Most importantly, cancellation of registration does not force the Redskins to change their name. Cancellation is only about legal protection for the exclusive use of the name under federal trademark law. The law cannot compel the Redskins to change the name. Instead, critics of the name can attempt to make it more difficult for the Redskins to profit off the name, and thus give the team financial incentives to voluntarily change it. Political pressure can also be applied on the Redskins. Last month 50 U.S. senators wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell urging him to recommend the team change its name. Last fall President Obama stressed, If I were the owner of the team and I knew that there was a name of my team -- even if it had a storied history -- that was offending a sizeable group of people, Id think about changing it. But this type of pressure cannot compel a change in team name. ~article excerpt
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:40:59 +0000
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