In 2014, Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington NFL team, said this.
”We will never change the name of the team. . . . We'll never change the name," he said. "It's that simple. NEVER — you can use caps."
They’ve been resisting calls to change the name for decades. But pressure finally reached the corporate level. First, FedEx asked them to change the name. Then officials in Washington, D.C., where Snyder would like to return (they currently play in Prince George County, Maryland), have basically made changing the name a condition to re-acquire their old site, RFK Stadium, in D.C.
Then came the final shoe.
Nike, the NFL's official gameday uniform supplier, is no longer allowing customers to purchase Washington apparel from its website. The Nike.com NFL page has every team listed on the left sidebar except Washington. Furthermore, its shopping filters also omit Washington and its search function pulls up other teams but no results for Washington.
And, now the result: