Washington Commanders principal proprietor Josh Harris put all of the inquiries to relaxation concerning the workforce’s identify on Monday.
The Commanders are right here to remain.
“It is now being embraced by our workforce, by our tradition, by our teaching workers,” he mentioned of the moniker. “We’re going with that.”
A Washington Submit-Schar Faculty ballot in April confirmed solely 16 p.c of Commanders followers supported preserving the identify, adopted in 2022 after the franchise spent two seasons because the Washington Soccer Workforce. That identify was used because the franchise moved on from Redskins, which it had used since 1937.
However after a 12-5 season that noticed Washington land within the NFC Championship Recreation for the primary time because the 1991 season, the identify has endurance, Harris mentioned at a information convention.
“Now, on this constructing, the identify Commanders means one thing,” he mentioned. “It is about gamers who love soccer, are nice at soccer, hit onerous, mentally powerful, nice teammates. It is actually significant. That identify is rising in that means.”
With the identify problem settled, Harris mentioned the Commanders would emphasize enhancing the roster, “fixing up” workforce headquarters in Ashburn, Va., and shifting on with plans to maneuver out of dated Northwest Stadium in suburban Landover, Md., and into a brand new stadium.
–Subject Degree Media