Roger Goodell On Redskins Name: 'We Must Listen To Those Offended By The Nickname'

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that the NFL should pay attention to those offended by the Washington Redskins nickname.

"If we are offending one person, we need to be listening," Goodell said Wednesday in an interview with WJFK-FM, "and making sure that we're doing the right things to try to address that."

It was a subtle change in position for Goodell, who had more strongly supported the nickname in his previous statements this year.

Goodell, who grew up in Washington and was a Redskins fan, said it's team owner Dan Snyder's decision if the name will be changed.

"But," Goodell added, "it is something that I want all of us to go out and make sure we're listening to our fans, listening to people who have a different view, and making sure that we continue to do what's right to make sure that team represents the strong tradition and history that it has for so many years."

Snyder has vowed to never change the name, but momentum for a switch has been growing this year.

The name was attacked as racist at a high-profile symposium at the Smithsonian.

Source: NFL.com