Photo by Brian Allen.

Photo by Brian Allen.

Update: The Giants have since tweeted out another schedule that does use Washington’s name.

Original: It’s not just us—the New York Giants declined to use the Washington Football Team name in a schedule they tweeted out last night.

Take a look:

Deadspin pointed out that while the schedule uses every other team’s nickname, it refers to Dan Snyder’s team as “Washington.”

Deadspin got the team’s spokesperson, Pat Conlan, to acknowledge that while the Giants use the team’s nickname and location interchangeably, “no other team is referred to by both city and nickname.” But Conlan wouldn’t give an explanation for that choice.

Washington’s team managed to sidestep such a quandary by only using logos in its schedule (though it’s the only team in the NFL with a slur for a name). None of the other teams playing against Washington in 2016 treated it differently than others in their schedules.

A poll from Washington City Paper this winter found that 58 percent of those polled found the team’s name offensive.

Yet to be polled: whether people are in favor of the proposed moat in the renderings for a new stadium—to be utilized by water sports fans during the summer and ice skaters in the winter.

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