He July 13, 2020in full national debate for death, at the hands of the police, George Floydthe redskins, now known as Commandersended up yielding to the pressures and decided to change their denomination. The franchise that will be measured to Dolphins in it Bernabéu On November 16, in the 11th week of the NFL season, they had decades in the middle of the controversy by name, Red skinswhich was considered offensive and racist with the Navajos Indians.
From 1937the team of Washington He had inherited that name when he moved from Boston, who used it since 1932. The city, one of the largest color population index on the east coast of the United States, assumed as given the denomination and history smiled from the beginning. He was champion just in 1937, one of his five titles. After He added three more in the Superbowl era. But there was always controversy with the Redskins. It could not play in the capital, the political center of the country, with the media speaker that supposes that congressmen and senators of African -American and Indian origin protested the Red skins. The social context following the George Floyd case definitely invited measures to those responsible for the franchise. Fedex's pressures, official sponsor of the stadium, and Nike, who saw the NFL teams, did the rest.
The NFL club said that “And snydermajority owner of the Redskins, and the coach They are working closely to develop a new name that improves the position of our proud and rich franchise Of tradition with the objective of inspiring our sponsors, already fans of the community for the next 100 years. “Those affected, the razor community, applauded the gesture. In the 2020-21 season, Washington played with the name Washington Football Club. Then, after a survey that lasted two years and after listening to 40,000 proposals from their fans, the name was adopted Commanders. And with the same usual colors and the new denomination will be presented at the Bernabéu.
