Amazon removing Redskins merchandise from site
By Marty Johnson - 07/08/20 09:18 PM EDT
Amazon is removing all Washington Redskins merchandise from its website, as the pressure for the NFL franchise to change its name mounts.
The team announced on Friday that it would undergo a "thorough review" of its name, which has been broadly denounced as derogatory and racist.
Last Thursday, FedEx — the team's stadium namesake — wrote to owner Dan Snyder requesting that he change the name. FedEx paid $205 million for naming rights to the team’s Maryland stadium in 1998; those rights run through 2025.
Other major team sponsors and partners such as PepsiCo, also expressed their desire for the name to be done away with.
Nike, Target and Walmart have already stopped selling the team's merchandise.
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