NFL Announcement
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Loading ...The National Football League has announced that the Washington, D. C. franchise will no longer be known as the Washington Redskins. The National Association for the Advancement of Native Americans in a separate announcement took credit for the change, and promised to intensify their efforts to get the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indian baseball franchises to do the same. This is result of the combined efforts of Indian groups with other civil rights groups culminating in success after a five year campaign to have the derogatory name changed, the NAANA announced.
National Football League officials strongly deny the change was due to pressure from Indian or civil rights groups. The NFL states the changes were necessary to reflect the recent
character of the team.
The team will now be known as the Washington Tampons. This new name was felt to be appropriate because Washington is good for only one period and it does not have a second
string.
