FILE - Washington Football Team cheerleaders perform before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Landover, Md., in this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, file photo.
The Washington Football Team will not have cheerleaders for the 2021 season as part of an organizational rebranding.
(AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr., File)Washington will not have cheerleaders for the first time since the NFLās longest-running cheerleading team was founded in 1962, with a coed dance team taking its place.
Wright has said he expects āWashington Football Teamā to continue for 2021 with a new, permanent name to be ready in 2022.
āMy goal is to create this team, reinvent this team and make it more modern.ā___AdMore AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL