The Washington Redskins’ name trademark has once again come under fire as Native American groups have once again challenged the 1967 trademark of the team so named in 1933. The group cites the Lanham Act, which supposedly prohibits trademarks that “disparage” specific persons.

“It is the worst thing in the English language you can be called if you are a native person,” said Suzan Shown Harjo, a Native American writer and public policy advocate who is the lead plaintiff in one of the most compelling lawsuits in sports history.

Seventeen years after challenging the Washington Redskins trademark, Harjo and six others have renewed their fight, petitioning the Supreme Court to examine a lower-court ruling that denied their challenge on a technicality. via, via.

The group challenging the name compares it to putting Aunt Jemima on a football helmet, which, I gotta admit, sounds like a mighty tasty football helmet. Just to be contrarian here, why would an image for a football team be any different than such for pancake syrup? I’m not a big fan of the name–or the team, really. These groups that find the name of the team so offensive have obviously never seen them play.