He went on some weird screed about how the time to worry about names that insult native Americans has passed, and the Cleveland guardians should revert to "Indians," while the Washington commanders should revert to "Redsk*ns" or else he'll personally veto any stadium money from the federal government.
The Cleveland team said in a statement they're happy with the name as it is. And that pretty much was it for them. For now anyway.
The football team would (I would say "never" in the past, but these days the world is truly upside down) be unlikely to change the name back because (as I've noted before) the copyright restrictions on the name and likeness that they used have been lifted. Anyone could profit from it, undercutting a prime source of revenue for the team.
Aside: take a look at the reveal of the throwback uniform. Do take note of the fact that there is no mention of the name and they did not use the logo for this very reason.
And here is the guy who is in the highest office telling literally everyone - from private citizens to private companies - how to conduct themselves.
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