A potential name change is not imminent for CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Eskimos have no immediate plans to change their name.
The CFL franchise has spent the past couple of years speaking with Inuit leaders and conducting research on the impact of the Eskimos name on the Inuit community. And the club plans to do much more before being in a position to determine the final results of its efforts.
Despite a social media report Monday suggesting Edmonton would be changing its name to Empire, Allan Watt, a marketing and communications official with the Eskimos, said there’s nothing imminent regarding a new team monicker.
“We’ve been doing many phases of research and been up north and done extensive research there,” Watt said. “It was not about changing our name.