Ron Rivera, the workforce's head coach, mentioned within the assertion that he'll work carefully with Snyder on the evaluate, calling it a problem
Ron Rivera, the workforce’s head coach, mentioned within the assertion that he’ll work carefully with Snyder on the evaluate, calling it a problem of “private significance.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell got here out in help of the workforce’s evaluate of the identify change.
“In the previous few weeks we now have had ongoing discussions with Dan and we’re supportive of this necessary step,” Goodell mentioned in a press release.
The Redskins’ announcement comes amid a renewed nationwide dialog on racism and additional requires the workforce to alter its identify. FedEx, the title sponsor of the Redskins’ stadium, introduced Thursday that it requested the workforce to alter its identify.
“We now have communicated to the workforce in Washington our request that they alter the workforce identify,” the corporate mentioned in a press release.
PepsiCo, a Redskins companion, has been concerned in discussions concerning the identify evaluate with the NFL and the workforce’s administration for just a few weeks, a spokesperson for the corporate mentioned Friday.
“We imagine it’s time for a change. We’re happy to see the steps the workforce introduced immediately, and we stay up for continued partnership,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Nike seems to have eliminated Washington Redskins merchandise from its on-line retailer Thursday night time, however the firm has but to challenge a public assertion on the workforce’s identify.
This is not the primary time the franchise has been pushed to alter by outdoors forces. In 1961, the Redskins had been the final segregated workforce within the NFL and set to maneuver into a brand new stadium in D.C.
However the Kennedy administration advised proprietor George Preston Marshall that the workforce could be unable to make use of the stadium except he built-in the roster. The Redskins then introduced in participant Bobby Mitchell from the Cleveland Browns, although they infamously greeted him by enjoying the music “Dixie” on the workforce’s welcome luncheon.