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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
If changing a name was so easy it would be changed already. Look at all this money wasted on the name of a sports team when that money could be put to better use.
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Naw...Snyder just doesn't want to do it. There's also a portion of the population who feels that casual racism of the 1930s is "tradition". I guess not offending "traditionalists" is something to worry about...
The Redskins also have a bit of a history. They were also the last team in the NFL to integrate, which didn't happen until 1962.
I also don't see the huge financial cost you're referring to. They'd have to change the name on the stadium outside. Logos get re-designed every few years anyways though, so that's probably not an actual cost. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks became the "Ducks" very recently. Was that a huge cost? Doubtful. Teams tweek their names and logos constantly.