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The Washington Redskins are currently looking for a new name after sponsors put pressure on the team to change it due to the fact that many view it as a racist.
The Redskins had reportedly been leaning on renaming the team the “Washington Warriors” but are beginning to get pushback from the media because “Warriors” as a mascot in sports is still considered a Native American trope.
For the past week, fans have been pushing the “Red Wolves” and that name is apparently “gaining steam” as a potential new name for the team.
I’d want to come back to Washington for one day and retire a Red Wolf
GOD what a name! S/o the Washington fans pushing for this to happen 🐺 pic.twitter.com/7Cc2GhRg0z
— Will Compton (@_willcompton) July 10, 2020
“Redwolves” gaining serious traction in Washington. DL Jonathan Allen hyped the name on Twitch, Compton did below and the fan petition supporting it just passed 3,500 signatures. Redwolves are an endangered species native to SE US, as well as a past support squad for Navy SEALs. https://t.co/f6Pj0A0FBv
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) July 10, 2020
The more I think about it, Redwolves (and RedTails) accomplish a lot of what the org seems to want.
– No Native imagery
– Military connection
– Preserving as much of the brand as possible (color scheme, #HTTR, etc)
– Two syllables to fit the fight song (“Hail to the Red-Wolves”)— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) July 10, 2020
Fans have started designing jerseys and uniform designs for the “Red Wolves” name.
https://twitter.com/bentleyhaskins/status/1281357763596161026
Imagine their faces when 50,000 DC Redwolves fans howl after every 1st down. AWOOOOOO! The entire country is going to hate us. And when this fanbase goes on road? Howling on airplanes, tailgates, every opposing stadium? They‘ll curse the day they made us change the name. 😲#HTTR pic.twitter.com/4Pu5xrpTDC
— Rudy Gersten (@DCBarno) July 11, 2020
#Redwolves concept created by lucsdesign91 on Instagram. 🐺 pic.twitter.com/dwVP2MJceM
— Jordan (@wshingtontoday) July 10, 2020
The team has still not announced a timetable for a name change but it seems like fans are enamored with the Red Wolves name.