ESPN's Max Kellerman was very critical of the way that Daniel Snyder handled the whole name change of the franchise. Earlier this week, the franchise announced that they were retiring the old "Redskins" name and logo.
Kellerman essentially said that the organization could have been proud of their stance, recognizing the symbolism and opted for the name change of it's own free will. Instead, Snyder resisted until the last possible moment, when sponsors took matters into their own hands and began withdrawing their funds, until there was a name change.
It took money to get the organization to finally take the name change seriously.
Here is what Kellerman recently said about the whole controversy:
"That's a garbage statement by that organization," Kellerman said on First Take Monday. "It's unsurprising, Dan Snyder is doing this like a perpetual toddler who doesn't want to do something. This is a moment for which an organization should get credit. They could've been a little bit out in front of this, a little bit out ahead, but rather than that, they chose to be kind of dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
"And as a result of the fact that they were gonna lose untold millions of dollars because sponsors were pulling out left and right," he said. "As a result of the fact that they had unbearable financial pressure applied to them, Dan Snyder simply had no choice, deserves no credit and a moment that could've been forward-looking and good for the organization, instead is a moment where, 'Yeah, finally.'"
Below is the link to the article I used in writing this, including the quotes which were used above:
ESPN's Max Kellerman calls Washington's name change statement 'garbage' By Mike DePrisco July 13, 2020:
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/espns-max-kellerman-calls-washingtons-name-change-statement-garbage
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