NFL's Goodell, Idaho School Diverge on Use of 'Redskins'

While NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defends the controversial name of the Washington Redskins, a school superintendent in Idaho has announced that sports teams for Teton High School will no longer be called the "Redskins."

In a letter dated June 5 and made public Tuesday, Goodell responded to a request from members of the Congressional Native American Caucus to change the NFL team's name. He cited polls in which Native Americans supported the nickname and reiterated that "neither in intent nor use was the name ever meant to denigrate Native Americans or offend any group."

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