There is increasing pressure for the Washington Redskins to change their name to anything but the Redksins.
According to a report from Adweek, investment firms and shareholders worth a collective $620 billion have asked Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to terminate their business relationships with the Washington Redskins unless the team agrees to change its name.
On Friday, three separate letters signed by 87 investment firms and shareholders worth a collective $620 billion asked Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to terminate their business relationships with the NFL’s Washington Redskins unless the team agrees to change its controversial name.
The report also said that there was a belief among many that, though this fight for the Redskins to change their name for decades, this time might be different with the push for racial equality so strong in America right now.
Dan Snyder may have chosen not to listen to many calls in the past about needing to change the name, but if FedEx, Nike, and PepsiCo all threaten to terminate their partnerships with the team, you can almost guarantee that Snyder will start to think twice about his “NEVER” statement.
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