The topic of a name change has become newsworthy in Washington once again, with team president Jason Wright sitting down with ESPN’s John Keim for an update on where the team is in the process of finding a new mascot or potentially sticking with the ‘Washington Football Team’ moniker for the future.
While no decisions have been made, and Wright says that everything is still on the table, we can gather some hints to figure out where the team might go down the road.
Before we get into names and logos, though, it needs to be made clear that no matter what this team calls itself, the burgundy and gold color scheme won’t be changing. While other professional sports teams in the area — the Wizards, the Nationals, the Mystics, the Capitals — all have red, white, and blue color schemes, it will take a lot for Washington to change.
“It would take a lot to change the burgundy and gold. You can put that one in pen. I don’t see us moving off that at any point,” Wright said, via ESPN. “That’s not actively being considered. … I’ll revise that if it happens, but I don’t see that happening.”
From the outside, it would seem to make a lot of sense for Washington to take on the nation’s colors while residing in the nation’s capital, but there is a big effort not to change too much about the deeply-ingrained culture in the fanbase of D.C., and going away from the Burgundy and Gold would be a huge loss for many people in the area.
So while we wait to hear what this team may call itself in the future, you can rest assured that you won’t have to get used to any new color schemes in the future.
