Notre Dame Fighting Irish mascot not offensive, Max Kellerman is

ESPN’s Max Kellerman calls the Notre Dame Fighting Irish mascot and nickname offensive, but maybe it’s him who should be labeled.

It was only a matter of time before this subject was brought up. ESPN First Take personality Max Kellerman took it to national television to start the wildfire. After the recent news of the Cleveland Indians losing their “Chief Wahoo” logo, Kellerman made the argument that the Fighting Irish was offensive and needed to be changed as well.

“Pernicious, negative stereotypes of marginalized people that offend even some among them should be changed. It’s not that hard,”

So what does this really mean, particularly for Notre Dame?

For the most part, he’s right. There is no…