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Originally Posted by MTK
Do we have legit polling that shows what the fan opinion on the name is?
Let’s go out and have a good season, maybe win a playoff game, see what it’s like to have actual adults running things, and then see how many people still want to bail over a name.
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Of course if the team starts winning big people won't bail over the name not changing... But this name has obviously been picked by Snyder and Snyder only, nothing in the rebranding process led to this name being picked except Dan liked it cuz consciously or not it fed his ego.
So, while I'm aware rebranding a multi billions dollars franchise ain't an easy thing, it always made sense to me that changing the name would actually be one of the easiest things the new owner could do to be the cool guy in town.
I hear how it's exhausting for us to go through this again, but keep in mind 2 things:
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for the new owning group, this is the first rebranding, they didn't go through the first one
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a few decades down the road, nobody will care that we had to endure 2 rebrandings in a span of a few years, everybody will be like "yeah the *whatever the new name will be*, that team used to be called the Redskins, then the on his way out owner was kinda forced to change the name, but it sucked and the new owner changed it again", and we will be among the very few old fans actullay remembering that there were a few months when this team was named "Washington Football Team" and "Washington Commanders".
I won't be as adamant and active in the process this time around, cuz I'm pretty positive I'll like the new name better than the actual one, but this actually is the smart thing to do IMO.