Edmonton's CFL team will reportedly be changing their name. MORE:
The Edmonton Canadian Football League franchise has made an internal decision will be changing its name from the Eskimos, sources tell TSN.
"We acknowledge and appreciate the feedback and input regarding our name," the team said in a July 8th statement."We take this issue seriously as has been demonstrated by the three years weve spent engaging in Canada's north and conducting research related to our name. We recognize that a lot has occurred since this information was gathered, and as a result, we are accelerating our ongoing process of review.
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