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Commanders sold the wrong Washington mugs at stadium

Originally posted on DC Sports King
By King W. Motley III | Last updated 9/11/22

The Washington Commanders already suffered their first L of the season with an epic merchandise fail. The Commanders will make their debut at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Before kickoff, NBC Sports Washington’s Pete Hailey passed along mugs featuring the Commanders logo with an outliner of the state of Washington on sale at FedEx Field.

Elsewhere at the stadium: I’m being told there are mugs with outlines of the state Washington for sale pic.twitter.com/1fzp4RrdNV
— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) September 11, 2022

Whoever made the mugs failed at geography and did not know the difference between Washington, D.C., and the state of Washington.

Team officials later told Hailey, that the mugs were not sold inside the stadium. Instead, they were being sold at a truck just outside.

However, the mugs were sold by an official Commanders truck right outside the team shop, according to `. They have since been removed from the case.

The mugs were sold by the official team truck (note the NFL logo) right outside the team shop. They have since been removed, the volunteers working the truck said. https://t.co/ZnXJvHVz97 pic.twitter.com/9GWaEaEjxX
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 11, 2022

The Commanders franchise has taken many PR hits in recent years. Some are much more concerning than others. Washington has restructured its front office, hiring Jason Wright as the team president to replace Bruce Allen.

Yet the hits keep coming which included the mishandling of Sean Taylor’s jersey retirement and the team’s name change reveal. Now, having a set of mugs with the wrong Washington is yet another hilarious blunder for the franchise.

This article first appeared on DC Sports King and was syndicated with permission.

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