The Canadian Football League's Edmonton franchise announced on Tuesday that it will be called the "Elks" going forward after dropping its prior nickname last July.
"With your input, much debate and deliberation, we came to the name we are proud to present today," club president and CEO Chris Presson said in a video. "It's been a long road. We've taken our time to make sure we got it right, and we know we did." u200b
The 14-time Grey Cup champions said in a release last July that it would no longer be called the "Eskimos" and instead the team would be known as the Edmonton Football Team or the EE Football Team.