For the first time in nearly 90 seasons, one of professional football's oldest franchises took the field Sunday without their decades-old nickname and logo on their helmets.
After the 1932 season the Boston Braves changed their name to one we in the Metroplex raise our kids to despise as much as Eagles or Giants. The team moved to D.C. in 1937, and the franchise became an anchor of the National Football League, until the name itself morphed into an albatross.
I am, of course, speaking of the Washington Football Team, formerly known as the Washington ___ .
Long before owner Dan Snyder was strong armed by sponsors into changing the name of his precious football club, there were other teams named ___ that had to do the same thing.
"This is a very contentious issue," said Eric Hyman, the former athletic director of Texas A&M, South Carolina, TCU and Miami of Ohio. "I would not wish this on anyone."
