Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the "Washington Football Team" pending the adoption of a new name, the franchise announced.

This is not a final renaming and rebranding for the team; this is the name it wants to use until the adoption of a new name at some point.

The team will continue the process of retiring the former name and hopes to be entirely rid of it on physical and digital spaces in the next 50 days, by the Sept. 13 regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.


LMMFPWAO

I really hope their mascot is a non player character...

I hope it’s a rainbow football.

Pence wouid not like that.

Pence is “Football curious”

They should keep that name. Very neutral. #BLMApproved

I Lille it.

Or a person-woman-man camera/tv...

If they call themselves that, does it mean they'll actually start playing football? I get offended by false advertisement

Their mascot should be a giant snowflake.

Are they going to ban legacy Redskins attire and memorabilia in the stands and everywhere else in public? Will people be prosecuted for hate crimes if they display it?

prolly... 😟

Yeah, some politician somewhere who wants to make the news to show how progressive and sympathetic he is prolly has something already drafted up.