After a week of waiting for official word, it’s officially official: the Washington NFL team’s nickname is no more.
The franchise announced in a release on Monday morning that a review of the team name has resulted in the Redskins name and logo being “retired.” It also says that owner Dan Snyder and head coach Ron Rivera “are working closely to develop a new name and design.”
But NFL fans, reporters and others have spent Monday morning ripping the actual announcement itself for a bunch of things that we’ll get into, because of course the perpetually bungling franchise couldn’t even get this right.
Let’s start with the fact that the release came from @Redskins and from Redskins letterhead:
Or the use of the phrase “retiring.”
Or the fact that they mentioned that the old name wanted “to keep our sponsors, fans and community apprised of our thinking” and the new name would “inspire our sponsors, fans and community.”
The name change isn’t off to a great start.
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