NFL Owners and Ownership Structure

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De Smith: NFL has "probably been the largest group of bullies" in American labor history

Outgoing, eventually, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith isn't bashful about stirring things up.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

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She may never be able to run the team again....

I Want to Talk to You About My Mom | By Jessica Pegula

This is a story about my mother, my family, and the past year.

www.theplayerstribune.com

 

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Report: Jeff Bezos hires prominent investment firm for potential Commanders bid

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may have just taken a major step toward purchasing the Washington Commanders from Daniel Snyder, according to a new report from The Washington Post.

www.audacy.com

 

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Washington really needs to be sold to a consortium of ex Soviet government officials masquerading as new age business tycoons.

 

[Brasher]

If Bezos buys Washington can we **** off AWS analytics as a conflict of interest?

 

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If Bezos buys Washington can we * off AWS analytics as a conflict of interest?

You mean like how NBC used/talked about PFF less after Cris Collinsworth bought a stake in them?

 

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Report: Jeff Bezos hires prominent investment firm for potential Commanders bid

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may have just taken a major step toward purchasing the Washington Commanders from Daniel Snyder, according to a new report from The Washington Post.

www.audacy.com

Commanders right now

 

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The New York Post reports Washington owner Daniel Snyder could decide to maintain his ownership after bids to buy the team fell short of Snyder’s $6 billion cutoff.​

The top offer to buy the Commanders came in at $5.5 billion, falling short of the $7 billion valuation for the team. Snyder has benched Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, from entering the auction. There are rumors the low offers and Snyder's blocking of Bezos could result in not selling his stake in the team. A decision on whether Snyder will walk away from the NFL is expected by the annual owners’ meeting on March 26.

 

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Front Office Sports' A.J. Perez reports Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos "remains in the mix" to buy the Washington Commanders.​

The New York Post reported last week that embattled team owner Dan Snyder might decide to maintain his ownership to ensure Bezos, a longtime rival, does not end up with the franchise. The top offer for the Commanders is reportedly $5.5 billion, well short of the $7 billion valuation for the historic franchise that has been among the NFL's worst teams for the past three decades. Perez said "news that Snyder wouldn’t sell to Bezos amounts to a ploy to get a high bid out of the Amazon founder." The list of potential buyers has been narrowed in recent weeks. It would seem Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, still has a chance to take over the Commanders this offseason.

 

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The Washington Post's Mark Maske reports Commanders owner Daniel Snyder is demanding indemnity from future legal issue should he sell the team, or risk legal action.​

And in a shocker to nobody, that assertion did not sit well with the owners in the league, reigniting talks of removing Snyder as an NFL owner. The phrases used to describe his demands included "ridiculous" and "absurd." The ongoing and behind-the-scenes legal battles between Snyder, the league, and civil and criminal circuits rage on for one of professional sports' most dysfunctional franchises.

 

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ESPN's Don Van Natta, Jr. reports federal prosecutors are investigating a $55 million loan taken out by Commanders owner Dan Snyder in 2020.​

The loan is reportedly the "primary focus" of a criminal investigation into Snyder after the franchise's minority owners -- controlling 40 percent of the team -- accused Snyder of taking out the loan without their required approval. In a related development, it was reported on Monday that Snyder is demanding indemnity from future legal action should be sell the Washington franchise -- a transaction that could be completed this offseason. Washington's minority owners had asked the NFL to investigate the $55 million loan, but Commissioner Roger Goodell and a league arbitrator took no action. ESPN's report said a "federal grand jury has issued subpoenas for a cache of documents related to the team's finances, including the loan" in question. "Three billionaires -- not a few whistleblowers -- alleged to the NFL arbitrator that their partner had possibly committed bank fraud," a source told ESPN. "This is jail time type of fraud. The NFL owes them as much of a fair shake as it owes Snyder. And the league had no interest in finding out what happened. They buried it and didn't investigate it and covered it up." This will surely complicate the team's sale, which can't come soon enough for what remains of the exhausted Commanders fan base.

 

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What an absolute disgrace of an organisation, the NFL I mean. Protecting scumbag Snyder constantly.

 

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ESPN's Don Van Natta, Jr. reports federal prosecutors are investigating a $55 million loan taken out by Commanders owner Dan Snyder in 2020.​

The loan is reportedly the "primary focus" of a criminal investigation into Snyder after the franchise's minority owners -- controlling 40 percent of the team -- accused Snyder of taking out the loan without their required approval. In a related development, it was reported on Monday that Snyder is demanding indemnity from future legal action should be sell the Washington franchise -- a transaction that could be completed this offseason. Washington's minority owners had asked the NFL to investigate the $55 million loan, but Commissioner Roger Goodell and a league arbitrator took no action. ESPN's report said a "federal grand jury has issued subpoenas for a cache of documents related to the team's finances, including the loan" in question. "Three billionaires -- not a few whistleblowers -- alleged to the NFL arbitrator that their partner had possibly committed bank fraud," a source told ESPN. "This is jail time type of fraud. The NFL owes them as much of a fair shake as it owes Snyder. And the league had no interest in finding out what happened. They buried it and didn't investigate it and covered it up." This will surely complicate the team's sale, which can't come soon enough for what remains of the exhausted Commanders fan base.

The full read is here

Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe

A $55 million loan has become a primary focus of federal prosecutors in Virginia who are investigating allegations of financial misconduct by Dan Snyder and the Washington Commanders, multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of the inquiry told ESPN.

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Plus an ESPN Daily podcast about it too

 

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Worst sports team owner ever, surely. And worst league commissioner ever.

 

[Brasher]

Worst sports team owner ever, surely.

Say what?

 

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Snyder has become the worst easily. Litany of grievances against him unlike any other.

 

[Brasher]

Snyder has become the worst easily. Litany of grievances against him unlike any other.

He is closing the gap but Isray danced his gig in a time when shit was far less acceptable and less likely to be noticed.

 

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There's so much dirty laundry there, they had better burn the facility to the ground.

Crazy part is a few years ago he was "forced" to buy out his partners 40% stake in the team - which came to $800m - which called the team at $2b. Crazy that they would accept that as the value of the team at the time.

 

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I wonder if his deal is fully guaranteed, or if there are fake extra years and non guaranteed dollars added to the end of it?

 

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Massive hike in salary cap on the horizon coincides with the commissioner's contract renewal....surely there is no correlation.

 

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