{"id":1979975,"date":"2023-07-21T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magic-johnson-is-now-an-nfl-owner-may-change-the-name-of-team-everythings-on-the-table\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:12:53","slug":"magic-johnson-is-now-an-nfl-owner-may-change-the-name-of-team-everythings-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magic-johnson-is-now-an-nfl-owner-may-change-the-name-of-team-everythings-on-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson, NFL owner, open to renaming team: &#8216;All options considered&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmagic-johnson-is-now-an-nfl-owner-may-change-the-name-of-team-everythings-on-the-table%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If there\u200d were three things Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson was most known\u2062 for while on the \u201cShowtime\u201d Los Angeles Lakers, they were the following:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Championships.<\/li>\n<li>Elite passing.<\/li>\n<li>Infectious positivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If there is any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-jim-acosta-admits-to-media-bias-against-the-president\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019S Jim Acosta admits to media bias against the President\">fan base<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-very-difficult-to-reach-covid-19-herd-immunity-before-end-of-summer\/\" title=\"Biden: \u2018Very Difficult\u2019 to Reach COVID-19 Herd Immunity Before End of Summer\">pro football<\/a> that needs a\u200b jolt of all three of those\u200b things almost as much as it\u2063 needs air, it\u2019s\u200d the fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-team-may-need-change-name-feds-send-notice-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moribund<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/washington-commanders-fine-coach-jack-del-rio-100000-rejecting-partisan-jan-6-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inept<\/a> Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063a curious twist, those \u200dtwo very different things \u2014 a veritable NBA \u200blegend and a bottom-tier NFL franchise \u2014 are headed for\u200c a\u200d collision \u2063course after an ownership \u200bgroup that includes Johnson \u200csuccessfully purchased\u2062 the Commanders from the beleaguered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dan-snyder-claims-nfl-mafia-response-wave-accusations-dirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan \u2064Snyder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sale was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-owners-approve-sale-of-washington-commanders-to-josh-harris-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made official<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has a minority stake in the team, while Philadelphia 76ers owner \u200bJosh Harris headlines the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwyane-wade-talks-about-opportunity-to-buy-ownership-stake-in-utah-jazz\/\" title=\"Dwyane Wade Talks About \u2018Opportunity\u2019 To Buy Ownership Stake In Utah Jazz\">ownership group<\/a> purchasing the Commanders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI\u2019m in.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SlPw4Nbusq\">pic.twitter.com\/SlPw4Nbusq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Commanders (@Commanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders\/status\/1682458251772739584?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To commemorate that sale, Craig Melvin of NBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/sports\/magic-johnson-washington-commanders-craig-melvin-rcna95371?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Today<\/a>\u201d\u200b show \u200dinterviewed Johnson \u200babout a myriad of topics pertaining to \u2064his new NFL franchise.<\/p>\n<p>One such topic: Will the team formerly \u200dknown \u2062as \u200bthe Redskins \u200cchange their name \u200cagain after just changing to the Commanders in February 2022?<\/p>\n<p>(The\u2062 franchise was also known as the Washington Football \u2062Team for two \u200byears in an odd transition phase,\u200b so a \u2062Johnson-led name-change would \u2064effectively be the third major rebrand in \u2063just a few years.)<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063Johnson was a bit coy on the topic, he did not outright deny the possibility \u2014 which\u2063 would have been the far easier proposition if the \u200bplan were, in fact, to stay the course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraig, \u200beverything\u2019s on the table, \u2064right? Especially after\u200c this year. We will \u2063see where we\u200d are with the name, but I can\u2019t say that right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime NBA\u2063 point guard reiterated that, at least for a year,\u2062 the new ownership group wants to observe first and act later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going spend this year understanding what we have in place,\u201d Johnson told \u201cToday.\u201d\u2063 \u201cAnd then I\u2019m sure that that\u2019ll \u2064come up. The Commanders, the name\u2064 of the team, will come up eventually. But right now we got enough work to do and \u2064that will keep us busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, this is hardly the first\u2064 time that a new ownership group \u2014 featuring Johnson \u200band his iconic smile \u2062\u2014 has taken over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-springs-infernal\/\" title=\"Woke Springs Infernal\">sports franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has varying degrees of \u2062ownership in MLB\u2019s\u2063 Los Angeles \u200bDodgers, MLS\u2019 Los Angeles FC and\u2064 the WNBA\u2019s Los Angeles Sparks.<\/p>\n<p>In all three of those\u200b instances, there were no particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magic-johnson-is-now-an-nfl-owner-may-change-the-name-of-team-everythings-on-the-table\/\" title=\"Magic Johnson, NFL owner, open to renaming team: 'All options considered'\">drastic moves made \u200cpost-ownership\u2062 change<\/a> and certainly no\u2062 moves as drastic as a name change.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, none \u2062of those three teams was under the intense scrutiny that the Commanders are.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you may think of MLB, MLS or the WNBA, the NFL\u2064 is in a totally different stratosphere as far as popularity goes.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders, \u200cfor as bad as they\u2019ve been since winning a Super Bowl\u2064 in \u200d1991, have \u200clegions of diehard fans.<\/p>\n<p>Those fans and that extra-scrutinizing microscope are going to be watching every move Johnson and the new ownership group make. When a new co-owner says \u201ceverything\u2019s on the table\u201d regarding an NFL team, people are going to listen and watch.<\/p>\n<p>And when \u201ceverything\u2019s on the table\u201d regarding one of \u2062the most tortured, \u2064controversial and polarizing franchises in \u200cthe NFL, by word of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/magic-johnson-details-backstabbing-received-lakers-gives-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magic Johnson<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Even casual NFL fans will \u2062likely keep abreast of what\u2019s going on with the Commanders for at least the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<h3>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/magic-johnson-now-nfl-owner-may-change-name-team-everythings-table\/\">Magic Johnson Is Now\u200d an NFL Owner, May\u200c Change the \u2063Name of Team: &#8216;Everything&#8217;s on the Table&#8217;<\/a> \u2064appeared \u2063first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earvin &#8220;Magic&#8221; Johnson&#8217;s legacy on the &#8220;Showtime&#8221; Los Angeles Lakers was defined by three things: championships, elite passing, and infectious positivity. 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