Talk:Dallas Texans (NFL)

message: Just as the Dallas Texans (AFL) is a redirect, to the current team, the Kansas City chiefs (and is included in the history there), this one should redirect to the current team, the Indianapolis Colts.
In any case, they should both probably work the same way.
Will discuss before doing...
possible affected pages: 
*Dallas Texans (disambiguation)
*Texans (disambiguation)
*etc.
--grubbmeister 20:53, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Change to a Redirect

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message: In the article regarding the Dallas Texans NFL franchise of 1952, an implicit assertion is made that the franchise failed solely because racism.  Specifically, "[t]here was also an issue that neither the team nor the NFL could control: the racism that existed in the Southern United States at the time and the subsequent civil rights movement that would take place later in the decade. Two of the team's best players, George Taliaferro and Buddy Young, were both African-American, which made some fans automatically turn away from the team simply because of prejudice. The racism that existed at the time was likely why Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney was the lone dissenting vote in moving the Yanks to Dallas due to concern about racism as well as the Rooney family giving African-Americans opportunities in later decades that most NFL teams wouldn't give.[1]"
On what basis is this assertion made? It is unethical, unfair, and frankly racist in and of itself, to stigmatize all Southerners as racist by claiming the team failed because "[t]wo of the team's best players..... were both African-American, which made fans automatically turn away from the team simply because of prejudice." This statement represents a prejudicial and unfair generalization about Southerners and the people of Dallas more specifically.  While racism have been a factor effecting some potential supporters, what other factors likely contributed to the failure of the franchise?  Perhaps the NFL and the owners of the Texans failed to effectively market the team in Dallas (insufficient advertisting, high ticket prices, etc)?  Perhaps people did not want to spend their hard-earned money and time supporting a losing team?  In all likelihood, there is a myriad of reasons why the team failed.  Without sufficient evidence to support the claim that the team failed solely because of racism, I believe this entire paragraph should be either deleted or edited substantially.  
158.111.5.34 (talk) 16:53, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did the 1952 Dallas Texans franchise fail? 

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