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chad_bro_chill_69 t1_j4113ab wrote

I know this appears like a lose-lose situation for both sides of this issue, but I actually don’t hate the outcome.

Seems like one side (the new school board members) were for Raiders or bust. The change the name folks were, obviously, not keeping the Raiders in anyway. So, we now have no nickname.

This isn’t dissimilar to DC’s NFL team who removed their (IMO much more offensive mascot) and just went with The Washington Football Team for a few seasons. They now have a new “official” nickname and mascot again, but I think many people think the WFT was actually better.

We can just be Rutland HS for a while, and maybe a new nickname will enter parlance organically, like how many sports mascots had originally come to be.

Hopefully this puts an end to this (lol) and the rest of the state can go back to making fun of Barre for a while.

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wholeWheatButterfly t1_j417c4c wrote

Yeah I agree. I mean the fact the Stoodley (quoted in the article) is finally willing to move on says a lot about the development on this issue.

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bobsizzle t1_j45i9mt wrote

I still don't get why raider's is racist. You don't have to be of any particular culture to be a raider by definition.

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Dadfart802 t1_j414d91 wrote

So it’s actually nothing like the Washington football team because they actually have a name and I’d much rather be the Commies than the Rutland football team

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