The Washington NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, is officially going to <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/washington-nfl-trademark-spt-trnd/index.html” target=”_blank”>change its name</a> to the Washington Football Team.

The new team name is effective immediately, and it will remain in place “pending adoption of a new team name,” the team announced in a statement