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BatteredFanSyndrome

BatteredFanSyndrome

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12 minutes ago, BringMetheHeadofBruceAllen said:

When Alex was rehabbing he spent a lot of time with Snyder, often found yucking it up.

 

So what went wrong?

 

Well if I had to take a wild guess, Dan promised him one thing and gave him another. It seemed like Alex was a shoe-in to get some sort of front office job, so it's possible he got the rug pulled out from under him. Plus Alex feels slighted for how the team moved on from him at QB, fair or not.

It always felt more like he was doing the right thing by showing up to watch the team.  Dan, Bruce or whomever extended him an invitation to a more comfortable arrangement given what he was dealing with physically.  If anything, those experiences probably helped craft the opinions he’s been giving in his new media role.

 

He’s a family man, my assumption is he’s made more than enough money and the media gig pays well enough to not burn the midnight oil working a FO gig on the titanic.

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NickyJ

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Alex nearly lost his leg, and instead chose to keep it and nearly die. All for a ****y team that laid down and died when he wasn't on the field. It would have been bad optics to wheel him into the broom closet for games.

 

Nobody outside the team could have possibly guessed the reason Alex hung around a rancid stadium with a dying fanbase was because he actually believed he could still play. So we guessed at the only other reason to hang around: A front office gig. When he played again, it put the FO rumors to rest.

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10 minutes ago, Est.1974 said:

Just watch the clip again of Bezos laughing along with his girlfriend and imagine Synder watching it. Bezos looks like he’s rubbing Snyders nose into the ground IMO. 

 

Dude, I can't watch that clip again.  I've watched it about 5 or 6 times and the thing that freaks me out the most is when she's all like "I do love football!  I'm just gonna throw that out there for everyone," and then she starts laughing.

 

And then the laughter stops on a dime like she's a cold blooded killer as she looks at him when he starts to speak.  Seriously, once you see it you can't unsee it.  

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FootballZombie

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Saw this comment on Reddit in regards to Bezos charitable giveaways covered in part by CNN.

 

"The donation confirms he's about to make a big purchase. If Bezos is buying the team he'll need to cash. A lot of it. Cashing out all that equity is a big capital gains hit. So he offsets it with a sizable charitable donations."

 

 

I'm not sure how the whole tax system works, but I thought this was interesting at least, even if he probably isn't even putting his bid in until January.

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Dude, I can't watch that clip again.  I've watched it about 5 or 6 times and the thing that freaks me out the most is when she's all like "I do love football!  I'm just gonna throw that out there for everyone," and then she starts laughing.

 

And then the laughter stops on a dime like she's a cold blooded killer as she looks at him when he starts to speak.  Seriously, once you see it you can't unsee it.  

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MSNBC

 

 

By Dave Zirin, MSNBC Opinion Columnist

Let the civil lawsuit by Karl Racine, the Washington, D.C., attorney general, against Washington Commanders team owner Dan Snyder on grounds that the franchise has been immersed in “a toxic culture of sexual harassment” be your reminder that Snyder’s history of bullying and mismanagement as franchise owner runs wide and it runs deep. Over 23 years, he has taken one of the most valuable brands in the National Football League and made it not only ordinary but embarrassing. I moved to D.C. the year Snyder bought the team, and I can tell you that following the franchise then was more like religion than fandom. 

Snyder’s history of bullying and mismanagement as franchise owner runs wide and it runs deep.

Today, the team is better known for Snyder’s meddling, for play that is middling and for empty seats in FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, which is regarded as the worst stadium in football. Taylor Swift’s national stadium tour will not include FedEx Field — despite it being the only appropriate venue in the District, Maryland or Northern Virginia. Swift has her fans in the DMV, and they are not happy.

 

Of course, until recently, the name of the team was an anti-Indigenous slur, and Snyder only relented to change it when sponsors and minority-share owners threatened to bolt.

Yet after nearly a quarter century defined by poor play on the field and public embarrassments off it was never enough for the NFL owners to hear the district’s fervent prayers and force this man out. But a series of events that includes the attorney general’s lawsuit gives us reason to hope that Snyder is puffing on his last cigar. The other franchise owners did not care when Snyder was only the team’s fans’ problem. But now he has become a liability to them, 30 of the most powerful people in the sports world, and he will, I believe, not last long. 

 

First, there were accusations and Washington Post investigations that accused Snyder of overseeing a deeply sexist, hostile and even sexually criminal workplace. Then an ESPN probe claimed Snyder — feeling besieged  — hired private investigators to dig dirt on fellow owners and on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. That certainly did not help him make friends and actually alienated his best friend among the bosses, the man who has been described as his “firewall,” Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Then Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, a man with some past scandals of his own, did something that I can say with confidence is unprecedented in NFL history. He publicly called for Snyder’s removal from the ownership ranks. News quickly followed that Snyder had enlisted Bank of America in what may be an effort to pursue a sale. In other words, the blood is in the water. Fans are already imagining possible alternative franchise owners.

They are also fantasizing about a new stadium, perhaps one built in the district. If Snyder is not the face of such a deal, there may be opportunities for that to happen. The fans are not the only ones fantasizing about this. It is well known that the ownership fraternity is becoming impatient with Snyder’s inability to do what many of them have done with ease: get a publicly funded NFL stadium.

 

Commanders players are rightly upset that the team brought up their teammates’ trauma in an attempt to score a cheap political point.

Racine’s lawsuit against Snyder’s team argues that by hiding its allegedly boorish behavior toward female employees of the team, the Commanders have been selling a family-friendly product under false pretenses. A bizarre, written reply to Racine by the Commanders “external counsel,” whose wording is remarkably similar to Snyder’s, not only cited the August shooting of Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. (for which two teenage suspects have reportedly been arrested on robbery charges) but added snarkily that the attorney general should be more concerned about "making the streets safe" than about the Commanders’ workplace culture. 

Commanders players are rightly upset that the team brought up their teammate’s trauma in an attempt to score a cheap political point. Left tackle Charles Leno, Jr. told The Washington Post that “of course it’s upsetting,” that Robinson ”never should’ve been part of” the team’s response and that Robinson’s “feelings and what he’s gone through should be a completely separate deal.”

 

The next day Snyder’s team acknowledged that what had happened to Robinson should have been kept “separate and apart” from the team’s response to the lawsuit.  

Having upset fans, his fellow franchise owners, the commissioner and the players on the team, Snyder is now running out of allies. Yes, if he gets the $7 billion he’s rumored to want if he sells the team, that will cushion his fall, but Snyder doesn’t appear to be long for the NFL.

Good. His leaving wouldn’t be the same as a Super Bowl win, but it could still inspire a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

 
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Bezos giving money away.  The only reason the rich give money away is for the tax break.  Charitable donations soften the blow of liquidating and cashing out assets.  He’s getting his ducks in a row.  Id be willing to bet his bid is closer to 10B vice 5B and he may also have stadium talks happening as we speak behind closed doors. 
 

not sure how I feel trading one rich balloon knot for another…but if bezos gets our team back in DC, I’d be willing to overlook a lot of balloon knot madness

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2 hours ago, Est.1974 said:

Just watch the clip again of Bezos laughing along with his girlfriend and imagine Synder watching it. Bezos looks like he’s rubbing Snyders nose into the ground IMO. 

 

Bezos is utilizing the old school method of housebreaking a disobedient puppy:

 

1. First establish dominance.

 

2. Force the offending animal to smell the mess it made until it feels and internalizes the shame of it. 

 

3. Repeat step two until the animal learns to fear his master and never risks angering him again.

 

4. Finally,  reward the now trained and compliant pet with 7 or 8 billion in tasty treats when it behaves properly.

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14 minutes ago, FLSkinz83 said:

I think someone mentioned this, but how about Bezos ex-wife buying the team?    I can imagine Dan wanting to stick it to Bezos by selling it to her.

The sale has to be approved by the league.

 

The fantasy some seem to have about Dan getting the last laugh by selling to whomever for whatever is just that, fantasy.

 

He has no leverage.

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7 hours ago, FootballZombie said:

 

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Nobody is stopping that dude if he wants it.


I mean, this is it right here, point blank.  If Bezos wants the team, he will get the team.  He has way, way more money than everyone else combined.

 

Whats the answer to 99/100 questions?  Money.

 

(the other is sex, but that’s actually money too)

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21 minutes ago, 86 Snyder said:


I mean, this is it right here, point blank.  If Bezos wants the team, he will get the team.  He has way, way more money than everyone else combined.

 

Whats the answer to 99/100 questions?  Money.

 

(the other is sex, but that’s actually money too)

 

Pretty sure you just butchered the Jay-Z song.

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42 minutes ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

The sale has to be approved by the league.

 

The fantasy some seem to have about Dan getting the last laugh by selling to whomever for whatever is just that, fantasy.

 

He has no leverage.

 

Why wouldn't the league approve his ex-wife?  

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Dont Taze Me Bro

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1 hour ago, FLSkinz83 said:

I think someone mentioned this, but how about Bezos ex-wife buying the team?    I can imagine Dan wanting to stick it to Bezos by selling it to her.

 

Not happening, if the NFL wants Jeff Bezos, then Jeff Bezos is getting the votes from the owners.  She's worth $46.3 billion, but it appears that they are still cool with each other and share 4 kids together, per this article:  https://parade.com/1390569/hannah-southwick/mackenzie-scott-net-worth/

 

Doubt she is even interested in owning a sports franchise or trying to stick it to her ex in anyway.

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