British Parliament Members Write Letter to Roger Goodell Regarding Redskins Name

February 25, 2016   ·   Adam Wells   ·   Jump to comments

The NFL has been handed another stern request to change Washington's team name from the Redskins. 
Per a Wednesday report by Mike Wise of The Undefeated (via ESPN.com), two members of British Parliament, Ruth Smeeth and Ian Austin, sent a "strongly worded letter" to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging him to "at the minimum, send a different team to our country to represent the sport, one that does not promote a racial slur."
Ideally, per the letter that was dated Feb. 2, Goodell and the NFL would change the team's nickname: "The exportation of this racial slur to the U.K. this autumn, when the Washington team is due to play, directly contravenes the values that many in Britain have worked so hard to instill."
Smeeth expanded on her thoughts from the letter, telling Wise in a phone interview she and Austin are "quite clear that sport is a vehicle for cultural change and celebration of what's best about society rather than hate and division. That's w...

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