Football Team Names

Since the "Washington Redskins" decided to change their racist name, they have decided to call their team the "Washington Football Team" while the team tries to come up with a "more acceptable" permanent moniker.

Perhaps they should stop their renaming efforts, and stay with the "temporary" name of Washington Football Team.  In fact it would be appropriate to rename every NFL team to more accurately reflect their geographic affiliation:  The Colorado Football Team, The Tennessee Football Team, etc.  As far as states with several NFL teams within their borders, should they acknowledge that their states are not truly unified entities but rather have competing interests within their borders:  The Oakland Football Team, The North Los Angeles Football Team,  The South Los Angeles Football Team?

The reason for this proposal is that it appears that NFL teams are surrogate military forces, symbols and supporters of national sovereignty; and football games are a surrogate for war and all the nationalistic feelings that accompany war.  We don't call the US Army the US Bears or US Eagles, we call it the US Army because that whose interest it represents.