The Obama FCC will consider banning “Redskins” and punishing broadcasters for using the nickname in their coverage.
The ruling would allow the government to fine broadcasters for using the word “Redskins” on the air.
Sports Illustrated reported:
The Federal Communications Commission will consider punishing broadcasters for using the Washington Redskins’ nickname on air, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said during a conference call with reporters, according to Reuters.
Legal activist John Banzhaf III, a law professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., petitioned the FCC to revoke a Washington radio station’s broadcast license due to its repeated use of the nickname.
Wheeler said his organization will “be looking into that petition.”
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