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  1. profusion
    The agenda here is most likely the plaintiffs' attorney trying to drive a larger settlement after she took on additional clients and found new claims. She most likely fed the basics to the Post and let them do the rest. I doubt Bezos is involved. And the Post could hardly not write about such a huge story.
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    I doubt there's criminal liability at issue here, and the statute of limitations probably expired on any potential charges some time ago. As a matter of public perception, though, this goes to another level beyond lewd comments and propositions. This is a level of ugliness that you can't just wipe away with usual corporate drill of "fire the perp, pay off the victim, and bring in the consultant to conduct trainings." And there's supposedly more to come. How many other women are going to be willing to come forward now that a few brave women found the strength to put their names out there on this? We're already up to 25, and the stories are getting uglier and closer to Dan himself. If he had half a brain, he'd already be on the phone looking to cash out.
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    I imagine the NFL would want its own investigation now, but I think they can't afford to let this drag out, now that this has reached beyond typical sexual harassment and into areas the NFL really doesn't want to be anywhere near... particularly if there's more to come. I'm pretty sure the league has already been quietly digging into this since the Post's previous story came out. You don't run a multi-billion dollar public-facing business without a robust security and intelligence gathering operation.
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    I'm not sure guys like that have "friends" unreservedly. Jerry is undoubtedly the biggest POS in the NFL. That said, he's twice as smart as Dan and twice as ruthless. He makes far more money off "the shield" than Dan does (stadium construction business etc.), and he's not going to let Dan endanger that.
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    This is why someone like Jerry Jones gets Dan on the phone and says "we can do this the easy way or the hard way." If Dan sells now he makes $2+ billion, doesn't have to pay the litigation team for years on end, and keeps quiet the even-worse stuff the other owners likely have on him. If they want him out, he's gone.
  6. profusion
    Times are a little different than when the original cheerleader story came out, too. Sports has become more embroiled in the culture wars, and the owners can't just wait out the news cycle as easily.
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    I don't buy conspiracy theories, but it doesn't seem impossible that other owners are behind this second wave story against Dan. Maybe they're going to "bring the pain" until he sells. They'd certainly rather have Bezos in The Club than Captain Crown Royal. The Post says they didn't have the videos back when the first story ran. Some of those involved have worked or are working elsewhere in the NFL. Lafemina's guys knew some of the stuff in this article. I'd guess there's more and worse of this (though not the kooky "Epstein's pal" stuff) available to the league.
  8. profusion
    It's probably more like politics. Snyder will have an extremely sudden desire to "spend more time with his family." 😄
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    Goodell is an errand boy for the more powerful owners like Mara, Kraft and Jerruh. He doesn't do anything on his own. The NFL is a small, interconnected world. I guarantee there are other owners who know about at least some of this stuff. They're loathe to act against a member of their club, but I'm there are dossiers ready to go if they do.
  10. profusion
    I would humbly suggest that an organizational focus on The Good Bits and on ensuring "Mr. Snyder" has quality ice in his Crown Royal glass isn't conducive to winning football.
  11. profusion
    I think we're getting pretty close to Jerry Richardson territory, here. And remember, Richardson was highly respected among owners before the sleaze came out. And really, I believe the accusations here against Snyder are at least as bad as those leveled at Richardson. Snyder is good at survival, so who knows. I'd say the other owners have the ammunition they need, if they choose. If it went down, it'd probably be a quiet thing without an actual vote.
  12. profusion
    How is it possible for a self-made billionaire in his fifties to be this obtuse?
  13. profusion
    In googling Bateman, it looks like he was already CMO. This is just rearranging the furniture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/31/redskins-have-faced-business-staff-exodus-since-firing-brian-lafemina/
  14. profusion
    It's going to take a credible report of active misconduct by Dan personally for the league to dump him. More stories of underlings harassing women aren't going to do it. It wouldn't surprise me if a high percentage of women who set foot in Redskins Park for any length of time were harassed at least a little. Purely for the utility of getting rid of Dan, it won't matter a bit unless he was personally involved with the acts or keeping them under wraps. Edit: Spaceman Spiff and I were writing basically the same thing at the same time... 😄
  15. profusion
    The world's gotten so crazy that this is just another regular story.
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    Did Dan "know" all this was going on at Redskins Park? I don't think so. For him to "know", he'd have to be paying active attention to the wellbeing of his employees outside his little circle of drinking buddies and favorite jocks. It's pretty obvious after 20 years that this isn't his MO. Too many credible stories of him treating regular people like dirt for me to believe otherwise. That comes from a place of deep insecurity. Unfortunately, a man in his fifties who's still that way is never going to change. He needs to go. Take his billions in profit out of the team (probably a good time to get of that biz, anyway) and go sail around the world on his ego yacht before he gets too old and creaky.
  17. profusion
    I don't really care about the PR battle. I just want Dan gone. Anything short of that is a defeat.
  18. profusion
    Sadly no lawyer would let Dan issue an actual apology in a situation like this. It's an admission of liability. Maybe it's because I'm a lawyer and always suspicious, but I sniff a plaintiff's lawyer somewhere in this. A bunch of the women in the story apparently made a TV appearance this morning. That speaks to coordination of this by someone. A plaintiff's lawyer can force a settlement by "bringing the pain" without actually filing a lawsuit. Gloria Allred is famous for this. Doesn't diminish the misconduct but does certainly color how the team and league handle it.
  19. profusion
    I work as a leader at a large company and my experience is similar to yours. As a manager, your first assumption is that you are ALWAYS in the crosshairs. It sucks, but there are sociopaths out there who will take advantage of the system for a payday (and take you down, too). I treat my employees like a second family (I really do care about all of them), and yet I had some wacko try to do that to me (it wasn't a sex-related claim). You know what we did? We paid the toxic sociopath to quietly go away and stop making a mess of our organization. Companies that listen to their attorneys have extensive policies in place to protect both the employees and the company. It makes life a lot more complicated, but it also works for everyone if followed. Dan Snyder clearly believes that the power of the Redskins brand in this market (and the NFL nationally) means that he and his team can get away with almost anything. Who needs an HR department if there are platoons of eager young college graduates who will put up with anything to be a part of the team and if the media is invested in your success and won't say anything about it? I hate to say it, but historically Dan has been correct in his assumption. The very fact that an idiot like him could reap the benefit of a fourfold increase in valuation despite not adding a cent of value himself is telling. Let's hope that era is coming to an end.
  20. profusion
    One other point that bears mentioning is all the other non-sexual bad behavior mentioned in the Post article. Snyder making his director of marketing do cartwheels in the meeting because he'd been a male cheerleader? Said marketing director thinking that skimpy female outfits were a viable marketing strategy to sell this horsepoop of a product? The corporate counsel essentially getting ignored when it came to important corporate matters? The headline calls being at Redskins Park a "dream job." Maybe 40 years ago. Only a moron would want to work there, now. Toxic workplaces tend to have multiple layers of toxicity for everyone who works there, not just the women suffering harassment. And no, I'm not downplaying that. But don't think that you'd have a grand ole' time at Redskins Park just because you're a white man rather than a statuesque female. It'd almost certainly suck for you, too. I'm not saying the Post spiked any aspect of this story or will roll out more bad stuff. It was focused on one specific bad aspect that they had enough sourcing to run with. However, I can virtually guarantee that there are many, many more horror stories that could come out of Ashburn if enterprising reporters and editors want to take up the challenge. And yes, I'd be highly surprised if Dan wasn't personally involved with any or all of it.
  21. profusion
    Not going to quote comments from hours ago, but here are some points: 1. Companies often settle with disgruntled employees in return for NDAs/noncompetes, even in the absence of formal complaints. It's the path of least resistance. It does make it more likely that Dan knew, of course. We're really dancing around this. The "damn good culture" IS Dan Snyder. Period. As long as he's around, nothing will change regardless of the window dressing around him. 2. Media outlets will often send drafts of controversial stories to the subjects (or their attorneys) as part of the reaction/rebuttal process. Helps ward off defamation claims and can also avoid misunderstandings and get more accurate stories. The subject doesn't get a veto, but they do get their say. Dan, whatever's left of FO, and the league knew this was coming days ago. Everyone is in CYA mode and won't put themselves at risk. Dan will take advantage of this and skate through it. 3. Yes, I was disappointed there wasn't more lurid, tabloid-worthy content about Dan personally. I want him out. I hate the name-change and am almost ready to check out after 45+ years. Getting rid of Dan was a small glimmer of hope that I might want to stick around. Instead, this story is just more proof I've been buying into something horrible for the last 20 years, but it won't actually excise the tumor.
  22. profusion
    There's no other way to hold Snyder personally accountable. The "letdown" here is that the really wacky stuff would have given the NFL grounds to force a sale. This story won't do that.
  23. profusion
    If you're going to try to force a man to sell his business without tying you up in court for years, you're going to need a helluva lot more than that. These agreements are typically standard anytime an employee resigns with a payout--layoffs, injury settlements, discrimination claims, etc. etc. Unless you can show convincing proof that these cases were handled differently at Snyder's behest, you ain't got ****.
  24. profusion
    They weren't fired. They were likely given a financial settlement in return for resigning and agreeing not to sue the company and not to disclose certain facts or disparage the company. It's called a "severance" because the agreement severs their employment, regardless of what else it does. Agreements like that are how most sexual harassment claims are handled. Most cases are pretty open and shut, and it's in the employer's interest to just pay up and keep it quiet. However, companies often prefer to just buy off and hush even a marginal harassment complaint that they could otherwise contest. The publicity is worse than the payout.
  25. profusion
    Beyond the #metoo content, the article made it clear the degree to which Snyder and his flunkies hold us in contempt. You and me. They think they can divert our attention away from the putrid product with scantily clad female customer reps to keep the high rollers buying the premium seats and boxes. Maybe because it would work on the bozos Snyder hires? I don't know.
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