Yahoo Sports · Jul 11, 2020
FedEx reportedly tells Washington it will pull stadium signage unless name is changed
The same day FedEx publicly asked Washington’s football team to change its name, it notified the team privately that unless the name is changed it would remove its signage from the stadium after the 2020 season, per the Washington Post.
FedEx signed a $205 million stadium naming rights deal with the team in 1999 and it’s not set to expire for another six years. The shipping company’s sentence request resulted in a statement by owner Dan Snyder the following morning that they will undergo “a thorough review of the team’s name.”
The email from the general counsel of FedEx to that of the team was “more detailed and pointed,” per the Post.
FedEx: Washington name poses risk to our brand