{"id":6406,"date":"2020-07-18T04:59:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T04:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/ea-to-remove-washington-s-redskins-name-from-madden-nfl-21"},"modified":"2024-07-22T03:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T03:12:54","slug":"ea-to-remove-washington-s-redskins-name-from-madden-nfl-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/ea-to-remove-washington-s-redskins-name-from-madden-nfl-21","title":{"rendered":"EA to remove Washington’s “Redskins” name from Madden NFL 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, famous NFL club from Washington has decided to retire their controversial “Redskins” name<\/a> and logo and would reveal a replacement later this year.<\/p>\n

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The name has been the subject of debate for decades, due to its racist nature, used mostly as a racial slur for Native Americans.<\/p>\n

Following renewed attention to questions of racial justice after the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, there was a lot of pressure from sponsors and public figures for the name to be changed.<\/p>\n

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FedEx, one of the team’s biggest sponsors, threatened to cancel their sponsorship of FedExField, the team’s stadium, if the name was not changed. All this eventually led to a quick decision in July, and now both the name and logo are withdrawn from use.<\/p>\n