he can still run a 4.2, he may be back on an NFL roster.
New York Jets
A lot of people thought the New York Jets would undergo a re-brand immediately following 9/11.
Now that the memory of 9/11 is all but forgotten, jets pose a whole new problem for society.
The carbon emissions from Taylor Swifts' private jets alone would be enough to evaporate a small African village.
Pretty sure that’s what the clock is telling us.
There’s too many parallels to be drawn there.
Eventually they might have no choice but to change their name to something less embarrassingly apropos.
The Monjerios were bad.
The living conditions in the Monjerios were likened to a prison.
The girls were used for labor.
They were allegedly beaten and raped by the Padres.
Or the skull of a teenage girl he’s punishing for giving birth to a still born?
Which is allegedly something the girls were beaten for.
I’m already a little worried I might accidentally start something with the Padres.
I’m sure most of the Padres were good.
