joining me here in the studio now the big table is my colleague chris harrington from do you have news for it's chris as we mentioned the owner dan snyder he said back in 2013 he would never change the name he actually said you could put that in caps as well never but you know that's the pressure of profit potential profit you know the big sponsor that 1st put out the warning that they would take their name off of the stadium is fed ex they play at fed ex field they have about 8 years left on a contract they already paid $200000000.00 for the naming rights and then other companies followed suit the n.f.l. is the world's richest sports league the bottom line always matters you know and it just shows the influence i mean the native american community has been screaming racism for nearly 40 decades money in the pressure that caused and started to move that that's the point right it's the dollar that pushes the reform and change more than the actual the calls from the minority communities what is the legacy of this team in washington regarding native americans and minorities well the name

and joining me in studio to unwrap this topic is chris harrington from take chris good to see you sir as we mentioned. the 0920 team said that that name would never change it has changed now why did he reconsider. dan snyder buckled to the pressure of the corporate sponsors backing out because he has to watch his bottom line the national football league is the world's richest sports professional league you know so when you factor in that they have a lot to lose you know for that for that matter and then when you consider the teams the biggest the 1st i guess straw that broke the camel's back so to speak was fed ex fed ex you know paid them over $200000000.00 for the naming rights of their stadium they threaten to take their name off other companies followed suit nike amazon if you want to look for washington redskins merchandise right now you can find it all anywhere available because they've taken it you know off of you know the availability list is the one team right now you cannot buy any merchandise well interesting ok tell us about this team's need to see in washington well so th

joining me here in the studio now the big table is my colleague chris harrington from these of you sports chris as we mentioned the owner dan snyder he said back in 2013 he would never change the name he actually said you could put that in caps as well never but you know that's the pressure of profit potential profit you know the big sponsor that 1st put out the warning that they would take their name off of the stadium is fedex they play at fed ex field they have about 8 years left on a contract they already paid $200000000.00 for the naming rights and then other companies followed suit the n.f.l. is the world's richest sports league the bottom line always matters you know and it just shows the influence i mean the native american community has been screaming racism for nearly 40 decades money in the pressure that caused it started to move that that's the point right it's the dollar that pushes the reform and change more than the actual the calls from the minority communities what is the legacy of this team in washington regarding native americans and minorities well the name itself is o

even get the right to fly they did so maybe that's a way to reeducate the masses good point chris harrington from sports chris thank you. are you watching the news on the back of the top of the hour with more world news followed by the date of the scene of the. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. from the covert 19 special next on d.w. . how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will. we just threw the cover and we couldn't read your blog is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crawl of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast where ever you get your podcast you can also find us at. slash science. some 200000 seafarers a stuck on ships because of the covert 9000 pandemic according to the international transport workers federation they're not allowed to leave their vessels because of international travel restrictions and it's hard for replacement crews to come and relieve them. thousands of sailors don't have access to health profe

and joining me in the studio to address the topic is chris harrington from the lips hey chris so as you mentioned theo that's not believe it isn't 20000 say he would never change that and why is he now reconsidered well better late than never but i'll tell you this you know it wasn't because the name is racist or considered a racial slur it was a matter of money you know 1st fed ex started you know pulling the plug or at least sending warning signals on july 2nd they sent a letter you know pretty much urging the team to change the name in the next day the team came out but this was a combined of course with the black lives matter movement that pretty much has taken the globe by storm and i think the combination of the 2 you can even buy a jersey redskins jersey right now nike amazon pepsi it's very difficult their backs against the wall ok and snyder had no other choice to make ok so let's talk about the team's legacy in washington what is that well ok the founder george preston marshall he did not want to integrate the national football league of the united states he was the last to do