The Washington team? At first I thought maybe they were talking about a college career at Washington State. But no, they didn’t want to write “Redskins”.
It wasn’t that many years ago when network television happily broadcast the band playing “Hail to the Redskins”. “Commanders” doesn’t fit the meter, so that’s dead, troo.
If they would have been wise rather than woke, they would’ve changed the name to the Washington Warriors....as in Indian warrior. That’s not racist, but rather a hat-tip to Native American bravery. They could have kept the same logo as well, plus the alliterative name would have been cool.