It’s been over two years since the Washington NFL franchise retired its insensitive “Redskins” nickname after decades of pressure, temporarily playing as the “Washington Football Team” before announcing a more permanent name change to the Washington Commanders ahead of the 2021 season. Apparently, Washington co-CEO Tanya Snyder missed all of that.
This week, Tanya Snyder gave a speech ahead of the Commanders’ game against the Green Bay Packers in which she introduced team legends Art Monk, Doug Williams, and Mark Rypien. At the end of her speech, she used the team’s controversial former name, saying “Hail to the Redskins.”
Here’s the end of the video of Tanya Snyder, which includes her “Hail to the Redskins” (:20). https://t.co/XpIqKP9z3T pic.twitter.com/H5tSIWht6V
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) October 23, 2022
“Hail to the Redskins, and let’s beat Green Bay,” Tanya Snyder said at the end of her speech.
Whether it was a simple slip of the tongue or an intentional move in order to make a statement, the NFL world absolutely blasted the co-owner for using the insensitive former nickname with many jokingly suggesting that she doesn’t even know the name of the team she owns.
3/ Even the @Commanders CEO doesn’t know the team name. Sad. #HTTC https://t.co/XRcBMrx2fo
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) October 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/BrianOFarrell/status/1584292830771486720?s=20&t=eSADevR9hWGZ_MCI1CBVug
Cringe. I think Tanya is officially going to be in idgaf mode after the owners meetings and now being booed/sell the team chants when she was shown #HTTC https://t.co/SEFtMFxokc
— Alan Lepore, MPA 🟦 (@AlanLepore) October 23, 2022
So involved in the day to day operations of the team that she doesn’t know the team’s name. https://t.co/ltfRMS7BLC
— (((Jacob Bogage))) (@jacobbogage) October 23, 2022
Whoops… https://t.co/wy7j3ul2jy
— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) October 23, 2022
Snyder needs to just sell the team. https://t.co/7GEWE5kR7F
— Joey 🃏 (@AssassinateHate) October 23, 2022
She’s proving to be as tone deaf as her husband. Only difference is she actually speaks publicly https://t.co/Lw7MoWoGwE
— Andy Pollin (@andypollin1) October 23, 2022
This certainly isn’t the only controversy for the Snyders or the Commanders as there are currently numerous accusations against her husband and co-owner Dan Snyder as the league investigates allegations of sexual harassment, misogyny, and financial fraud which could result in his removal as a team owner.
