- Posted December 24, 2025
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(ASHBURN, Va.) — The Washington Football Team will reveal its new team name Wednesday after two years of speculation.
Washington dropped its former name, the Redskins, in July 2020 after years of complaints over its racist connotations toward Native Americans.
“On July 3rd we announced the commencement of a thorough review of the team’s name… Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,” the team said in a statement on July 3, 2020.
The team adopted the generic “Washington Football Team” two weeks later, though it was only supposed to