Cleveland Indians or Cleveland Guardians -- How important is it really?

The Cleveland Indians announced earlier this week that they are changing their name to the Cleveland Guardians, ending a tradition of over 100 years of being named the Indians. Much of the social unrest regarding racial matters prompted the name change, and whether you like the name "Guardians" or not (and it seems like a lot of people don't), we're pretty divided on whether it was a good idea to change the name in the first place.

(I have to give them credit for coming up with a name right away, instead of doing what the Washington Redskins did and change their name to the "Washington Football Team" while they take two years to come up with a new name.)

Reading around the internet, people of all races are on both sides of the debate. Native Americans even seem to be divided; some are glad that the name is gone because it was racist, while others dislike getting rid of the name because they feel that it erases lots of tradition and that the name paid tribute to the Native Americans. Therefore, there's no easy answer to whether this was the right move to make or not; it seems that many people will be upset either way.

I can see both points of view, but my main question is this: How important is it really?

I'm not Native American, so I won't claim to understand their point of view on the issue. But this is a sports team name that we're talking about here. Will changing the team name -- or keeping it the same for that matter -- do anything to stop all the hatred, violence, and killing that is going on in our world today? In the grand scheme of things, will the Dixie Chicks or Lady Antebellum changing their name really make that much of a difference? Sorry, but I don't think so.

And this is coming from someone who is a huge baseball fan. I'd rather we take actions that will actually solve some of the problems that we are facing today. Changing a team name not only divides us more than we already are -- and we're pretty divided -- but it distracts us from the real issues. And that's a big problem.

So, it's okay to have an opinion on the matter. And I can even understand why it's important to some folks. I just don't think this is something that we should get that worked up about. I'd rather work to heal the division in our nation and to save innocent lives than get caught up in something that doesn't mean all that much in the first place.

I'd like to think that people will soon let this go and that we can move on. But given how easy it is to get distracted and work people up over things that aren't that important, I'm not confident that will happen.