These are all very serious suggestions for edmontonesks.
Edmonton CFL quarterback Trevor Harris hands the ball off during a game on Nov. 10, 2019.While the team has yet to confirm, according to reports from TSN Thursday, the CFL team will likely announce moving on from the name as early as next week. Thisof Washington’s NFL team, which announced it was dropping its unsavoury name last week.
Sources tell TSN an internal decision has been made, the Edmonton Eskimos will be changing their name. An announcement could come as early as next week.The Alberta team faced public backlash and has bled sponsors in recent weeks even as it publicly doubled down on the name. But now, change is on its way. After 100 years, the team in Edmonton will no longer bear a name often used as a derogatory term toward Inuit people.
With the news, everyone and their dog has a name suggestion ranging from classic prairie football fan pettiness to the obviously and delightfully dumb .Here are 20 of suggestions from us and others. And if any Edmonton football execs are reading this, please take them very very seriously. We expect full credit if you pick one of these. Getting the most obvious choice out of the way here.
It is a bit Star Wars, though, don’t you think? Also, for a team trying to distance itself from racism and colonialism, “empire” may not strike the right chord. The "Edmonton Eskimos" are being pushed to rebrand, and the leading option at the moment is the "Edmonton Empire".
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