What Are The Odds More Sports Team Change Their “Insensitive” Names?

• The Cleveland Indians are favored to change their name next with +175 odds.
• The Florida State Seminoles and Kansas City Chiefs have +350 odds at changing their name.
• The Atlanta Braves have +450 odds at changing their name.
• The Chicago Blackhawks have +700 odds of changing their team's name.

CLEVELAND – Now that the Washington football team has officially dropped their “Redskins” nickname, people are now turning their attention towards other teams that have Native American nicknames.

Online sportsbooks have odds listed for which Native American named team will change its name next.

The odds are favoring that the Cleveland Indians will change their name next.

Once the Washington team dropped their name, the attention was quickly shifted towards the Cleveland Indians which is why their entertainment odds are the favorite.

Cleveland, like Washington, has also gotten word from some of their bigger sponsors like Progressive and Sherwin-Williams that they are in favor of a name change.

Even members of the team have come out expressing that they are in favor of a change as well.

“I think it’s time to move forward and not just say — it’s a very difficult subject. It’s also delicate. ... I think I lead the American League in errors made in life, which I’m not necessarily proud of. Even at my age, you don’t want to be too old to learn or to realize that, maybe I’ve been ignorant of some things, and to be ashamed of it, and to try to be better,” said Terry Francona, Indians manager.

With even team officials on board for the change, bettors can easily take the Indians odds.

Florida State Seminoles & Kansas City Chiefs

It is confusing as to why the Seminoles and the Chiefs odds are as high as they are.

In Florida States case, the school has been supporting and working closely with the Seminole Tribe of Florida since they took on the Seminoles name back in 1947.

Time and time again, the Seminole Tribe of Florida shows their support in endorsing all things FSU related. The NCAA actually tried to place a ban on all teams with Native American nicknames some time ago and the Seminole Tribes of Florida and Oklahoma acted in defense of FSU’s name and how they are paying tribute to Max Osceola, the highest-ranking member in the history of the Florida Seminole Tribe.

This forced the NCAA to back off of FSU.

As for the Kansas City Chiefs, many will point out the obvious that fans come to the games dressed as Indians and that they chant the Indian War chant and also that they play in Arrowhead Stadium.

Even with all of these facts, the Chiefs did not gain their nickname from Native Americans. They are actually paying tribute to long time Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle.

Bartle is responsible for bringing professional football to Kansas City back in the 1960s and his personal nickname was also “the Chief” to commemorate his work with the Boy Scouts of America.

Atlanta Braves & Chicago Blackhawks

Simply enough, the Atlanta Braves have announced that they will not be changing their name but will be looking at the future of the tomahawk chop chant.

“The Atlanta Braves honors, respects and values the Native American community," the letter says in part. "As an organization, we have always drawn strength from our diversity and respect for everyone. That will never change,” said the Braves in an email to season-ticket holders.

As the team has already addressed the possibility of changing their name, that is the reason their odds are where they are at second to last on the odds board.

The Chicago Blackhawks have also publicly come out saying that they will not be changing their name either. Their reasoning is that their name honors a real Native American in Chief Black Hawk of the Illinois Sac and Fox Nation.

“We celebrate Black Hawk's legacy by offering ongoing reverent examples of Native American culture, traditions and contributions, providing a platform for genuine dialogue with local and national Native American groups. As the team's popularity grew over the past decade, so did that platform and our work with these important organizations,” said the team in a statement

From this statement, it is clear that the team has worked closely with the Native American tribe throughout the years and that they even have the backing from them to keep the name.

With this being said, all signs point towards the Indians having real scrutiny about their name which could lead to them being the first team to change their name.