The general feeling throughout this entire name debate in Washington has been that, no matter what they’re called in the end, a large desire from fans and the owner is that the color scheme and logo stays the same.
This may present some obstacles down the road, as keeping the logo of a Native American Chief would severely limit your options when it comes to picking a new name — of the popular ideas that have been thrown out, seemingly only Warriors, or Americans work, while cases could be made for adding Redhawks and Redspears to the list.
However, if you were to wipe the slate clean, a few opportunities open themselves up. With a start-from-scratch approach, Washington could fall in line with a cool trend in D.C.; they could go with a red/white/blue color scheme like the other sports teams in the Nation’s Capital.
“I like the fact that the Nats, Wizards [and Capitals] all wear red white and blue,” former Washington player Shawn Springs said, via NBC Sports Washington. “I think that’d be a really cool thing for DC. And hell, both the [Nationals and Capitals] won. I just like something that’s gonna give you a theme with the rest of the teams [in DC].”
If you add the WNBA’s Washington Mystics to the list as well, then nearly every team in D.C. has the same color scheme — D.C. United of the MLS wears red/white/black. It also opens up the door for some cool name choices that go along with the presidential trend. However, none of this can happen if Snyder chooses to keep the current logo, which some might already find is part of the problem.
We’ll see which path he chooses to take.
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