CBS is scheduled to air five Washington Redskins games this season but the reporters and anchors covering the games might not use the team's name during the broadcasts.

As the politically correct pressure builds to employ speech codes on news organizations who use the term "Redskins" when reporting on Washington DC's football team, CBS has decided to leave it to the discretion of their on-air talent as to whether they will use the word or not.

CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus, told The Hollywood Reporter how CBS Sports analysts will address the controversy this fall:

"We haven't talked to them yet. Generally speaking, we do not tell our announcers what to say or not say. Up to this point, it has not been a big issue for us. Last year, it was simmering; now it's reaching a hotter level. But we probably will not end up dictating to our announcers whether they say Redskins or don't say Redskins. We leave that up to them and our production team.

"There are times when something becomes important enough that we talk to them, and between now and the start of football season we'll decide what is the right thing to do."

Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, who has supported team owner Daniel Snyder's decision to keep the name for his team said, "We don't dictate to our partners what they say. We don't give them that kind of direction."