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Crap Throwing Clavin
4 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

I don't disagree with anything here.  I just don't think the old money in the NFL is going to let yet him survive yet another scandal.

 

I completely agree.

 

I just wish Goodell or anyone else at the league had the guts to tell Congress "Mind your own &#%$ing business, we'll do our own internal auditing, thank you very much."

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2 hours ago, Crap Throwing Monkey said:

 

I completely agree.

 

I just wish Goodell or anyone else at the league had the guts to tell Congress "Mind your own &#%$ing business, we'll do our own internal auditing, thank you very much."

 

To which Chuck Schumer and his ilk would retort "You like your anti trust exemption?"

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Crap Throwing Clavin
Just now, Core Four said:

 

To which Chuck Schumer and his ilk would retort "You like your anti trust exemption?"

 

They wouldn't have the balls to follow through, though.

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18 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Monkey said:

 

They wouldn't have the balls to follow through, though.

 

Goodell wouldn't get off that easy.  He would have to jump through some hoops or make some type of commitment to satisfy the woke in CONgress.

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On 4/2/2022 at 10:04 PM, Arm of Harm said:


Asking Congress to investigate reports of financial impropriety is like asking Jeffrey Dahmer to investigate reports of cannibalism. 

 

So, the NFL went to the experts?

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On 4/3/2022 at 3:31 PM, Core Four said:

 

To which Chuck Schumer and his ilk would retort "You like your anti trust exemption?"

 

Other than for TV contracts, there is no actual anti-trust exemption for any sport other than baseball. Congress would have to either repeal the law regarding TV deals (which also includes the NBA, NHL, NCAA, etc.), or try to specifically exclude the NFL, which would raise serious constitutional problems.

 

In short, Congress doesn't have as much leverage as people think.

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Crap Throwing Clavin
35 minutes ago, Koko said:

 

Other than for TV contracts, there is no actual anti-trust exemption for any sport other than baseball. Congress would have to either repeal the law regarding TV deals (which also includes the NBA, NHL, NCAA, etc.), or try to specifically exclude the NFL, which would raise serious constitutional problems.

 

In short, Congress doesn't have as much leverage as people think.

 

It wouldn't stop Schroomer from saying that, though.

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initial reports claimed Snyder cheated other NFL owners out of visiting team revenues

 

However, having trouble determining which of the 2 college teams is identifying as the visiting NFL team for which 40% of the revenue is due to the other NFL owners  

 

 

 

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/12/congress-shares-details-with-ftc-of-alleged-washington-commanders-financial-scams-against-customers-and-the-nfl/

 

Here’s an example of how the “juice” practice allegedly worked. Friedman told the Committee that he “falsely processed” $162,360 in Commanders ticket revenue as arising from a Navy-Notre Dame game at FedEx Field. The team’s former chief financial officer, Steven Choi, allegedly directed Friedman to do it this way, in a May 6, 2014 email.

 

“So this is the two sets of books,” Friedman told the Committee, based on the letter obtained by the Post. “So in this particular case, there’s a set of books that’s submitted to the NFL that doesn’t include the $162,000, but then there’s a set of books that’s kept internally shown to Mr. Snyder and Mr. Snyder’s — I believe just Mr. Snyder, actually, and the people in his inner circle maybe, that shows what we actually did, which would include the $162,000 of juice.”

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Crap Throwing Clavin
30 minutes ago, Ann said:

The Washington Post article that PFT wrote about (above)

 

 


 

 

And I, for one, would like to thank Congress spending their valuable time ensuring that a syndicate of 32 obscenely rich men treat each other fairly and properly.

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Brian McCarthy, a spokesman for N.F.L., said the league continues to cooperate with the committee and has provided more than 210,000 pages of documents. The league appointed Mary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor, to “review the serious matters raised by the committee” including allegations of sexual harassment against Snyder that were raised in a congressional hearing in February.

 

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RochesterRob
29 minutes ago, Ann said:

Daniel Snyder's issues force other NFL owners to mull drastic options: 'We are counting votes'

 

As Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder is under investigation for financial improprieties, some NFL owners are frustrated and may support an ouster, forcing Snyder to sell his franchise.

 

We shall see

 

 

 

  A generation ago a forced sale would have been unthinkable in the NFL.  On top of that most of the dirty laundry remained unexposed in terms in inappropriate actions.  When the subject was broached back in the day it was with the notion that a forced sale could come back to bite those who used it against others.  Today it is a tool to ouster old white guys but what happens when a franchise that supports diversity becomes a moral sewer?  

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Senate leader is giving up on bill to bring Commanders to Virginia
 

The state legislator who has led the charge to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia gave up the fight Thursday, saying the latest controversy surrounding the team has proved too much to overcome, a substantial setback for the team in its search for a new location for its stadium.
 

The news came as a group of D.C. legislators declared on Thursday they would not support bringing the team to the city, further muddying prospects for the team’s ultimate location.
 

Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) said comments that Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio made this week about the Jan. 6 insurrection were the last straw for the stadium bill.  :classic_dry: Del Rio had called the storming of the U.S. Capitol building a “dust-up” compared to the racial justice protests that followed the death of George Floyd in 2020.
 

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Alaska Darin
4 hours ago, Ann said:

Senate leader is giving up on bill to bring Commanders to Virginia
 

The state legislator who has led the charge to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia gave up the fight Thursday, saying the latest controversy surrounding the team has proved too much to overcome, a substantial setback for the team in its search for a new location for its stadium.
 

The news came as a group of D.C. legislators declared on Thursday they would not support bringing the team to the city, further muddying prospects for the team’s ultimate location.
 

Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) said comments that Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio made this week about the Jan. 6 insurrection were the last straw for the stadium bill.  :classic_dry: Del Rio had called the storming of the U.S. Capitol building a “dust-up” compared to the racial justice protests that followed the death of George Floyd in 2020.
 

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This is how petty the "leaders" of this country are.   God, get the &#%$ over yourselves. 

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Why would he go?  If he was second guessing himself her response would have to reassure him that he did the right thing. 

 

Dan Snyder declines House Oversight committee's invitation; chairwoman Carolyn Maloney responds

 

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Commanders owner Dan Snyder has declined to attend the House Oversight & Reform committee hearing next week on the team's workplace culture. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will participate, appearing virtually, the league confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday.

 

Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent Snyder a letter on Friday, responding to his refusal to testify in the hearing.

 

"I urge Mr. Snyder to reconsider his decision to decline public testimony and by doing so refusing to accept accountability for his actions and the culture he has fostered within his team," Maloney said. 

 

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2 hours ago, Ann said:

Why would he go?  If he was second guessing himself her response would have to reassure him that he did the right thing. 

 

Dan Snyder declines House Oversight committee's invitation; chairwoman Carolyn Maloney responds

 

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Commanders owner Dan Snyder has declined to attend the House Oversight & Reform committee hearing next week on the team's workplace culture. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will participate, appearing virtually, the league confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday.

 

Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent Snyder a letter on Friday, responding to his refusal to testify in the hearing.

 

"I urge Mr. Snyder to reconsider his decision to decline public testimony and by doing so refusing to accept accountability for his actions and the culture he has fostered within his team," Maloney said. 

 

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I'm trying to imagine a country in such great shape that legislators have time to hold hearings on the internal workings of a single company.

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Crap Throwing Clavin
2 hours ago, Ann said:

Why would he go?  If he was second guessing himself her response would have to reassure him that he did the right thing. 

 

Dan Snyder declines House Oversight committee's invitation; chairwoman Carolyn Maloney responds

 

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Commanders owner Dan Snyder has declined to attend the House Oversight & Reform committee hearing next week on the team's workplace culture. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will participate, appearing virtually, the league confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday.

 

Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent Snyder a letter on Friday, responding to his refusal to testify in the hearing.

 

"I urge Mr. Snyder to reconsider his decision to decline public testimony and by doing so refusing to accept accountability for his actions and the culture he has fostered within his team," Maloney said. 

 

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Maloney's rejoinder is effectively "We've already judged you, shame on you for not participating in your own denunciation rally!"

 

I don't like Snyder - hell, who does?  But I don't have to like Snyder to think Maloney's bullshit is bullshit.

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