Redskins President Bruce Allen says team won’t reconsider nickname in pursuit

Washington Redskins president Bruce Allen said the team would not reconsider changing its name – even if it’s a political barrier to a potential new stadium. If the team was interested in returning to Washington, it will likely have to change its nickname; the land on which RFK Stadium sits is owned by the National Park Service, and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell reportedly told District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser during a meeting in April that she opposes the nickname.

FedEx Field, located in Landover, Maryland, cost $250.5 million and opened in 1997 after just 18 months of construction. Although Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has said that he believes the team should be free to decide what it is going to call itself, there is the possibility that the political climate in the Commonwealth could change before a new stadium deal is finalized.

At a close-of-training-camp news conference Monday, Allen said the Redskins have had “great conversations” with representatives of Washington, Virginia and Maryland about a stadium.

Barkin added, “unfortunately, Bruce Allen, team owner Dan Snyder and the Washington team fail to understand that you can not buy acceptance of continued racism”.

“Building a stadium is different than building a house”, Allen said, according to the Washington Times. Allen says “there’s not a leading candidate”. “The San Diego Chargers have been in a 15-year process themselves with nothing on the horizon yet”. “The fans that came out we really appreciated – the players and the coaches working with the kids”. “We wanted to get ahead of it and start doing the preliminary work”.

The six-year veteran recorded 22 sacks with the Saints over the last two seasons, but New Orleans released him due to off the field problems.

– Repeating a reporter’s question, Allen said: “How far away are we from winning?”

A new stadium could be agreed upon within the next few years.