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But according to some here he's not an elite qb.

Players need to quarantine for 14 days. When they come out of quarantine Covid free then they should be good to go. Isolate the players who don't.

I gave you a real life example of blatant racism by an insurance company & you just sloughed it off like it isn't important. I thought what the insurance company did to that band councillor & his family was absolutely brutal. I doubt if they'd even try that in 2020 but this was 1989. But hey, according to you I only posted that story because I think insurance companies suck? No, denying insurance coverage to s First Nations family was racism & that sucks. They would never have done that to a white family in Thompson. If all you take from that story is that I think insurance companies suck then you just don't get it. BTW, I don't think insurance companies or the industry sucks. I was a claims adjuster for a lot of years in both property & auto. I was proud of the work I did. I liked helping people & companies get back on their feet again after a financial loss. I've seen & experienced a lot of things doing claims. A lot of good & some bad. Seeing corporate racism for the first & only time was unnerving & I felt really bad about what happened. So much so that I remember it 31 years later.

Maybe absence will make the heart grow fonder.

Oh okay, Eskimo is racist but Braves isn't. Got it.

Good. That would have been a circus. If they can't afford a barebones 22,000 seat stadium then the entire franchise would have been a disaster. I never sensed anyone was truly behind this from a potential fanbase, corporate support to all 3 levels of government. Maybe they should be looking at places like London, Ontario instead.

His career may be over.

Dumbass pro leagues aren't making their players self quarantine for 2 weeks. That is the problem.

And mercury poisoning. But those aren't social media issues worth discussing. Federal government knows the issues & has done nothing at Grassy Narrows for decades. I've never seen any outrage about that over here but a team name change??? Well, look at the anger. The oppression. Real world problems like mercury poisoning? Ignore, ignore. Name change for a team that doesn't offend everyone in the Inuit community? Let's go to war.

You're over reaching a bit here. Don't want to be anywhere near the CFL? C'mon man. The govt advertises with the CFL & has for decades.

Let me tell you a story about insurance companies like Bel Air Direct & others from first hand experience as a claims adjuster. I was employed by an Independent Adjusting company in Thompson back in the late 80's & early 90's. What an Independent Adjuster does is investigate claims on behalf of companies that have no offices or company adjusters in the area. The nearest office may be Calgary, Winnipeg or Saskatoon. They call & assign a claim to me to investigate a loss be it commercial, property or auto on their behalf. I get paid a certain rate per hour per claim plus all expenses if I have to travel by my own personal vehicle, rental or by air. After the claim is completed I bill the company for my services & I get paid. I was assigned a claim by a well known insurance company. A house fire on a reserve. Total loss. It was one of the band councillor's home. It was about an hour's drive from Thompson. I got out to the site of the fire on the reserve, took pictures & statements. Ordered an RCMP police report & arranged for contractors to submit bids to rebuild the house. I sent a report to the insurance company with an update. I got a call back from the company adjuster on the file who gave the okay to start construction. He said he noticed in my report that the house was on a Indian reserve. He wanted to know if that was true? I said, yes. He got upset & exclaimed, "What the hell are we insuring houses on an Indian reserve for?? Pay the claim but I'm sending a note to underwriting to cancel the insurance as he's a bad risk." Usually with something like a fire as it could be suspicious, the insurance company wants to know my impression of the client in my report. How they act. How they cooperate. Does it look like they're telling the truth? Are there any flags or warning signs like suspicious behaviour? I had no concerns about the homeowner & noted that in my report. He was a First Nations band councillor living on a reserve which made him a bad risk in the company's eyes. They felt he was uninsurable because he lived on a reserve. I can honestly tell you that dealing with the homeowner was never a problem. Very cooperative & a good guy so I was more than a little surprised at the company's reaction A couple of weeks later I got a call from one of the insurance agents in town to ask why his client's homeowners coverage was cancelled as he thought I might have had something to do with it. Which I didn't. The insurance company notified the agent & his client in writing that the policy was cancelled. I told him what the company adjuster said to me & he became even more upset. "They can't do that!!" he yelled. He said he was going to call the company to hopefully get the policy reinstated. He said if they don't then he'd recommend to all his clients in Thompson & area to cancel their coverage with that company when their renewal came up & he'd get them hooked up with another insurance carrier. The impression I got when I spoke to the company adjuster was that it was no big deal if they lose a few clients in Thompson. Especially those who lived on reserves that they weren't aware of. That's about as racist as it gets. So I have no particular love or respect for an insurance company like Bel Air Direct for what they did regarding the Eskimo name as there is always an ulterior motive. They want to look socially responsible so more people will insure their property, belongings & vehicles with them. Corporate decisions like these are always driven by money & profits. Not by social justice.

Again, WHY is it a goodwill gesture when the community can't agree if its offensive? And yes, Belair direct fired the first shot saying they're pulling their advertising from the Eskimos if they don't change their name. Which was both a threat & an act of corporate bullying. Just what has Belair Direct done for any First Nation in Quebec where their HO is?

I have no problem with that. A little Irish Leprechaun putting up his dukes wanting to go around or two. Are using Leprechauns offensive now to people?

He's one guy. Show me where the majority of the community wants change. Bel Air Direct are run by white guys grying to look good for business. Naran Obed stated in that link that, "Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has demanded that the Edmonton Canadian Football League team stop using the moniker Eskimos as part of an ongoing fight against colonization in the name of reconciliation. This stance has been supported by many Inuit, 'although I fully understand and appreciate that not all Inuit view the term as offensive'." And there you have it. No consensus. Just one man's opinion.

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Because it was meant as a compliment. Not a racial slur. The name Eskimo was never meant to be a bad thing. My point is why should a minority get to change things? Or white folks who have never even visited the North? Why should they have a say? They have no right to be dictating anything to the Inuit community. Just like Belair Direct or Pizza Hut. The last time I looked, white folks in a lot warmer climates ran those companies. I can say with confidence that no senior company executives from either companies have spent ay time in Canada's far north. Yet here they are lecturing. Another example of white entitlement thinking they know better than the Inuit community? How many offices does Belair Direct have in Nunavut or Inuvik? Or Boston Pizza restaurants? Let the Inuit community figure it out for themselves & then go from there. Again, I'm not against the Eskimos renaming their team. I just want to see proof that an overwhelming amount of Inuit find the name offensive, first.

Well, the leadership from what I understand has been silent. I could be wrong there but I don't recall any senior community leaders say they want the name changed. Have you?Therefore, I believe it's only a minority that does. If it was such a pressing issue then there would have been a message sent & there would be no doubt. The call to have a name change looks more like bullying to me. That isn't a good enough reason to force a name change, I don't think. I don't have an issue with a name change if it can be shown that the majority of the Inuit community want that.

Yes, I believe it would be money well spent if people feel that strongly. about the issue. My argument is we don't know how many people from their community want it changed. If the results show the Inuit want change then the Esks can go ahead & no one will say otherwise. I maintain that 10% of the voices are making 90% of the noise. And of that 10% a good percentage aren't members of the Inuit community. With a referendum, we'd know for sure. C'mon Floyd, this would be democracy in action. A win for everyone. If the result was for a name change then I'd support it.

Why does your opinion or that of others who disagree carry more weight on this subject? Just wondering. We have no idea how many in the Inuit community want a change. Have a referendum. Put it to a vote. See what the results are.

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This isn't rocket science. It's about a name change. Not about building a floodway. Take a vote. It's one question, yes or no. Let the people decide & respect the decision on both sides of the argument.

You know, maybe I'm just clued out when it comes to the discussion here about changing the name Eskimos. I was never told or taught that Eskimo was a bad word. It was a designation given to people who live in the arctic. Not just in Canada but the US , Northern Europe & Russia. As I see it, it was a name given to people who lived in one of the harshest climates in the world & thrived as a people. Able to live off the land with their own unique culture & language. I always thought Eskimo meant a proud people & heritage. I don't know anyone who considered the word Eskimo as derogatory. Edmonton named their team for the Eskimos as a compliment & acknowledgement of their proud way of life & that is how & everyone else including me has looked at it. It's not a derogatory name like Redskins which should be changed. There are no teams called the Pale Faces. The word Eskimo is supposed to be a proud team name. If the Inuit community overwhelmingly wants a name change, okay then do it & make the change. If they think Eskimo is a derogatory name then who am I to say it isn't? But if all this is is just the work of a few activists in their community being picked up by the Cancel Culture while the majority of Inuit are silent then no, it shouldn't be changed. I say, put it to a vote. If the Inuit community votes for change then change it. That should put an end to this once & for all.

I said great point in the sense the government gives us all numbers. Please don't read into what I said as anything more than that. That was the Catholic Church & the federal government that had a hand in that which was awful. Kids being taken from their parents. Families split up. Lots of needless suffering. As far as the team name goes... Some don't like the word Eskimo & not all among Inuit themselves. Some say it's okay. Yet, you seem to dismiss those that aren't offended as not relevant Why is that? There is no clear consensus in the Inuit community.

What the govt did was wrong. I just said we are all assigned numbers. THAT IS IT. And this discusssion isn't about these schools or kidnappings. It's about renaming the Eskimos. So, let's just discuss the topic at hand.

Great point. We all have social insurance numbers assigned to us from birth.