Not sure that’s always the case….
Mets
Expos
Yankees
Pelicans
Penguins
Trash Pandas
Bananas
Twins
Isotopes
Rebels
Rays
Jazz
Nuggets
Okra
And on and on and on. Some names are generally non-intimidating, silly, and/or stupid for reasons that don’t really have anything to do with potentially offensive or racist subtext.
It’s not a huge deal to change a team name for any reason, it happens all the time for other purposes. That’s the flip side to this constant culture war. If its something that really isn’t sacred anyway, why the hell keep it in place unnecessarily if there is a better path forward?