AP Source: Washington NFL team dropping 'Redskins' name

[Siwsan]

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Redskins are shedding that name effective immediately, a person with knowledge of the move said Monday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't yet announced the change. That announcement is expected later Monday morning.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen. But for now, arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the U.S.



https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ap-source-washington-nfl-team-dropping-redskins-name/ar-BB16FYow?ocid=spartanntp

[soothsayer]

1. Yay!

Suck on that, Snyder!

[Cirque du So-What]

2. That team name is arguably the worst of the bunch

I can’t envision a single instance where a pejorative like that could be considered positive in any way. It was certainly not a term of endearment during the Manifest Destiny years, or any time since, for that matter.

[Siwsan]

3. The only other option was to change their mascot to a potato

And, well, that would never happen.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I think 'russet' would be better

Washington Russets. Sounds badass.