The Indians agreed to remove Chief Wahoo from their uniforms, but not until 2019:
MLB and the Indians opted to have the Native American caricature removed from the on-field uniforms next year, but the logo will still have a limited retail presence in Northeast Ohio and Goodyear, Ariz. In order to maintain control of the trademark, ensuring that another group could not seize it and profit, the Indians needed to retain some level of retail involving the logo.
Cleveland may consider adding a new complementary logo in the future, but it will focus on the Block C as the primary symbol for now. There are no plans to change the team’s name.
So they need to save the logo to destroy the logo.
The decision to remove the logo on the Indians’ uniforms next year coincides with Cleveland hosting the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, which was awarded to the franchise last January. The Indians have indicated that MLB did not force the team to remove the logo in order to be granted the right to host the Midsummer Classic. Cleveland’s pitch to hold the event began years ago, and it became a strong focus during the team’s postseason run in ’16.
I’m going to be a bit cynical here. The logo is disappearing, but not until next season, which conveniently avoids any protests at the All-Star Game. While the logo won’t be on the uniforms, local fans of the Indians will still be able to purchase merchandise with the logo. I would not be at all surprised to learn that after the 2019 season, the team finds that there is a demand among their fans to bring back the logo, and low and behold, it reappears in 2020. We will see.
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