In connection with the "Black Lives Matter" movement, the NFL team Washington Redskins changed its name last month, as it was perceived as degrading to the indigenous population in the USA - and caused major protests.

Now the association, which is currently called the Washington Football Team, has written history. Today, the club, as the first in the history of the American football league, presented a black club chairman.

Important appointment

Wright, 38, has previously played seven years in the NFL, where he represented San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleveland and Arizona. He is aware that the appointment of him is important.

- What it should signal, at least within the organization, is that the obstacles that tend to exist around black talent in various places are about to decrease. And that should send a signal that there is a big change in the culture that Dan and Tanya Snyder (the club's owners), the coach (Ron) Rivera and I will now try to implement, he tells ESPN.

Abuse of power and sexual harassment

Washington has been in the headlines a lot lately, and not just because of the club's name. There have also been a lot of reports of abuse of power and sexual harassment in the club. Jason Wright says that the club is now undergoing a change, something he believes that the club's newly made employment of a woman as head of the communications department also showed.

- It is a change compared to hir it has been before. Now we have a culture that is inclusive and transparent, where people can thrive both on and off the track, he says.