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The new name, the Washington Commanders, was announced on February 2, 2022. [28] In its press release, the team made no mention of the racial controversy, instead emphasizing the military symbolism of the graphic elements in the redesigned "W" primary logo that goes along with the new name.
In response to the controversy, the team owner Dan Snyder sent an open letter to fans that was published in The Washington Post in October 2013. In the letter Snyder states that the most important meaning of the name Redskins is the association that fans have to memories of their personal history with the team.
[1] [2] [3] The new name, Washington Commanders, was announced on February 2, 2022. [ 4 ] The team was one of the leading examples of the Native American mascot controversy , as the Redskins name itself is defined as derogatory or insulting in American English dictionaries.
The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday that it will drop the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo immediately, bowing to decades of criticism. Washington NFL team dropping 'Redskins ...
The Washington Football Team changed its name to the Washington Commanders, calling to mind the NBA's Washington team changing its name from Bullets to Wizards.
Sports Analyst Dave Briggs joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the Washington Football Team changing its name to the Commanders and other NFL stories.
The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in 2022. [1]
The Washington Redskins trademark dispute was a legal effort by Native Americans to define the term "redskin" to be an offensive and pejorative racial slur to deprive the owners of the NFL's Washington Redskins of the ability to maintain federal trademark protection for the name.