The CFL‘s Edmonton team have been on the search for a new name and the club unveiled it this morning at Commonwealth Stadium.
New Name. Same Game.
Let’s play some football. #ElksCharge pic.twitter.com/RhtwzcAmhv
— Edmonton Elks (@elks) June 1, 2021
The team was known as the EE Football Team for 10 months before the change to Elks. The team picked one of the 7 names that were : Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles, and Elements. The change was made because of the offensive nature of the club’s previous moniker of Eskimos.