Changing Offensive Sports Team Names

The word offensive has two definitions one is something, “causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.” The other definition is something that is,”actively aggressive; attacking.” Sports are a huge part of society specifically american culture. Many people engage in the act of watching and playing sports, it attracts people from many demographic and social groups. If sports teams have an offensive name and/or mascot they should have to change them. Because if they do not they are stunting social growth. People work hard to make society a more accepted atmosphere and attempting to steer away from past social issues. If a sports team holds a name that reminds a certain group of people of a period in which they were discriminated against, they are not showing sympathy or compassion. The goal of sports teams are to win whatever game they are playng so changing an offensive name or mascot would not harm them in any way.