Politicians call for NFL to back new name
Two members of the US Congress have called on the head of the largest professional American football league to support changing a team name they deem offensive to Native Americans. officialauthenticjaguars.com/authentic-allen-robinson-jersey.html
Senator Maria Cantwell and Congressman Tom Cole said the Washington Redskins name Allen Robinson Kids Jersey was a "racial slur".
In a letter dated Monday and obtained by the New York Times, Ms Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, and Mr Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, told Mr Goodell, "The terminology used by the Washington football team has been determined to be a slur."
"It is, in fact, an insult to Native Americans," they added. "We are calling on you and the National Football League to take a formal position in support of a name change."
Ms Cantwell is the chairwoman of the Senate Indian affairs committee, and Mr Cole, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, is one of only two Native American members of Congress.
'More important issues'
Mr Snyder has refused to change his team name, dismissing growing complaints it is offensive.
Mr Goodell has said he supports keeping the name, saying last month it "honoured" Native Americans. He also cited polling he said suggested the public opposed a name change.
But Ms Cantwell and Mr Cole said defending the name based on public opinion polling "flies in the face of our constitutionally protected government to government relationship with tribes".
"The National Football League is on the wrong side of history," they wrote.
Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie defended the team name and officialauthenticjaguars.com/authentic-brandon-linder-jersey.html questioned the politicians attention to the matter.
"With all the important issues Congress has to deal with, such as a war in Afghanistan to deficits to health care, don they have more important issues to worry about than a football team name?" he told the Reuters news agency.
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