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  • July 17, 2014 at 8:38 am #1864
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    CBS Sports chairman says use of the name ‘Redskins’ will be up to announcers

    By: Erik Brady

    http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/cbs-sports-redskins-name-nfl

    CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus tells The Hollywood Reporter that it will be up to CBS announcers and production teams whether they will use the team name of the Washington NFL club this season.

    “We haven’t talked to them yet,” McManus told THR. “Generally speaking, we do not tell our announcers what to say or not say. Up to this point, it has not been a big issue for us. Last year, it was simmering; now it’s reaching a hotter level. But we probably will not end up dictating to our announcers whether they say Redskins or don’t say Redskins.”

    “We leave that up to them and our production team. There are times when something becomes important enough that we talk to them, and between now and the start of football season we’ll decide what is the right thing to do.”

    July 17, 2014 at 8:47 am #1866
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    Its fascinating to watch this social-change
    unfold.

    At some point we will reach a tipping point.
    Not quite there yet, though.

    Even the mega-corporation isn’t quite
    sure what to do. They dont wanna get
    boycotted by either side, so they are
    gonna let the individual announcers
    deal with the fallout.

    w
    v

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