Washington Commanders have 'no comment' on coach Dan Quinn's T-shirt referencing the franchise's old 'racially insensitive' Redskins logo... as fans admit they want to buy their own

The Washington Commanders may be trying to distance themselves from Dan Quinn rocking a controversial shirt that referenced the team's racially insensitive former logo. 

Quinn, who was named head coach in the offseason, divided the fan base when he wore a graphic tee featuring two feathers from a Native American headdress over the weekend. The shirt, which was a mashup of the current and former logos, featured the team name below a large W adorned with two feathers.

The team told NBC Sports they have 'no organizational comment' on the matter. The outlet also claimed 'Quinn wore the T-shirt on his own, without the team knowing he'd be doing it.'

Many fans, who have long been unhappy with the franchise's 2020 rebrand amid pressure from Native American groups, lauded Quinn's unlicensed tee. 

'I'd actually buy one of those,' one fan wrote on X. 

'Keep the W with the feather ... I'd vote for that logo,' another chimed in. 

Others, however, called the unsanctioned merchandise 'appalling.' 

'Completely goes against the reason they changed the name in the first place,' one person wrote on X.  

The club had previously been known as the Redskins dating back to its inception in 1933, but ditched the moniker in 2020 amid mounting commentary about its racially insensitive undertones. 

The team's new ownership group, led by managing partner Josh Harris, previously shut down rumors that they're considering a name change after purchasing the Commanders in 2023. 

'Obviously, I grew up in D.C. and I was there during the glory years, so I understand why fans love the former name,' Harris told Sports Illustrated last year. 

'But look, there was a portion of our fanbase that felt disrespected by the former name,' he continued. 

'Sports are supposed to bring people together and not be a distraction. I don't want distractions ... I thought it was important that we end the conversation.'

The origin of 'redskin' is disputed, according to a 2016 Washington Post article that claims it was first used as a pejorative as early as 1863 in Minnesota.

'The State reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory,' read an announcement in The Winona Daily Republican. 'This sum is more than the dead bodies of all the Indians east of the Red River are worth.'

By 1898, Webster's Collegiate Dictionary began defining 'redskin' with the phrase 'often contemptuous.'