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The Washington Redskins name controversy involved the name and logo previously used by the Washington Commanders, a National Football League (NFL) franchise located in the Washington metropolitan area. In the 1960s, the team's longtime name—the Redskins —and the associated logo began to draw criticism from Native American groups and ...
For decades, hundreds of organizations and individuals advocated that the American football team formerly known as the Washington Redskins should change its name and logo. In July 2020, following a wave of racial awareness and reforms in wake of national protests after the murder of George Floyd, major sponsors of the league and team threatened ...
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. These efforts had primarily been carried forward in two cases ...
A few hours later, Nike removed all Redskins gear from its online store. Thursday, FedEx, which owns the naming rights to Washington’s stadium, called on the Redskins to change their name.
Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez has issued a statement in response to the Washington Redskins’ decision to change the team name. The Washington franchise has officially retired the team ...
For years Snyder vehemently refused to change the name from the Redskins, which had been around for 87 years and was considered by numerous Native American groups to be racist. In 2020, everything ...
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 .
A handful of sports branding consultants, trademark attorneys and team execs walked us through the process of changing a team name.