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By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The National Football League’s Washington Football Team said on Wednesday they will now be called the Commanders following a lengthy review on how best to replace an original name that was widely seen as a racial slur against Native Americans. The team, amid calls for racial justice and a threatened loss of sponsors, dropped their longstanding previous name Redskins in mid-2020 following a years-long campaign from critics. The Commanders name was the end result of an 18-month rebrand process that the team said included more than 40,000 fan submissions, countless surv…