The Washington Redskins' chances of returning to the nation's capital appeared to have been hindered by the Obama administration.
According to the Washington Post, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in April that the National Park Service likely would not approve the construction of a new football stadium for the Redskins on land owned by the department unless the team changed its name.
The National Park Service owns the land under Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, which was considered a potential site for a new stadium for the Redskins.
Jessica Kershaw, a spokeswoman for the Department of the Interior, said Jewell "did mention in that meeting that she was uncomfortable with the name.