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  1. profusion
    The committee may not be done reviewing the docs they have. When they are, they could request more if they want. Apart from that and a hearing, what they could do is refer suspicious conduct to the DOJ for a proper investigation with the "big boy" subpoenas that you can't ignore or shrug off. Anything from there would depend on finding evidence of criminal conduct. I doubt that side of it goes anywhere unless the fraud is bigger than being leaked. It's the league's reaction Dan needs to worry about.
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    If I was the league's attorneys and this story is true, short of removing Snyder I'd be looking to recoup the shortfall out of his share of the TV and merch revenue. Losing draft picks doesn't mean a thing to him personally, plus draft picks have typically been taken for actions that affected the on-field product in some way.
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    One thing to consider: even if the NFL suspected Snyder was doing something like this, they might figure that his scorched-Earth litigation against them if they tried to remove him might cost more than the amount of revenue lost. They'd effectively treat it as a write-off in that instance.
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    This revenue split for the opposing team is as old as the league itself. Real basic stuff. I'd think the league accountants would compare turnstile numbers to ticket sales figures as part of their control processes, but perhaps the NFL doesn't have a sturdy audit process. It's important to remember that this is just an allegation at this point. Such a scheme over what amounts to chump change in NFL terms would seem on-brand for Snyder, though.
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    I can't imagine what it would take to make anyone sympathetic to Dan, but a fraud investigation isn't it.
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    I doubt it's completely made up. Exaggerated? Perhaps.
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    That seems like one possibility. In general, you'd do that to hide all sorts off under-the-radar transactions--basically the team's revenues being used for anything unrelated to team operations or payroll. Things you don't want lenders, business partners or the taxman to see. A more sophisticated operator would simply arrange for his own side businesses to siphon off money that way under the cover of business relationships with the team. Those kinds of corporate shell games happen too often, unfortunately. In that case, you wouldn't need to cook the books; that's for when you can't afford for the transaction to see the light of day--no way to hide it in a corporate shell, in other words, or too much risk in doing so. I have zero opinion on whether Snyder's been doing this. No way to know. His history makes me suspicious. He so obviously wants to be a "sophisticated operator" like Jerry Jones, but his personality and incompetence has betrayed him again and again.
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    "The government" isn't a monolithic entity, in this context. Congress is not especially well-positioned to investigate corporate fraud. Unless they refer the matter to the DOJ, this won't go that far. The difference from before is that sexual harassment isn't criminal; accounting fraud is. Not much DOJ could do about the apparent hostile work environment in Ashburn, but they'd probably be a little more interested in corporate fraud. Whether it's true or not, I also doubt this will be the cause of the Dan-mageddon. One can hope, though.
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    Well then, I guess that settles it. When's he testifying before the congressional committee?
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    I wonder if even St. Louis would be desperate enough to pony up for a new stadium for Snyder. His aroma is a nationwide stink, now.
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    When I first heard the story, I wondered how a committee investigating workplace sexual harassment would get to cooking the books. Chad Ryan seems to think it could be a Bruce Allen leak to Congress. Could be. However, the first thing that came to mind for me was whether there was commingling of funds between Snyder and the team. Yes, he owns it, but it's not like he can use it as his personal piggy bank. Doing that would be a good reason to keep "two sets of books". It's also the kind of thing that might come out in an investigation into sexual harassment payoffs. It's also naive to think that Jason Wright has complete knowledge or control over this franchise. Snyder's never going to trust anyone to that extent. Cute to think that "things are different now", though.
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    Gotta make room for the table jumping stations.
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    Live shot from Ashburn:
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    VA fans north or west of Springfield would hate a Dumfries stadium almost as much as Marylanders would. It's a terrible location, which is obviously why Dan is going to end up with it.
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    I lived in Woodbridge 20 years ago and the traffic was a nightmare even back then. It's two or three times worse now, from what my friends tell me. People complain about getting to Landover, for cryin out loud. Getting to Dumfries would be brutal. By the way, the I-95 HOT lanes would be no help; they run northbound on Sunday, from what I recall. I guess that policy could be modified on game days. All those Eagles and Giants fans attending the games would be backed up to...Landover. The Dumfries site would be a disaster. Nobody wants to go to a football game down there. Nobody wants to go to a casino down there. It's a joke. The other mentioned teams in recent posts have stadiums closer to the urban center than that, even if they're in different jurisdictions. The Dulles site is marginally better, but I predict the community opposition will be truly epic. It'll make what JKC faced in trying to get a stadium at Potomac Yards seem minor.
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    I don't follow the draft much at all, but I can see the Colts or whichever team ends up with Garoppolo still trying to draft one of the top QBs as a prospect to sit for a year or two. The run-heavy QBs may need more time before they're NFL-ready.
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    Considering the Colts just got two thirds (more or less) for a guy who had a better year than Mayfield, I'm not sure where you're getting that optimism from. I suppose it's possible somebody gets desperate. I'm guessing the Browns get a second and another pick for him. BTW, a lifelong and extremely passionate Browns fan I know just renounced the NFL entirely over the Watson trade.
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    The Browns are in a world of hurt if Watson doesn't immediately perform at the Rodgers/Brady level. Huge cap impact, no first-rounders for years to come. It's a huge gamble. If Wentz is a bust, we move on next year. If Watson underperforms, the Browns will have (another) decade in the wilderness with no way out.
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    I'm coming around on this one. I'm not expecting Wentz to turn into a superstar, but he might be the best realistic option the team had for '22.
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    That's why I'm assuming the relationship with Wentz became toxic. This looks more like a desperation move by the Colts than it does by the Team I Will Always Call the Redskins Just Because I'm Like That. The Wentz move makes sense if Ron sees '22 as the year he has to start saving his job. He whiffed on the elite QBs, and it's entirely reasonable to believe he doesn't see a franchise QB in this year's draft crop. Where does that leave you? It's either Wentz, Garoppolo or one of the washout free agents. In that light, Wentz doesn't seem like a bad choice. The assumption has to be that Ron needs to show better results this year in order to have the opportunity to draft the real guy in '23.
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    For various reasons, I didn't see a single game Wentz played with the Colts. My last time watching him was playing the Redskins a couple years ago and getting flattened because he didn't seem to feel the rush or be able to react to it. He looked done, to be honest. Like I said, though, I didn't see him with the Colts and that year's Eagles team was atrocious overall on offense. As such, I'm a bit worried this is going to turn out like Fitzpatrick, where he gets injured right away. It's the Ashburn Way.
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    Does anyone involved with the NFL actually just keep focused and do their job?
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    I've lived in the DC area for almost 30 years and have attended only a handful of games (and only once before Snyder bought the Skins), so I'm probably not the best person to answer. Nevertheless, there isn't even a remote chance that I'll attend another game while Snyder owns the team. And that's even if he gets a palace on the RFK site and manages not to screw it up.
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    I'd imagine someone like Doug is emotionally closer to the "football guys" than to the ownership and business executives. He undoubtedly knows a lot of the owners and executives personally and may not have the emotional investment with the Redskins specifically that we as longtime fans do. He played for the team, yes, but he played for other teams, too, for longer than he did the Redskins. I still think of him more as a Buccaneer than I do a Redskin, but that could be because of my age. He's not going to take some heroic act of career suicide to call out a guy he might just see as another a-hole billionaire who signs the checks--one of 32 of them. Plus, we know that Dan can do unctuous flattery very well when he wants to. Doug probably doesn't see the evil side of Dan in person.
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    I'm sure the NDAs are widespread. They've been standard practice in corporate America for many years whenever a harassment or employment discrimination claim settles. Unless these types of NDAs are outlawed at the federal level, it's unlikely there will be enough plaintiffs to get a class-action suit against the league or individual suits against clubs.
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