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TheRobGoldberg is the featured Columnist for January 5, 2022.
The Washington Post via JonathanNewton.
The Washington Football Team will announce a new name on February 2, but at least one former coach doesn't think the organization should have changed its name.
"They should've never changed the name in the first place," Jay said on The Team 980.
Washington's head coach from 2014 to 2019: 35-49-1 He was fired after a poor start to the year.
The 54-year-old spent the 2020 season as the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Washington team name was a slur against Native Americans.
More than a dozen Native American leaders wrote a letter to the commissioner of the National Football League asking for a name change for the team because of its racist name.
Team sponsors put pressure on the franchise to change.
Ron Rivera has been supportive of the move to a new team name for Washington as he heads into his third year in Washington, even though he might not have liked being a part of the transition.
