The Washington Redskins Name Change Game

The game of “changing the name of the Washington Redskins” is heating up.  Ten members of the U.S. Congress have decided that they need to get in on the action.  A letter was sent to Dan Snyder, owner of the Redskins, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Redskins sponsor FedEx, and the other 31 NFL franchises urging them to reconsider changing the Redskins name because it is offensive to Native Americans.  DC Council Member David Grosso is also planning to introduce a resolution in the DC City Council to change the name.

Since the practice facility is in Richmond, VA and the stadium is in Landover MD, my proposal is that they need to take the “Washington” name out altogether.  They could be the “DMV Bandits” since they made haste to get out of the District of Columbia.  It is closer to go see the Baltimore Ravens practice in Owings Mills, MD than it is to go see the Washington Redskins practice in Richmond, VA.  DC has always been at a disadvantage in terms of geography because we are a very finite piece of real estate wedged between Maryland and Virginia.  But it seems to me if you are going to call yourselves “Washington” anything, you need to actually play in Washington.