
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
FedEx, the title sponsor of the Washington Redskins’ stadium wants the NFL team to change its name.
In a statement Thursday, FedEx said: “We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name.“
The company paid the team $205 million in 1999 for the naming rights to FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
The Washington Redskins said that they are undertaking a “thorough review” of their team name after sponsors cut ties with them, and fans put pressure to rename the team because the name is commonly seen as a racial slur.