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Americans. as correspondent reports, president obama has now been drawn into the debate. >> reporter: on the field they are fierce competitors with a faithful fan base. but off the gridiron, a different battle over the team's controversial name, redskins. in an interview released saturday, president obama weighed in for the first time. >> i've got to say if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think about changing it. >> reporter: nfl commissioner robert goodell made si...

President obama has now been drawn into the debate. >> reporter: on the field they are fierce competitors with a faithful fan base. but off the gridiron, a different battle over the team's controversial name, redskins. in an interview released saturday, president obama weighed in for the first time. >> i've got to say if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think about changing it. >> reporter: nfl commissioner robert goodell made similar comments in september. >> we ha...