Washington team to retire Redskins name, logo
Sponsor FedEx calls for rebrand of football team amid nationwide reckoning on racism
13 July 2020 - 17:21
Toronto — The National Football League’s (NFL’s) Washington team announced on Monday it will retire its Redskins name and logo. The decision was made after sponsors stepped up pressure to scrap a name that the franchise has used since 1933 but which has long been criticised as racist by Native American rights groups.
Team owner Dan Snyder, who bought the franchise in 1999, had previously said he would never change the name but softened his stance after FedEx, which owns the naming rights to the team’s suburban stadium in Landover, Maryland, urged the NFL club to rebrand...
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