As the Redskins search for a new football home in the future, the RFK Stadium site is one that is at the top of the list. However, unless the team is willing to change its name, the area becoming their new field is a non-starter, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Speaking with several government officials, a similar message was shared throughout. The federally owned land will not be given to the franchise if the name remains what it is today.
“I call on Dan Snyder once again to face that reality, since he does still desperately want to be in the nation’s capital,” D. C.'s nonvoting delegate to the House of Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said. “He has got a problem he can’t get around -- and he particularly can’t get around it today, after the George Floyd killing.”
“There is no viable path, locally or federally, for the Washington football team to return to Washington, D. C., without first changing the team name," D.C. Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio said.
Washington's name has been a topic of debate for years but has recently received major pushback over the past month as the nation yearns for racial justice following the murder of George Floyd.
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