Ron Rivera, head coach of the NFL's Washington franchise, if the team gets a new name before the 2020 season, suggesting that owner Dan Snyder's "" of the club's Ryan Hewitt Jersey identity will, in fact, result in the replacement of the "" nickname used since 1933. , however, at least one of the franchise's minority owners had already been advocating for a name change for years.Frederick W. Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx, which owns naming rights to Washington's stadium and recently put public pre sure on Snyder to Pj Jules Jersey change the name, years ago began "trying to get Snyder to change the name," per Florio. Not only that, but he reportedly became so di satisfied with the "Redskins" name, which is considered by some to be a racial slur toward Native Americans -- as John Miller Jersey well as other i sues that he, along with fellow minority owner Dwight Schar, "had actively been Bobby Hart Jersey trying to sell their pieces of the team."Smith and Schar have, to date, been unsucce sful in selling their shares of the franchise, Florio added, but their apparent interest in re-branding or disa sociating with the team adds a new layer to an intensifying situation.Snyder, of course, had previously been adamant that Washington would "never" change its nickname. Amid from Smith and FedEx, as well as Nike, Pepsi and federal Geno Atkins Jersey officials, the ownersaying the name would undergo an official review, with NFL commi sioner Roger Goodell declaring his support for a potential change.