Josh Harris, the controlling proprietor of the Washington Commanders, stated Monday he has no plans to vary the group’s nickname and that it has been catching on with followers.
The earlier administration’s determination to vary the group’s nickname brought on a ton of blowback from followers. Daniel Snyder renamed the group the Washington Soccer Group from the Washington Redskins amid a summer season of racial pressure within the U.S. in 2020. Then the group was renamed the Commanders from there.
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Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris seems on from the sidelines previous to the sport in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers on December 31, 2023, in Landover, Md. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Photos)
Harris made clear the group title would keep put.
“I believe it’s now being embraced by our group, by our tradition, by our teaching workers, so, we’re going with that,” Harris stated. “Now, on this constructing, the title Commanders means one thing. It’s about gamers who love soccer, are nice at soccer, hit arduous, mentally robust, nice teammates. It’s actually significant that that title is rising in that means.”
Bringing the Redskins nickname and brand again has been a subject broached a number of occasions since Harris took over.
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Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris is proven previous to the sport in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys in Landover, Md., on Nov 24, 2024. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Photos)
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., stated in November “good religion negotiations” about honoring the group’s historical past, together with the Blackfeet chief brand that the group used for many years, helped lawmakers and the group come to a deal on the RFK Stadium web site in D.C.
“So far as rebranding and bringing (again) our previous, which clearly I grew up with and all of the Tremendous Bowl championships and our future collectively, you’re going to see us head again in the direction of honoring our previous and bringing it along with our future,” Harris stated.
Harris stated talks are ongoing with Maryland, Virginia and D.C. officers a couple of new stadium and put 2030 as a “cheap goal” for opening.
“I grew up with an amazing stadium, and I perceive what it’s wish to play in a stadium the place it’s arduous for the visiting group to play,” Harris stated, referring to RFK Stadium, the group’s former house in Washington from 1961-96 earlier than shifting to Landover, Maryland. “We have to have an amazing place the place our followers can present up, and, as a lot as doable, we wish that to be a bonus to our group when it comes to profitable on the sphere.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated a stadium in D.C. could possibly be a “enormous financial driver.”
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“I believe it may be nice for our nation,” Goodell stated. “I do not forget that as a child rising up, the facility of that. If that’s the very best different, I believe it will be an amazing factor.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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