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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.
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 team played as the Washington Football Team for two seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022. Washington won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games and Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. Washington has finished a season as league runner-up six times, losing the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 title games and Super Bowls VII and XVIII.
The Washington Commanders have been under new ownership for a few months now, and there are likely many changes in store for the franchise over the next year. One thing that will remain in the ...
A petition has 76,000 signatures from people who want to change back to the old name, which many Indigenous and Native Americans deem a racial slur.
The Washington Commanders have experienced plenty of upheaval in recent years. The team has changed its name twice since 2020, finally settling on its new identity prior to the 2022 NFL season ...
After decades of defending the name, amidst the removal of many names and images as part of the George Floyd protests combined with pressure from investors and sponsors, the Redskins began the process of changing their name. [1] [2] On July 23, 2020 the team announced that, given that a rebrand typically takes 12 to 18 months, they would be ...
[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.