Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy said he stopped using the Washington Redskins’ name when speaking about the team in his role as an NBC broadcaster, adding it wouldn’t be “hard” for the team to change its name.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer told The Undefeated he decided to stop using the name a few years ago. He said he now avoids the word when he has to speak about the team as an analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America.”
“It’s not hard to change the name,” Dungy said. “When I’m on the air, I try to just refer to them as Washington.