Piling On The Band Wagon

Members of Congress love to jump on any cause related to the NFL. This time, some are calling on the Washington Redskins to change their nickname because they feel it's offensive to Native Americans.

This is an old argument. Commissioner Goodell released a statement in support of the team and indicated that the league has no plans to make any changes. This is an easy cause to take up. We saw the same thing happen during Spygate. Back then, some were questioning whether the NFL was violating any parts of the anti-trust laws.

Congress has trouble doing the job they were elected for. They can score political points by jumping on Spygate and the Redskin issue. This is so typical of them to do anything for media attention.