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WFT, the Washington Football Team, will become known as....drumroll please!

The football team that became the Washington Redskins was founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves. The team was renamed the Redskins in 1933 still playing in Boston. Later the team moved to Washington in 1937. On July 3, 2020, Washington announced after receiving pressure from Nike and FedEx to change the name, that they would begin the process of considering alternatives. This is the first time an NFL team has changed its name since the Tennessee Oilers became the Tennessee Titans in 1999. Starting with the 2020 season, the team temporarily became the “Washington Football Team”. Now word is they will announce they new name on Feb 2 and these are reportedly the final six considerations. Which one do YOU pick. Personally, from this list I'd probably pick Red Hogs because that ties in some tradition.

According to our iHeartradio affiliate WONK-FM, on Tuesday morning, the Washington Football Team announced that the new name and logo for the franchise will be revealed on February 2nd. But it appears the name may have possibly leaked already. The team reportedly had narrowed down the list of names to eight possible candidates back in September, and the team announced Tuesday that Wolves and Redwolves were out of the running due to copyrights.

But briefly after the announcement, one of the potential names, Admirals, appeared to be the new name of the team. That's because for a few minutes, the website WashingtonAdmirals.com redirected to WashingtonFootball.com, the team's official site. It has since started redirecting to a website related to the University of Virginia athletics, who are named the Cavaliers. Now it links to a completely different charity site.

Although a new name and logo are set to be officially released in the coming weeks, the burgundy and gold colorway is here to stay from what appears in a teaser video.


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