There has been quite a bit of pressure put on Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the name because it offends some people. If it offends people, I agree it should be changed. What’s funny to me is the team has been called the Redskins forever and ever, so why the sudden pressure to change the name? Once a bandwagon gets rolling, that is when people wanna jump on and appear as if they are down for a cause. Snyder has seemed pretty defiant about changing the name, but some digging might of uncovered that he is closer to changing the name than we think. Hit the jump.

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As per TMZ:

Something curious/suspicious is going on with the Washington Redskins … there’s evidence the owner might be caving to pressure to change the name.

Here’s what we know. Redskins owner Dan Snyder lives in Potomac, Maryland, a few doors down from a very rich dude, Aris Mardirossian. Aris, a wealthy patent investor, registered the name, WASHINGTON BRAVEHEARTS on October 17th. According to the Trademark application, obtained by TMZSports, Aris plans to use the name for “Entertainment in the nature of football games.”

Aris also created a company called Washington Brave Hearts, LLC on the same day — Oct. 17th. We’ve also obtained the LLC docs but there are no specifics.

As for the relationship between Aris and Dan, we’re told the 2 of them formed a united front on their block a few years back — both men wanted to cut down trees on their lots but they were being blocked by the county.

Also, we found out both Snyder and Mardirossian attended the University of Maryland … just at different times.

With all the hubbub over the Redskins name, it’s more than curious that a man who has nothing to do with football would suddenly register the name of a football team that would solve his neighbor’s problem.

We’ve made numerous calls to everyone involved, and almost everyone who spoke to us was tight-lipped and would not broach the subject. Aris flat out hung up on us. As for the Redskins, we’ve made multiple calls but so far, no word back.

This is way too much of a coincidence for me. How does Washington Bravehearts sound to you?