[BobC]

Interestingly, the Cleveland MLB franchise still has ownership of the Chief Wahoo name and image as a registered trademark, and products with the Chief Wahoo image are still available and being sold. If they really were abandoning the Chief Wahoo image, why did they bother to officially re-register the trademark for it in 2016, and continue to sell Chief Wahoo merchandise to this day?

The simple answer of course is money. The Cleveland fan base is not going to simply abandon their team's history and iconic logo just like that. The team and MLB are trying to be politically correct, but do not want to lose fans and revenue. They realize that fully abandoning, and then going even further to officially ban, the Indians name and Chief Wahoo logo will likely resort in losing fans, and revenue as a result.

I also wonder if the fact that the Indians play the Toronto Blue Jays in Canada each year, while the Atlanta Braves do not necessarily regularly play in Canada every year, has anything to do with the Cleveland franchise seeming to get so much more criticism and pressure to get rid of the Indians name? I understand Canadian trademark laws and conditions can be much different than in the US, and prior legal actions and future threats of continued efforts to stop the use of the Chief Wahoo image and Indians name at games in Toronto was likely a compelling reason for MLB to put added pressure on Cleveland for the name change, but not so much Atlanta.