Mike Ditka blames Redskins name-change talk on 'political correct idiots in America'
Andy Nesbitt
FOX Sports AUG 19, 2014 6:01p ET
Does Hall of Famer and current ESPN analyst Mike Ditka think the Washington Redskins should change their name?
No. No he doesn't.
How do we know this?
Because he said the following in a recent interview with RedskinsHistorian.com:
"What's all the stink over the Redskin name? It's so much [expletive] it's incredible. We're going to let the liberals of the world run this world. It was said out of reverence, out of pride to the American Indian."
I heard on the radio that Phil Simms and {someone else who's name I can't remember at the moment} said that they won't use the name "Redskins" during their broadcasts this season. But Jim Nance (Simms' regular partner) said that he would say "Redskins." Go figure....