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Since the controversy surrounding the Washington football team’s name has flared up, many former players have spoken up in support of, or against the name. While several cherished players, like Art Monk and Darrell Green have expressed thoughts that the team should change their name, no former head coaches have said anything.

But, AP reports that Joe Gibbs—one of the team’s most legendary coaches, having led them to Superbowl glory in 1982, 1987, and 1991—doesn’t think the name is an issue. “Never once did I hear anybody ever say anything negative about the name Redskins,” Gibbs said in an interview before a NASCAR race in Kentucky. “It was always prideful, it was courage involved. We have a song, ‘Hail to the Redskins,” and so everything, everything, about that name has been positive for me and my past.”

While pressure to change the team’s name has been mounting—with organizations like the Oneida Indian Nation leading the pack, with support from many politicians—a majority of people still support the team’s name, numerous polls show. Meanwhile, in response to the 50 Senators who signed a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, urging him to do something about the team’s name, a group of Virginia legislators formed the Washington football team Pride Caucus, a a bipartisan group of lawmakers who represent the fans of the team in Virginia.

At the group’s first press conference, one of the caucus’s founders, Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas), said this about the state of the team name controversy (via DC Sports Bog):

“And the last thing I’ll say about this movement for the Redskins to change their name: it truly is political correctness on steroids in overdrive. That’s exactly what it is. So ladies and gentlemen, we’re here to protect the integrity of a Virginia business that thousands, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Virginians love to support and love to cheer for. And they’re proud of the Redskins name, and they do not think that there’s ANY racism in that name. They see it as a point of pride, as do I.”

Meanwhile, while many don’t see a problem with the team’s name, it’s still a dictionary-defined racial slur. Dictionary.com plans to remove the word “often” from its definition of the word, which reads “slang: Often disparaging and offensive,” MTV reports.