(TheBlaze) – The Washington Redskins NFL team is looking to relocate from its current Maryland home, but Washington, D.C., won’t be welcoming the franchise unless it changes its name and logo, Fox News reported. Washington, D.C., Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she would fight any move by the Redskins to actually reside in Washington without the team changing a name some believe is racist.
“I call on Dan Snyder once again to face that reality, since he does still desperately want to be in the nation’s capital,” Norton said. “He has got a problem he can’t get around — and he particularly can’t get around it today, after the George Floyd killing.”
Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio agreed, saying there is “no viable path, locally or federally” for a team with the name “Redskins” to call the district home. The Redskins are looking to build a new stadium, and in the meantime were hoping to find a more favorable and accessible location than FedEx Field in Maryland. One proposal would have them moving to RFK Stadium in D.C., but that deal won’t go through unless the team changes the name. READ MORE
