JUST IN: The Washington Football Team made a historic announcement naming Jason Wright the league's first ever Black team president.
During his career in the NFL, Wright was a team captain and NFLPA player representative for the Arizona Cardinals during the 2011 NFL lockout.
He received his M.B.A. in Operations and Finance, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The decision comes after months of turmoil for the league's Washington, D.C. franchise under owner Dan Snyder who has faced mounting pressure to sell the team afterSnyder, who once vowed to never change the controversial name was the center of direct backlash amid calls for racial justice, but after sponsors like FedEx, Nike and Pepsi all added to the pressure, the organization eventually renamed the team temporarily ahead of the upcoming season until it decides on a permanent one.
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