Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray responded to chatter about the Redskins returning to the District Wednesday, saying a name change, or at least discussion of one, would be a prerequisite.
“I think that if they get serious with the team coming back to Washington, there’s no doubt there’s going to have to be a discussion about that,” Gray said after a news conference, according to the Washington Post, “and of course the team is going to have to work with us around that issue.”
“I think it has become a lightning rod, and I would be love to be able to sit down with the team … and see if a change should be made,” he said. “There’s a precedent for this, and I think there needs to be a dispassionate discussion about this, and do the right thing.”
