A New Start! (the Reboot) The Front Office, Ownership, & Coaching Staff Thread

[Panninho]

 

 

 

[Cooleyfan1993]

4 minutes ago, Conn said:

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What exactly am I misinterpreting? Do you think he’s not in the “party in the streets” camp? Cause almost everyone here is. 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Cooleyfan1993

[Spaceman Spiff]

He's proper ****ed now.

[86 Snyder]

Here’s the key:

 

Snyder has not come out and rebutted the runaway train of talk that he’s selling the entire franchise.  It’s been the lead on every sports show and he’s remained silent.

 

Does that sound like him?  No?  
 

For the two or three people who haven’t figured this out yet, let that be your roadmap.

 

He’s selling.  It’s over.  

[Hooper]

The league is putting their foot on his throat with all these articles on ESPN. 

 

INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS.

 

 

[Blanka]

This will be the greatest 30 for 30

[Conn]

 

[BringMetheHeadofBruceAllen]

11 hours ago, Darrell Green Fan said:

For me I had already decided enough was enough after he intimidated the witnesses.  When I saw something called the Commanders take the field in strange and unfamiliar uniforms it made it easy for me, I had no connection to this team anymore.  And I'm one who was all for the name change from Redskins. 

 

 

The tone deafness Snyder exhibited about the new name should have been a big indicator to people about how little he cares about the fan base. It should have been easy...any other owner would have involved the fans from the beginning as well as competent design specialists.

 

What did he do? He picked the new name over a year before it was announced without any input, hired no specialists and chose the 23rd letter of the alphabet as a logo, and let his unqualified wife design the uniforms. Then botched the rollout on TV.

 

I'm sure people were giving Dan advice, but he didn't listen as usual or just fired them, which caused others to shut up and fall in line. Snyder continues to be a class 1 jerk because he doesn't take input.

 

I mean seriously..."Uhhh, we're the Commanders!" 😖 You would expect that from some local flag football team, not a storied NFL franchise!

[Skinsinparadise]

Sources: U.S. attorney's office investigating Commanders over alleged financial improprieties

5:24 PM ET

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  Don Van Natta Jr.ESPN Senior Writer

The U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.

The sources said prosecutors are focused on several areas, and that the inquiry was triggered by a letter the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent to the Federal Trade Commission and several attorneys general in April that alleged deceptive business practices. Attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, D.C., also are investigating allegations of financial impropriety.

Team spokeswoman Jean Medina did not immediately comment but provided a statement from attorney John Brownlee of Holland & Knight, who represents the Commanders.

"It is not surprising that ESPN is publishing more falsehoods based solely on anonymous sources -- given today's announcement," the statement said. "...We are confident that, after these agencies have had a chance to review the documents and complete their work, they will come to the same conclusion as the team's internal review -- that these allegations are simply untrue."

Asked Wednesday if the league is aware of the federal criminal investigation, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said: "We will decline comment."

 

"The NFL in April engaged former SEC chair Mary Jo White to look into this matter," McCarthy said. "The review is ongoing."

White is leading the NFL's second investigation into matters involving alleged sexual misconduct in Snyder's organization, including the owner's own alleged sexual assault of a woman on his plane in April 2009. It's not clear when White will wrap up. The first investigation, led by Beth Wilkinson, resulted in a $10 million fine and a suspension for Snyder but produced no written report.

The U.S. attorney's office did not respond to a request for comment, and the FTC declined to comment.

The House committee said in its letter to the FTC that it found evidence of deceptive business practices over the span of more than a decade, including withholding ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable deposits from fans. The committee outlined through the testimony of former employees and access to emails and documents a pattern of financial impropriety by owner Dan Snyder and team executives. At one point in 2016, the team retained up to $5 million from 2,000 season-ticket holders while also concealing sharable revenue from the league, according to the committee.

One former employee testified before Congress, saying the team had two separate financial books: one with underreported ticket revenue that went to the NFL and the full, complete picture. According to testimony, Snyder was aware of the numbers shared with the league while also being privy to the actual data. The business practice was known as "juice" inside Washington's front office.

According to other testimony, financial misconduct included making it intentionally difficult for season-ticket holders to recoup refundable deposit money, counting some of those leftover funds as a different kind of revenue that doesn't need to be shared with the league, and shifting money from ticket sales for NFL games to other events at FedEx Field as a way of hiding that money from the league. The committee in the letter shared spreadsheet data showing evidence of deposits that were not returned. Citing emails and the testimony of Jason Friedman, a longtime vice president of sales and customer service, the letter said ticket sales from Washington games were shifted to a 2013 Kenny Chesney concert and a 2014 Navy-Notre Dame college football game as a way to "juice" revenue and keep it off the books shared with the NFL.

 

"The Washington Commanders have fully cooperated with federal and state investigators since the House Oversight Review Committee sent its letter to the FTC on April 12, 2022 -- now nearly 7 months ago," the statement from Brownlee said. "The team has produced tens of thousands of records in response to the requests. The investigations, which ESPN's anonymous sources have mischaracterized, are premised on the same baseless allegations made by a disgruntled former employee, Jason Friedman, who also is represented by the law firm of Katz Banks."

Also on Wednesday, Dan and Tanya Snyder announced that they have hired Bank of America Securities to explore potential transactions involving the team. It's not clear what those transactions might be, whether it was the sale of the team or they are pursuing minority partners.

ESPN senior writers Seth Wickersham and Tisha Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34934158/sources-us-attorney-office-investigating-commanders-alleged-financial-improprieties

[Cooleyfan1993]

29 minutes ago, Cooleyfan1993 said:

What exactly am I misinterpreting? Do you think he’s not in the “party in the streets” camp? Cause almost everyone here is. 

Hmmm, what does mr 86 disagree with in this? Does mr 86 think it’s incorrect to say almost everyone is in the “party in the streets” camp? Please, point me to what you could POSSIBLY disagree with in that statement 😂 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Cooleyfan1993

[Spaceman Spiff]

I am dying to know what exactly got Snyder to say uncle to sell the team.  It's probably this stuff with the federales, but I also want to know if he saw the MJW stuff and freaked out about it.  

[Wildbunny]

3 hours ago, skinsmarydu said:

They've both been around today. 

 

I just hope new ownership (when getting down into the financials) realizes that this site is worth keeping on the balance sheet...I'd like to see all mods and admin paid (we've been a pretty wily crew to manage, and I've only been here 11 years last week).  

Yeah @China and @visionary deserve some huge pay rise

[Spaceman Spiff]

What do you all think happens from here?  

 

I'm assuming it's fairly straightforward, at least from a sales perspective.  Get offers, pick one?

 

Can't be that simple, right?

[BringMetheHeadofBruceAllen]

Where's James Broomfield today?? 😂

[profusion]

5 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

What do you all think happens from here?  

 

I'm assuming it's fairly straightforward, at least from a sales perspective.  Get offers, pick one?

 

Can't be that simple, right?

 

The league has to approve the buyer by a 3/4 majority, so it won't happen overnight. There will be a whole due diligence phase concerning the buyer's financials, reputation etc. It's probably pro forma if you get Bezos or someone like that, but they still have to go through the exercise. 

[DazedSkinsfan]

I'm starting to think Dan has bigger issues than selling the team.  Can you imagine him in prison??? He doesn't seem like the type of person that would thrive in that environment lol

[bird_1972]

2 minutes ago, profusion said:

 

The league has to approve the buyer by a 3/4 majority, so it won't happen overnight. There will be a whole due diligence phase concerning the buyer's financials, reputation etc. It's probably pro forma if you get Bezos or someone like that, but they still have to go through the exercise. 

I heard on 106.7 that the NFL typically has a short list of pre-vetted potential buyers so I don't think that process should take that long. 

 

I think the main issue here will be whether or not they decide to vote him out and then auction the team themselves or wait for him/Tanya to do it on their own. I'm guessing the new breaking story about the federal investigation may add urgency to Snyder to sell on his own.

[woodpecker]

35 minutes ago, Cooleyfan1993 said:

Hmmm, what does mr 86 disagree with in this? Does mr 86 think it’s incorrect to say almost everyone is in the “party in the streets” camp? Please, point me to what you could POSSIBLY disagree with in that statement 😂 

JFC dude, for the sake of us lurkers who just want to read about Snyder’s demise, could you please just drop it. 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Just now, DazedSkinsfan said:

I'm starting to think Dan has bigger issues than selling the team.  Can you imagine him in prison??? 

 

Yes.

 

But he won't be in federal pound me in the ass prison.  He'll be in some country club prison with other non-violent offenders.  He'll have a cell with cable TV, get some sunshine and exercise each day.  It'll be easy.

[bird_1972]

1 minute ago, DazedSkinsfan said:

I'm starting to think Dan has bigger issues than selling the team.  Can you imagine him in prison??? He doesn't seem like the type of person that would thrive in that environment lol

That would be karma at its greatest.

[Idaho fan]

27 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

I am dying to know what exactly got Snyder to say uncle to sell the team.  It's probably this stuff with the federales, but I also want to know if he saw the MJW stuff and freaked out about it.  

 

The other owners.  They are over the endless crap that is Dan.  They let Dan know they have the votes and its up to him to sell on his own and somewhat save face or they cold vote the little piss ant out.  

[bird_1972]

Just now, Spaceman Spiff said:

 

Yes.

 

But he won't be in federal pound me in the ass prison.  He'll be in some country club prison with other non-violent offenders.  He'll have a cell with cable TV, get some sunshine and exercise each day.  It'll be easy.

 

Agree but prison is still prison. It ain't like cruising the Mediterranean on the Lady S!

[DazedSkinsfan]

Just now, Spaceman Spiff said:

 

Yes.

 

But he won't be in federal pound me in the ass prison.  He'll be in some country club prison with other non-violent offenders.  He'll have a cell with cable TV, get some sunshine and exercise each day.  It'll be easy.

I had to laugh at that first sentence.  It's a nice thought though,  Danny boy in general population 

[tshile]

4 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

 

Yes.

 

But he won't be in federal pound me in the ass prison.  He'll be in some country club prison with other non-violent offenders.  He'll have a cell with cable TV, get some sunshine and exercise each day.  It'll be easy.

So what. As long as he’s gone. 

[Spaceman Spiff]

6 minutes ago, profusion said:

 

The league has to approve the buyer by a 3/4 majority, so it won't happen overnight. There will be a whole due diligence phase concerning the buyer's financials, reputation etc. It's probably pro forma if you get Bezos or someone like that, but they still have to go through the exercise. 

 

Well yeah, those things are correct.  It won't happen overnight, but the way the owners meetings are aligned for December, I think it could happen before then, right?

 

The NFL doesn't want this to drag out, I believe.  It'll be playoffs and Super Bowl time before we know it, and they sure as **** don't want this hanging over their head through that time and into the offseason.  They don't want the franchise still up for sale or this whole matter unresolved by the draft.

 

I really believe (hope) that a new owner is identified by the time the playoffs start.  Looks like they already have a short list of suitors.