Seminole is a Creek word for "renegade". The Seminoles were the Indians that renounced farming and the White man's ways and the Christian religion and headed south into the swamps of Florida.
I am sure that a few Seminoles have attended Florida State and graduated.
The tradition is to name teams after fierce beasts: Lions, Tigers, Eagles, Wildcats, Panthers, Timber wolves, Bobcats, Bears, and such.
The problem is that there a shortage of fierce beasts. The Moa of New Zealand was eight feet tall, but the Maoris seem to have killed and eaten them before their fierceness was appreciated.
The dinosaur extinction was NOT a boon for those naming pro football teams.
So then they resorted to fierce humans: Vikings, Buccaneers, Pirates. Titans are somehow less convincing than Giants.
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Baseball is less aggressive and honors less aggressive types. cardinals, bluejays, cubs and orioles and even footwear: redsox, whitesox.
Washington himself had slaves, but I imagine that a lot of players would reject the name "Washington Slaves".
What would be a better name for the Redskins? Perhaps in out own small way we could end the controversy by coming up with a better name.
The Washington Lobbyists? The Washington Filibusterers? The Washington Committeemen? The Washington Washintonians?
They could move the Stadium and be the Chevy Chasers. The Prince Georgians would be confusing. Perhaps the Washington Potomacs?