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Washington Commanders signs spotted at FedEx Field
SkyFox captured aerial images of Washington Commanders signs inside the team store located at FedEx Field. FOX 5's Tom Fitzgerald spoke to fans about the team's pending name change.
WASHINGTON - Signs bearing what appears to be the Washington Football Team's new name were spotted at the stadium Tuesday night – less than 24 hours before the official announcement.
SkyFox captured aerial images of Commanders signs inside the team store located at FedEx Field.
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The team officially retired the 'Redskins' name and logo in 2020.
Last month, Washington Football officials released seven potential names and said it would reveal the one that was selected on Feb. 2.
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Washington Football Team to announce new name next month
The Washington Football Team will reveal its new name next month, team officials said Tuesday. FOX 5's Katie Barlow has the latest.
On Monday, during an interview with CBS Sports Radio, legendary Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann spoke with host Damon Amendolara about the new name.
"The Commanders is a name that is going to be hopefully one that people will talk about going forward," Theismann said on-air.
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"Commanders basically is Washington, D.C.," Theismann continued. "A lot of commanders in Washington, D.C. – in the Pentagon – and a lot of different branches of the service. So to me, that's really the way I'm looking at it – as positions of leadership when it comes to the new name."
FOX 5 also spoke with Shawn DuBravac, a technology expert, who said that publicly available data suggests to him that whoever owns Commanders.com is about to do something with it, and it’s logical to think it could be the new name for Washington’s NFL team.
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Going deep on the Washington Football Team's new name
Just days away from the unveiling of a new name for the Washington Football Team, and speculation is rampant. Fox 5's David Kaplan spoke to a domain name broker who pointed out the url Commanders.com.
"The fact that Mark Monitor has large corporate clients, it’s most likely a large organization that’s using this. It isn’t somebody who’s just speculating in the name, but likely a corporation that plans to use it. It also happens that Mark Monitor has a deep relationship with the NFL and many of the teams," DuBravac said.
The listing on Mark Monitor implies more permanency than GoDaddy, DuBravac said. Plus, all but six teams have their sites listed on Mark Monitor.