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Washington Franchise Rebranding

Our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day came from the July 3, 2020, Messenger-Inquirer...

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EVENTDAY | July 03

"Washington Franchise Rebranding"

Last updated 📅 2025-07-03

Our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day came from the July 3, 2020, Messenger-Inquirer of Owensboro, Kentuck,y when they had this headline:

Redskins to Have 'Thurough Review' of Name

The NFL and the Washington franchise announced that the team ownership and management were “undergoing a thorough review of the team name.”  Critics claimed that the nickname of the club was a "dictionary-defined racial slur" and had suggested that owner Daniel Snyder change the offensive name to something else. The group had the attention of Roger Goodell and multiple NFL sponsors this time, and the Washington brass were listening. The group finally announced in August that the franchise would be called the Washington Football Team for at least the remainder of the 2020 season.

Of course, in hindsight, we know now that this lasted for two seasons before the franchise announced the renaming to the Washington Commanders.

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"The July 3 Gridiron Legacy"

In this edition of the Pigskin Dispatch, we discuss a development in the Nation's Capitol over a possible name change, and the Hall of Fame celebration of a couple of powerful D-linemen and a crafty running back on their birthday!   We will provide you with a little bit of football nostalgia.
This daily football history segment features the Great events, Franchise formation anniversaries, as well as the birthdays of notable Hall of Fame players, coaches or anyone else in our great game, and many more  Legendary stories of the Gridiron. In this edition of the Pigskin Dispatch, we discuss a development in the Nation's Capitol over a possible name change, and the Hall of Fame celebration of a couple of powerful D-linemen and a crafty running back on their birthday!   We will provide you with a little bit of football nostalgia...

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