*Washington Football Team president
Jason Wright acknowledges the basic nature of the franchise’s interim name, but says he doesn’t “think it’s that weird.”
In an interview with
Jim VandeHei on “Axios on HBO,” Wright says he came from the “bubble” that considered the old name derogatory, but upon moving into his new role he “found out that the debate of folks closer to it was much more nuanced than that.”
He added that “the right thing is to move forward into a new name, brand, and identity that captures the best parts of our history and allows us to innovate and move into the future.”