I wonder if the NFL can deduct that amount from what Harris has to pay Snyder and then ask Harris to pay the amount to the NFL.GJGE, Roger. Does Snyder just pass that bill onto Harris now?
This sale is a great thing. But the fact that Snyder gets to go away with a 700% profit in his $800M investment is just totally depressing.
Maybe someone can sink his superyacht in the Mediterranean somewhere.
Donald Sterling reaped an even larger windfall when he sold the Clippers — $6b for the Commanders seems a lot closer to fair value now than $2b for the Clippers did 9 years ago. From the incoming owner’s perspective, there’s a lot to be said for succeeding a hated person; the selling owner, ironically, benefits from being hated.GJGE, Roger. Does Snyder just pass that bill onto Harris now?
This sale is a great thing. But the fact that Snyder gets to go away with a 700% profit in his $800M investment is just totally depressing.
Maybe someone can sink his superyacht in the Mediterranean somewhere.
I mean, does this even matter? Snyder is walking away with a cool couple of billion in his pocket and the NFL is skimming a small cut off the top.This just in - a final kick in the balls for Snyder on his way out the door. Or maybe at his level of wealth, a light tap on the balls.
"The NFL has fined now former Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder $60 million connected to allegations of misconduct and financial improprieties made by former team employees, the league announced Thursday, just after the league announced the sale of the team to a group led by Josh Harris."
https://theathletic.com/4707844/2023/07/20/dan-snyder-fine-60-million?source=user-shared-article
Indeed. From all accounts, "owner of the Washington football team" was central to his entire identity. There were accounts of how he pathetically tried to join the owners' meetings while he technically had ceded control to his wife, and was rebuffed. Now he has a lot of money but no one respects him. It's about as good an ending you could hope for since he was always going to be rich from the sale.No one should be depressed. This was Snyder's life work and it was an absolute, complete failure. You can't put a price on that.
He had an even worse run than the Sullivans did with the Patriots. That is impressive.No one should be depressed. This was Snyder's life work and it was an absolute, complete failure. You can't put a price on that.
Seriously. What's even the point of having $6B if you can't own your favorite sports team?Some people are so poor, all they have is money.
Maybe he’ll buy a social media platform or start launching things into space.Seriously. What's even the point of having $6B if you can't own your favorite sports team?
attorney Beth Wilkinson's investigation into the franchise. The previous summer, he had hired Wilkinson to look into the team, a move to keep the league office at arm's distance. But the league quickly had assumed control of Wilkinson's inquiry and quietly struck an accord with Snyder's team -- "a common interest agreement" that the owner and the league would share all evidence and material collected and that neither the NFL nor Snyder would release any information from the inquiry without the other's consent.
The Reed Smith lawyer being named Siev is a nice touch.Re: article—
“Neither the NFL nor the commissioner leaked Coach Gruden's offensive emails," McCarthy told ESPN.
-> that is not a denial.
Reed Smith has a lot of money-over-principles vipers. Much worse than your average BigLaw firm.
Haha lol the first rule of BigLaw “independent”’ investigation is that the people who retain them always get vindicated (99.9%). Once the league “assumed control” Snyder should have known how this would go
We'll never know but I doubt it was the investigation that got Snyder, it was cooking the books. Cheating your business partners out of money is never a good thing.Re: article—
“Neither the NFL nor the commissioner leaked Coach Gruden's offensive emails," McCarthy told ESPN.
-> that is not a denial.
Reed Smith has a lot of money-over-principles vipers. Much worse than your average BigLaw firm.
Haha lol the first rule of BigLaw “independent”’ investigation is that the people who retain them always get vindicated (99.9%). Once the league “assumed control” Snyder should have known how this would go
He had a worse run than the Sullivans and Victor Kiam combined.He had an even worse run than the Sullivans did with the Patriots. That is impressive.
Snyder made the playoffs in only 6 of the 24 years he owned the team. That's impressive in its futility, especially given how much he interfered with football operations.He had an even worse run than the Sullivans did with the Patriots. That is impressive.
A few to choose from, including some convicted of crimes: https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/worst-sports-owners-dc72726badbf41a7He had a worse run than the Sullivans and Victor Kiam combined.
Stepien, Sterling, Snyder. Who's the 4th on Mount Trashmore?
Schott even continues the "S" trend, and is quite possibly the worst human being of the group (less obvious the worst owner).... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_SchottHe had a worse run than the Sullivans and Victor Kiam combined.
Stepien, Sterling, Snyder. Who's the 4th on Mount Trashmore?
I nominate Frank McCourt.He had a worse run than the Sullivans and Victor Kiam combined.
Stepien, Sterling, Snyder. Who's the 4th on Mount Trashmore?
Do we think Snyder was behind Shanahan playing a hobbled RG3 in that playoff game and ruining his career? Shanny always seemed like kind of a hardass but even at the time that made no sense at all given everything they’d given up for him. If Snyder was in his ear desperate for a playoff win; it begins to maybe add up a little.Snyder made the playoffs in only 6 of the 24 years he owned the team. That's impressive in its futility, especially given how much he interfered with football operations.
I honestly do not know, perhaps someone on the board who is a fan of the team can chime in. It sounds like a very typical Snyder thing to do but I don't know if that's actually the case.Do we think Snyder was behind Shanahan playing a hobbled RG3 in that playoff game and ruining his career? Shanny always seemed like kind of a hardass but even at the time that made no sense at all given everything they’d given up for him. If Snyder was in his ear desperate for a playoff win; it begins to maybe add up a little.
I think it's telling how Harris and even Gibbs in that video above is using the word "Commanders" as sparingly as possible.ESPN’s Don Van Natta told Rich Eisen that another name change is on the table. I’d go back to Football Team, it had potential.
Come on. There is a name that will work. Because there are a lot of possible names. (Wild Hogs, Senators, Diplomats, whatever) And no matter if the name is good or bad, it will stick and people will get just get used to it.They're still going to have the same problem that Snyder had -- there's not a name out there that's really going to work. Although Football Team was fun.
They could but that would mean they are continuing Snyder's legacy. And obviously they do not want to do that. For approximately a million reasons.By that logic, they can just ride out Commanders, no?
Not sure how much it means but a couple of my Navajo friends were harder-core Skins fans than I was, and I was pretty big. They couldn't care less about the name, sorta took a pride in it.I heard an interesting conversation at the gym yesterday. ESPN was reporting the story of the sale on the locker room TV. Wilbon and Kornheiser (erstwhile WaPo reporters) were discussing the sale and the idea of a name change came about amongst the 15 or so middle aged gym rats milling around. Someone asked - "Will they go back to the Redskins?" The consensus was pretty universal that "No they won't, but they should". I was on my way to work and didn't really wanna engage (I hesitate to even bring this up here!) so I hurried to leave when someone asked the room a pretty interesting question: "Can an offensive word or slur ever be rehabilitated?"
I always thought Hogs was the best choice. It’s tied to team history so the older fans can get behind it and I think it’s catchy.I like Hogs. Fans and sportswriters are always shortening names. Astros - ‘stros, Red Sox - Sox, with the Hogs we might get Hos.
Especially if they paired it with the 1937 throwbacks. Could definitely work.I thought "Washington Football Team" was cool as shit.
Team Fuckfaces.The Washington Party Lines
The Washington Polarizers
The Washington Fuckfaces
If you're really going for the bureaucratic beltway vibe, it only works as an acronym.Washington Football Team is a great name for a DC football team. Probably wouldn’t work anywhere else, but it feels no-nonsense, no-frills, almost bureaucratic.
WTF: Washington Team of Football?If you're really going for the bureaucratic beltway vibe, it only works as an acronym.