Football Team become the Commanders in Washington

The NFL's Washington Football Team have announced that they will be called the Commanders on a permanent basis, following a lengthy review on how best to replace their original Redskins moniker.

The team, amid calls for racial justice and a threatened loss of sponsors, dropped its longstanding previous name in mid-2020 after a years-long campaign from critics, who viewed it as a racial slur against Native Americans.

The Commanders name was the end result of an 18-month rebrand process that the team said included more than 40,000 fan submissions, countless surveys, focus groups and meetings.

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