Please Cleveland: go back to Indians?

[BobC]

Interestingly, the Cleveland MLB franchise still has ownership of the Chief Wahoo name and image as a registered trademark, and products with the Chief Wahoo image are still available and being sold. If they really were abandoning the Chief Wahoo image, why did they bother to officially re-register the trademark for it in 2016, and continue to sell Chief Wahoo merchandise to this day?

The simple answer of course is money. The Cleveland fan base is not going to simply abandon their team's history and iconic logo just like that. The team and MLB are trying to be politically correct, but do not want to lose fans and revenue. They realize that fully abandoning, and then going even further to officially ban, the Indians name and Chief Wahoo logo will likely resort in losing fans, and revenue as a result.

I also wonder if the fact that the Indians play the Toronto Blue Jays in Canada each year, while the Atlanta Braves do not necessarily regularly play in Canada every year, has anything to do with the Cleveland franchise seeming to get so much more criticism and pressure to get rid of the Indians name? I understand Canadian trademark laws and conditions can be much different than in the US, and prior legal actions and future threats of continued efforts to stop the use of the Chief Wahoo image and Indians name at games in Toronto was likely a compelling reason for MLB to put added pressure on Cleveland for the name change, but not so much Atlanta.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by BobC

I also wonder if the fact that the Indians play the Toronto Blue Jays in Canada each year, while the Atlanta Braves do not ever play in Canada (unless those two teams should wind up facing each other in a World Series), has anything to do with the Cleveland franchise seeming to get so much more criticism and pressure to get rid of the Indians name?

Who would be offended by having ones' ancestors called "Brave"?

Some people have to do a backwards flip to find an excuse to pretend to be offended.

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Some people have to do a backwards flip to find an excuse to pretend to be offended.

So true! 'This' offended group is a small fraction of a fraction.... and many of 'these' folks don't even watch sports. They just need something to bitch about in order to feel validated about their miserable lives.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by BobC

I also wonder if the fact that the Indians play the Toronto Blue Jays in Canada each year, while the Atlanta Braves do not ever play in Canada (unless those two teams should wind up facing each other in a World Series), has anything to do with the Cleveland franchise seeming to get so much more criticism and pressure to get rid of the Indians name? I understand Canadian trademark laws and conditions can be much different than in the US, and prior legal actions and future threats of continued efforts to stop the use of the Chief Wahoo image and Indians name at games in Toronto was likely a compelling reason for MLB to put added pressure on Cleveland for the name change, but not so much Atlanta.

Where did you hear that the Atlanta Braves do not ever play in Toronto?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Where did you hear that the Atlanta Braves do not ever play in Toronto?

Good gosh, you are right, I am wrong. Thank you. I totally forgot about interleague play. Well, that surprises me even more then as I'm aware of suits being filed in Canada against the Indians and Chief Wahoo, but not aware of the same against the Braves. Interesting that one reference would be acceptable, and the other not.