What a shock. The final NFL franchise to combine — the workforce named after a racial slur till 2020 — is rotten. So rotten that Congress determined to dig all the way in which in to see simply how far it unfold, and discovered that it’s seen as quickly because the pores and skin is eliminated and runs all the way in which to the core of the noxious fruit that’s the Washington Commanders.
In a 78-page report, Congress detailed the contemptible job that Daniel Snyder has performed because the franchise proprietor, and likewise how the NFL didn’t take sufficient steps to thwart his evil reign. The specifics are gross, however one paragraph on the second to final web page completely summarizes the disgusting dysfunction of the NFL within the nation’s capital:
“The results of the Committee’s investigation, as laid out in this report, are clear: sexual harassment, bullying, and other toxic conduct pervaded the workplace at the Washington Commanders and were perpetuated by a culture of fear instilled by the Team’s owner. The NFL, through the investigation conducted by Ms. Wilkinson, was aware that Mr. Snyder and other Team executives not only failed to stop this misconduct but engaged in it themselves. The League also knew that Mr. Snyder and the Commanders organization used a variety of tactics to intimidate, surveil, and pay off whistleblowers and to influence and obstruct Ms. Wilkinson’s work. Rather than seek real accountability, the NFL aligned its legal interests with Mr. Snyder’s, failed to curtail his abusive tactics, and buried the investigation’s findings.”
Snyder did what he needed when he needed, and confirmed no regard for the humanity of the group’s feminine workers. This report is plagued by individuals detailing — with out anonymity — the flagrant misconduct by Snyder and others throughout the group.
It’s unhealthy sufficient that Snyder has mismanaged the franchise on the sector. A franchise that gained three Super Bowls within the 20 years previous to his buy, has gained two playoff video games within the 23 years since. Much of the fanbase that used to actually shake RFK Stadium with their enthusiasm, has been drained of all of its ardour by Snyder. It has been 15 years since Sean Taylor’s tragic loss of life and the one tribute the franchise has gotten proper is when the protection determined to line up with 10 gamers on the primary play of its first sport with out him. Every different effort has been a shame.
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Snyder is meant to be promoting the franchise quickly. Better late than by no means, nevertheless it has taken far too lengthy. It took him being pressured by the individuals who personal the naming rights to the stadium to lastly change the franchise’s racial slur nickname. Now, in 2022, we discover out in a Congressional report that he has been hiring non-public investigators to point out up at peoples’ homes to try to intimidate them so that they wouldn’t communicate out in opposition to him.
His attorneys, Jerry Jones, and the Republican social gathering can scream that this investigation is a leftist smear marketing campaign all that they need, however the Congressional committee spoke to over 150 individuals. The conclusion that they drew is that the reporting by the New York Times, Washington Post and elsewhere had been correct.
The office of the Washington NFL franchise has been poisonous throughout Snyder’s time as proprietor, and never sufficient has been performed to cease it. The NFL can shoulder a number of the blame for not performing shortly, or decisively, sufficient to try to cease this insanity, however Snyder is the principle downside right here.
For greater than twenty years, Snyder has run this franchise with out a lot regard for decency. He ought to have been compelled to promote his franchise years in the past. The quicker that he’s out of sports activities the higher, however eradicating him now can’t undo the harm he has performed to individuals and likewise the franchise’s popularity.