Packers team President Mark Murphy has been among the NFL executives most willing to discuss the Redskins name issue in recent years.

“I don’t know if there is any way you can change Redskins,” the former Redskins safety said last summer. “The owner, Dan Snyder, has come out very strong that he will never change the name. But I am sensitive. It’s a name that’s very derogatory to a lot of people.”

Murphy was asked about the name issue again this week, at a Marquette University Law School event. The first question of the Q&A session, in fact, concerned this issue.

“I thank God every day we don’t have a Dan Snyder or Jerry Jones; we have you instead,” the audience member began. “But you brought up Dan Snyder. And I think in the old days, just a couple years ago, when Packers fans wanted to bring up the evil owner, we’d bring up Jerry Jones. Dan, I think of [as] that now, because of the controversy over the nickname….

“I ask this question gingerly, because at Marquette some people still want to be the Warriors again, but I think with the Warriors nickname, it was the logo and not the name itself. So I wanted to ask you if at owner meetings, whether for a moral or a money reason, owners — including yourself — are starting to pressure Snyder to change the name?”

“Great questions,” Murphy said, referencing this and another question the man asked. “Quite honestly on the Redskins issue, it has been discussed at the league level. We’ve had some discussions at owners meetings. Dan has made presentations. Quite honestly, I think with all the issues we’re facing, with domestic violence and concussions, it’s probably not at the top of the list.

“I would say, though, I’m very sensitive to it for a couple reasons,” said Murphy, the former athletic director at Colgate University. “Number one, we’re right in the middle of the Oneida Nation. The Oneida Nation, ironically, they’re really a big presence not only in Green Bay but also right near Colgate University up in Oneida, N.Y., which is right near Colgate. And they’ve taken a very strong stance nationally that this is offensive to Native Americans and it should be change.”

Murphy then described how he helped lead Colgate from the Red Raiders mascot to just the Raiders.

“This is obviously a much bigger issue,” he noted. “I think when it gets to the point where it’s costing the team, the Redskins and the league money, then I think you’ll start to see some real serious discussion about it.”

(Via the Journal Sentinel. See the full Murphy event here.)