Pursuits
Another Attempt to Force the Redskins to Change Their Name
Putting pressure where it hurts to persuade the NFL
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S. 2884 Special Rule Relating to Professional Sports Leagues
The Essentials
1. “The Washington Redskins came under attack from a group of Indians,” the Associated Press reported in 1972, after LaDonna Harris, a Comanche and the wife of Oklahoma Democratic Senator Fred Harris, and other Native Americans protested the team’s name. The organization ignored them and has resisted similar pressure since, including a letter last May by 50 Democratic senators to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell asking him to endorse a change.