Question of the Day - 20 August 2020

No matter what you come up with someone will bitch about it, just human nature.

However, how about a statue of a kneeling prospector at a river with a slanted gold pan with nuggets in it spelling out UNLV in Silver (in color, not real silver) (For the Silver State) and name it Jim Butler.

Now for the punch line.
Call the teams the "Jimbo's" of the "Butlers"

Dont name after a specific person or you might have to do this again. Often, someone who was practically a saint will be discovered to have done SOMETHING that SOMEONE finds objectionable and you have to do this all over again. If you must rename/rebrand, pick something resistant to potential controversy like the Tumbleweeds or the Cactii or the Dry Heat...

Piggybacking on what Campbell posted, and appropriate with the triple digit run Las Vegas has had recently, why not just go with UNLV Heat.  You have the Miami Heat, and I'm sure it's consistently warmer in Las Vegas than in Miami.

How about a non controversial nickname like the "Rattlers" or some other desert animal or plant?  Well, maybe not the Agaves' since that would cause lots of Tequila to be consumed at the games! 

Should the name be changed? What a CROCK!!!This cancel culture BS has GOT to stop! What do you want to change next? Our alphabet? Because that is where all the bad names come from. Our numerical system? Because that is how we find out the terrible percentage of horrible people that "oppressed"  others! What's next? Huh? Give me a break!!

Put the statue back and leave things alone.  It is called history

Leave it alone.  Others said it well, "no name will work because someone will complain."  Why are people so hell-bent on erasing history. The people that don't like it need to be 86'd.  

(Why can't QOD include relevant pictures? Pictures of the old and new logos, as well as Hey Reb would be quite helpful. And although copyrighted, it would fall under the fair use rule.)

Anyway...

I live in NJ, so I never knew any of this history. I only learned of the team name and mascot about a year or two ago. I similarly learned in the last couple years about the history of the Nevada slogan 'Battle Born'. It seems to me to be an easy connection between the two.

While I'm not a fan of the decision to change, I can understand the desire to do so.

However, the change that has been made to the logo makes no sense. I mean, just what is that new logo? Some unidentifiable 'stuff' inside a shape reminiscent of the Welcome to Vegas sign, topped with the Hey Reb hat?

I'd love to know what they're planning on doing for a mascot design.

Then again, since the Vegas Golden Knights ignored the obvious choice of a golden knight for a mascot and went with a dinosaur named Chance, I doubt I'l

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Then again, since the Vegas Golden Knights ignored the obvious choice of a golden knight for a mascot and went with a dinosaur named Chance, I doubt I'll be surprised by whatever the new UNLV mascot turns out to be.

People have the right to be offended, but they do NOT have the right NOT to be offended by silencing others.  May want to think about that a little.

I have the ABSOLUTE right to express my opinions.  Others have the right to disagree and taking it to the extreme, be "offended". That said, taking offense will NEVER overrule my right to the free expression of my opinions. 

Given everything going on in the world during these turbulent times, if changing the name from "Rebels" to something else is so very important to someone they should GET A LIFE!

Lets take this to the extreme.  I hate asparagus. I think it tastes horrible and its very smell "offends" me, however I do not have the right to demand that restaurants stop serving it.  

Enough is enough.

Nobody has complained about the Fighting Irish?  LOL

You "anti-changers" seem to be saying that you are allowed to be offensive because that's your right. The real facts are that honoring the Confederacy SHOULD offend all Americans. 

Some examples...We do NOT honor King George or Cornwallis or any of the British that we defeated, twice!!

I don't know of any Americans or South Vietnamese that are honored in any way in Vietnam.

It's not that I personally am offended by confederate flags, officers, symbols, etc. (I am, but we ALL should be) it's that paying homage to something that was against your country is unpatriotic. Naming sports teams after people is always risky, THAT's where you can offend someone, especially that we don't really know entirely about their past.

... should be publicly paid tribute to, or honored. It was a treasonous movement, and they lost. Losers don't write history in this country, and traitors don't deserve honor. That said, I'm neither a Nevada resident nor UNLV alum, so it's not necessarily my say on what should be done -- that's up to alumni and residents.

Illinois had "fighting" Illini Chief Illiniwek as a mascot and trademark.  There is no tribe named the Illini and there are no Indian reservations in the entire state, yet they retired it in 2007 because of the "perception" it might offend someone.  It has yet to be replaced. 

World history is full of bad acts, terrible things done in the name of economics or religion or power or whatever.  We can look back and be horrified and/or ashamed.  So much self-righteous indignation about how evil slavery and the confederacy were, and now the fact that "they lost" justifies erasing it as if it should never be acknowledged?  Young kids just like our kids and brothers and fathers were sent off to fight and die, no choice.  Families lost fathers and sons and brothers, not so different from any war.  There is something to the sacrifice they had no part in deciding about.

How about naming the team after the city's main industry...The Las Vegas Gougers! The logo could be a money bag with wings flying away and the mascot could be a weasel with his hand out for a tip.

If you don't like the LV Gougers, how about the LV Bosses, as in pit bosses, the LV Bandits, as in one-armed bandits, or the LV Hookers, after another well-known industry or maybe the politicians or the LV Slappers, as in porn slappers. The possibilities are endless.

Sorry 'bout that, I couldn't resist.

The Washington Redskins pro football team has this problem now. They've dropped the "Redskins" name and all that goes with it that's been part of the team since 1932. Now they are simply called "The Washington Football Team". Such a generic name, but safe, is what the lawyers say. Nobody names the team they love after something to dishonor or ridicule it. Just the opposite, the name is supposed to bring out the fan's loyalty and pride in the team's wins. But we live in overly-sensitive times, anyone can make a complaint that this or that is hurtful and it gets attention. Often the very people that complain will use the same words they say are wrong. Listen to all the rap songs that use the n-word, or watch one of the funniest movies ever made called The Birdcage that's as popular with gay people as it is with others, even though it points out gay stereotypes. Many older Native Americans call themselves "Indian", even the "Indian National Finals Rodeo" is the name they choose to use.