Most D.C.-area sports fans despise or detest Commanders’ names, a poll finds.

The majority of D.C.-area fans still don’t like the Commanders, the NFL team that Washington switched to two years ago.

The Commanders are the new moniker that Washington’s NFL team will be playing under starting in February 2022. (Source: The Washington Post/John McDonnell)

Even after the Washington, D.C., NFL team changed its name to the Commanders two years ago, the majority of the city’s supporters still don’t like it.

The majority of local sports fans (54 percent), according to a Washington Post-Schar School study conducted in April, believe they either detest or hate the moniker.

The dislike for the name is even more pronounced among local Commanders supporters, with 58% stating they don’t like it.

They think they have their quarterback, Commanders. Are they able to keep him safe?
22 May 2024 Washingtonians, according to a Post-Schar School survey, want Commanders to return to D.C.
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