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Yesterday, Dan Snyder announced the formation of a new charity, the Original Americans Foundation, which aims to alleviate pressure to get him to change the Washington football team’s name by giving money to Native Americans instead of, you know, actually changing the team’s name.

Following Snyder’s self-congratulating letter talking about all the things he’s learned about Native Americans in the past several months, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised him today at a meeting Snyder organized for league officials and team owners, the Post reports.

“We have been listening, but so has Dan. That was the point of the presentation, that he has been listening,” Goodell said at a press conference following the meeting. “[Snyder] has visited 26 [reservations] and he has been working very closely with them, listening and learning. And there are some important needs that he has identified by having these meetings. But that was a presentation completely by the Redskins. It was their issue, and the membership appreciated hearing it.”

Goodell also said that the idea for the Original Americans Foundation was completely Snyder’s and the Washington football team organization’s initiative and not something the NFL pressured them to do. Goodell also addressed the sensitivity of the name change issue, saying that “90 percent of [Washington football team] fans support the name, they believe it’s something that demonstrates pride and the general population also supports it overwhelming.”

Believe it or not, quite a few people think these fans are wrong. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who serves as co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, said in a statement “team owner Dan Snyder wants to keep profiting from his team’s racist brand and use those profits to attempt to buy the silence of Native Americans with a foundation that is equal parts public relations scheme and tax deduction.”