Meet the Commanders, the new name of Washington's football team!

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NFL news: Commanders announced as Washington's new team name (yahoo.com)

OP note: about time! @bigjoey Are the Chiefs next? 

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44 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

NFL news: Commanders announced as Washington's new team name (yahoo.com)

OP note: about time! @bigjoey Are the Chiefs next? 

The “Chief” name was the nickname of a longtime mayor, Mayor Bartle.  The logo is an arrowhead and not cartoon of a Native American Chief.  The team has recently taken great pains to be respectful of Native Americans.

However, I would not be surprised to see a name change.