As was the case in much of the 2013 season, the Washington Redskins are being met on the road by protesters.
According to Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com, via Twitter, there is a small group outside NRG Stadium in Houston, where the Redskins face the Texans in their season opener.
A recent ESPN poll showed that 71 percent of respondents think the team should keep its controversial name.
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That is down from 89 percent in a 1992 poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News and 83 percent in an online poll conducted by the Associated Press and GfK earlier this year, according to the Washington Post.
The team was founded in 1932 by owner George Preston Marshall as the Boston Braves, but the name was changed to the Boston Redskins after one season because of confusion between the new pro football team in Boston and the longtime National League baseball franchise (now the Atlanta Braves) known by the same name.
When the franchise moved from Boston to Washington in 1937, it retained the name and has maintained it since, entering its 82nd season with the Native American slur as its moniker.