Washington Coach: it will take a long time to use the temporary team name because it is officially renamed

After abandoning the name and logo of the red team, the Washington red team will temporarily use the Washington rugby team as the temporary name for the new season.

Ron Rivera, the team’s new manager, explained in an interview that the temporary team name was used in the new season because he realized that the process of renaming took time.

“We talked about it. I was involved in these discussions, “Rivera said. “The situation is that we realize that it will take 16 to 18 months to change the name. Unable to complete the renaming immediately. So we really have to do our homework, we have to study very thoroughly what we are going to do in the future. Because we want to make sure we do the right thing. We want the new name to stand the test of time and be able to use it for 100 years. We’ll be really busy renaming. We hired a very hardworking company who wanted their work to be inclusive. We will do it right. ”

Washington plans to continue using the current colors, while the temporary team name will be used for at least one year. All original team name and logo elements have been removed from the jersey and helmet.

“The response from the players [to the new jerseys] was very good,” Rivera said. “They think the new jerseys is very clean. We keep the traditional colors. We will continue to use Burgundy and gold, which is still because this team has such a long history that we don’t want to lose it. So we keep the color. But the players like the clean Jersey and the treatment of the old elements. They also like to have the number printed on the side of the helmet, and the players from the University of Alabama are very excited about it. So it’s going to be cool design in the future. ”

NFL TV reporter Tom pelissero reported that the team’s equipment management team had removed the old logo from the locker of all 90 players on Friday.