Indians Fans Speak Out Following News That Team is Considering a Name Change

Friday the Cleveland Indians announced plans to have meetings to discuss the hot button topic of the possibility of changing the name of the franchise away from "Indians." The move has drawn the ire of many fans, while others think that a move of the name is justified and should have happened sooner.

If there is one thing about Cleveland Indians fans that I think everyone can agree on, it’s that they are passionate about their baseball club.

That’s why it should have come to no surprise that Friday evening when the Indians, on the heels of a story in The Athletic breaking the news, announced they have had and will continue to have internal meetings about changing the name of the franchise.

The nickname of “Indians” has been in place for Cleveland since 1915, and while it seems every season there’s an outcry by some to change the name, there’s never been conformation from the team itself that a name change has been talked about.

Social media was buzzing Friday night after the Indians released their statement about the meetings, and per usual fans were not afraid to share their opinions one way or another on if they like moving away from the “Indians,” or feel the team is taking it too far and should keep the name.

Here’s just a small sampling of the comments from twitter Friday night.

How the internet making the Cleveland Indians change their name pic.twitter.com/IGTHSHsjUH

— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) July 4, 2020

🚨 INDIANS FANS 🚨

Please email fan services and tell them how much you love the Cleveland Indians team name!

fanservices@indians.com

— Chief Wahoo (@ChiefWahoo47) July 4, 2020

If the Cleveland Indians change their name and get eid of Chief Wahoo, I'm never watching baseball again. pic.twitter.com/WeFtB6RUcU

— n6x (@n6x20) July 3, 2020

I've been a Cleveland Indians fan since I was 6 (1980), and if they changed the team name, I my fandom would lessen by exactly 0%. Wouldn't this year be the best year to change stuff, since everything else in the world is changing anyway? #ClevelandSpiders 2.0

— TKL Bets (@TKLBets) July 3, 2020

As a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan, I will never watch or attend another game if they change their name.

This is absolutely ridiculous. It’s time to cancel cancel culture!

— Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) July 4, 2020

The Cleveland Indians!!!! End of story. Stop pretending like any of you cared what their name was prior to covid. Stop trying to “fit in”

— Nick Dulach (@ClevelandRoxx) July 4, 2020