{"id":26637,"date":"2023-04-14T05:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/report-commanders-getting-close-to-changing-ownership\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T05:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:10:33","slug":"report-commanders-getting-close-to-changing-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/report-commanders-getting-close-to-changing-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Commanders ‘getting close’ to changing ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Commanders are finally changing ownership. At this point, it’s a matter of when.<\/p>\n

Per Sportico, Dan Snyder<\/a> has agreed to sell the franchise for $6 billion to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Josh Harris, and including NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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NFL insider Ian Rapoport said a deal hasn’t been submitted and approved, but that “it is getting closer.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In 2020<\/a>, Harris and business partner David Blitzer acquired a $140M stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers, which he will need to sell as part of the transaction to buy the Commanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He’s also the owner of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Johnson has ownership stakes in MLB’s LA Dodgers, Los Angeles F.C. of the MLS and the WNBA’s LA Sparks.<\/p>\n

The sale can’t come a moment too soon with Snyder in a class with Donald Sterling, Jerry Richardson and Robert Sarver (to name a few) as one of the worst owners in professional sports history. He’s been the subject of multiple<\/a>
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\nand lawsuits<\/a>, faced allegations of fraud<\/a>
\nand sexual harassment<\/a>, and was fined<\/a>\u00a0$10M as he’s overseen the downfall of a once-proud franchise.<\/p>\n

Harris was part of a group that purchased the Sixers in 2011<\/a>, coincidentally from Ed Snider. Two years into his run as owner, the organization underwent “The Process,” where the organization was shameless in fielding horrible teams, a move which in hindsight worked pretty well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Four dreadful seasons from 2013-14 through 2016-17 led to six consecutive playoff appearances and four 50-win seasons, including a 54-28 record this season, the best under Harris’ ownership.<\/p>\n

Washington is projected to be the worst team in football<\/a> in 2023 per Mike Clay’s recently released projections for the season and a similar teardown could be in order in DC.<\/p>\n

We all know the franchise needs a fresh start.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n