Oklahoma City Sioux

The Oklahoma City Sioux are a NFL team located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They joined the NFL in 1961, being one of the oldest active clubs in the league.

Name controversy
The name of the team is considered controversial because it makes allusion to the Sioux Indians, a popular tribe in Oklahoma.

In 2017, there was a purpose of rebrading the team as "Oklahoma Nationals", the franchise didn't accept it. The MLB team "Washington Nationals" didn't approved or reproved the usage of the name "Nationals".

As time goes by, OCS keeping this name became harder. Hours before the first game of the Sioux in the 2020 NFL season, some BLM-influenced riots happened close to Oklahoma City Sioux's stadium telling the club to change its name (Based on what the Washington Redskins did). 4 days later, the president of the franchise announced the club will not change its name, at least for the 2020 season.

The team didn't stated if they will rebrand to the 2021 season or not yet.