The Edmonton team of the Canadian Football League announced Tuesday that it will discontinue the use of the word "Eskimo" in the team's name. For now, the team will be known as Edmonton Football Team and EE Football Team.
Janice Agrios, the chair of the team's board of directors:
People who defended the name only a year ago are less comfortable with it now. Institutions are being renamed around the world. The change to our name is part of a sweeping societal change.
Agrios said that while the nickname was used respectfully, the organization knows that an increasing number of people felt it was insensitive or racist.