Calls for Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change the team's nickname are starting to come from overseas.
Two members of the U.K. Parliament, Ruth Smeeth and Ian Austin, sent a sharply worded letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell requesting the league to force Snyder's hand in changing the moniker. Either that, or "at the minimum, send a different team to our country to represent the sport, one that does not promote a racial slur."
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The Redskins are scheduled to play the Bengals in London's Wembley Stadium next season as part of the NFL's efforts to expand American football internationally.