{"id":26764,"date":"2023-04-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/dan-snyder-reaches-6b-deal-to-sell-the-washington-commanders\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T04:00:00","slug":"dan-snyder-reaches-6b-deal-to-sell-the-washington-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/dan-snyder-reaches-6b-deal-to-sell-the-washington-commanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Snyder reaches $6B deal to sell the Washington Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>At long last, the Dan Snyder era has (nearly) come to an end. The embattled Washington Commanders owner reportedly agreed yesterday to <em>finally <\/em>sell the keys to his dysfunctional kingdom for a record-setting $6.05B. We\u2019ve been waiting for this one\u2026turn it up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The background: <\/strong>From defending the team\u2019s former racist name to <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instructing the team\u2019s video department to film<\/a> cheerleaders while they changed to paying out a <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.6M settlement<\/a> to a former employee who accused him of sexual misconduct, there\u2019s no shortage of reasons Snyder was considered by many to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the worst owner in sports<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s more, he was also accused of years of financial impropriety and overseeing a toxic workplace culture, among other problems during his <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tumultuous tenure<\/a>. No wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">folks are rejoicing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The sale: <\/strong>The incoming ownership group is led by billionaire Josh Harris, who co-owns the NBA\u2019s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL\u2019s New Jersey Devils, and also includes former NBA star Magic Johnson.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>But they haven&#8217;t inked it\u00a0<em>just <\/em>yet \u2014 while it\u2019s expected to go through, the deal still needs to be approved by the rest of the league owners, likely at a meeting in May. Don\u2019t play with us, please.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next: <\/strong>His reign of terror might soon be over, but the investigations into his misdealings are still underway. Snyder\u2019s facing an <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL investigation<\/a> into the aforementioned alleged workplace misconduct as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-fuljtdt-jdlljdidhr-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal investigation<\/a> regarding his financial misdeeds. Here\u2019s to change <em>and <\/em>accountability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/b3047422-c31c-49d4-8228-35e3f711a18a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: At long last, the Dan Snyder era has (nearly) come to an end. The embattled Washington Commanders owner reportedly agreed yesterday to finally sell the keys to his dysfunctional kingdom for a record-setting $6.05B. We\u2019ve been waiting for this one\u2026turn it up! The background: From defending the team\u2019s former racist name to instructing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}