Commanders at odds with NFL over team crest

The Commanders and the NFL are "at odds once again, this time over a proposed change to the team's new crest." At the unveiling two weeks ago, the team "presented the crest, an homage to its history, with the dates of its five world championships listed." But fans noted that the dates "were the years of the Super Bowl games themselves, not the seasons that preceded the titles." For instance, the crest says 1992, but the title is "commonly credited" to the '91 team. According to a source, the team "tweaked the crest, changing the years to the Roman numerals of the game." However, all changes to logos and team identities "have to be presented to the NFL for league approval, and the NFL declined Washington's request." That has "left Washington in limbo as it works on how best to present its new merchandise to fans." A source said that the team is "still brainstorming ways to tweak the crest to reflect the fan feedback that has been received" (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 2/17).