The Washington Football Team surprisingly isn’t the first football franchise to adopt a new nickname.
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Starting this season, Edmonton’s Canadian Football League team will be called the Elks. Since 1949 the franchise was known as the Eskimos, but over the past few years, the team has dealt with public outcry from Inuit groups and leaders who said the name is racist. Sponsors even threatened to leave if the team didn’t make the change.
"We are 14 Grey Cups strong. With a hunger for more. The team you know and love -- new name, same game. Proud as ever. Bolder than ever. As fierce as they come," the franchise said in the video.
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