A lengthy investigation into the sexual harassment allegations of 15 former Washington Football Team employees led to a financial penalty Thursday. The NFL fined the WFT $10MM, according to a league announcement. The fine will be donated to charity.
Washington will not be docked draft picks or see executives suspended, but independent counsel Beth Wilkinson’s investigation will result in this fine and what the NFL calls “other remedial measures and penalties.” It will also impact owner Dan Snyder‘s role.
The NFL did not suspend Dan Snyder, but his wife — co-CEO Tanya Snyder — will now oversee the franchise’s day-to-day operations, according to the league’s announcement. Tanya Snyder will also represent the WFT at NFL owners meetings for the next several months. The WFT announced Tanya Snyder as co-CEO last month. Dan Snyder will remain involved with the team, though it is not known when he will resume day-to-day control.
The accusations, which included “unwelcome overtures or comments of a sexual nature” and “exhortations to wear revealing clothing and flirt with clients to close sales deals” stemmed from 2006-19. Three former members of Dan Snyder’s inner circle and previous members of the team’s personnel department were among those accused.
Washington’s workplace featured an unprofessional environment, for women in particular, for many years, according to the NFL-overseen investigation, which noted that bullying and intimidation occurred. Wilkinson also concluded senior WFT execs were indeed among the perpetrators and that ownership rarely acted to intervene.
“I have learned a lot in the past few months about how my club operated and the kind of workplace we had,” Dan Snyder said in a statement. “It is now clear the culture was not what it should be, but I did not realize the extent of the problems or my role in allowing that culture to develop and continue.”
Yes, I completely believe that Dan Snyder will not be involved in day-to-day operations…
Hey, anybody know who owns that bridge over there??
The bridge K’NEX
The bridge is connected to Bedminster and Mar-a-Lago outhouse
$10 million to charity…Trump 2024?
He is a big-time HumpyTrumpy mark.
So where is this money going? I hope somewhere other than the pockets of the NFL. Should go to shelters for abused women imo.
It’s in the article…….
It says “charity”. Doesn’t specify where. If you believe that money is going to an anonymous unnamed charity, you’re being naive.
Locally they are saying that the money will be donated to “organizations committed to character education, anti-bullying, healthy relationships and related topics.”
The Washington Team is valued at around $4 Billion. Chances are the $10 Million will be set aside in an interest bearing trust and 1-2 Million will be paid out annually. Probably end up making money and a lot of great publicity on this.
This is how you change culture.
Yeah, people frequently confuse charity with actual charity.
The NFL is a big time political campaign donor .Snyder will do some type of backroom dealing to get this manipulated well he’s able to work as the owner and rule his team as the owner
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The problem with levying monetary penalties against businesses is that those costs are always passed on to the customers. Washington fans can expect to pay more for tickets and concession items now.
No, they wont.
Drop. In. The. Bucket.
Dan Snyder being human garbage should surprise nobody at this point. No one is buying his statement that he had no idea about all the unethical practices going on within the organization.
I buy it. I don’t think he cared about any complaints or tried very hard to notice. Bruce Allen was in charge then, and by all accounts, had complete control of the organization and did not have a warm personality by any stretch of the imagination. I don’t think Snyder really cared to integrate himself in the workplace or notice how his employees worked. And I definitely don’t think Allen cared if some hapless employee’s feeling were hurt by something he or a subordinate did.
Ten million dollars? Might as well as fined them ten dollars. It is nothing to them.
Should have docked them draft picks for the next several years.
that wouldn’t be fair to their scumbag fans
hey, a wild generalization!
“Should have docked them draft picks for the next several years.”
The team is 149-202-1 and 0-6 in the playoffs since Snyder became the owner. Why would you strip the team of picks for off the field issues?
Or reduced their salary cap this year by $10 million.
Cowardice by Goodell. He should have forced a sale of the franchise.
But since Bill Cosby found the sharp lawyers to get his conviction for drugging and raping tossed, the legal penalties for such crimes are now much lower if not negligible.
i would imagine they didnt force a sale because the owners as a whole voted against it.
Could be a valid point. No sense in risking the chance that somebody competent buys the team.
its a matter of precedent. none of the other 31 want to be forced to sell their teams, and maybe they all despise Synder, but would rather encourage rather than mandate his removal.
Forcing a sale isn’t an easy thing to do. Even Jerry Richardson, though his allegations were not nearly as bad and were much less provable than these, was not forced to sell. He was pressured, I’m sure, but not forced. At the end of the day, the team is Snyder’s property. It would be a massive legal issue because we cannot take property from someone just because we don’t like them or approve of their conduct. And in Snyder’s case, he himself was not implicated as far as we know as being anything other than incompetent. Meaning, he did not harass anyone himself, but likely enabled or ignored an environment created by his subordinates (likely Bruce Allen and Co., but again, as far we know).
Donald Sterling’s banishment from the NBA came with a recording of his faults, but even then, that happened with a host of owners already angry with him, a new commissioner looking for publicity, and years of much more questionable business dealings than any NFL owner. And even then, there were legal issues. I doubt the NFL wants to force a sale, even if it could, because then it becomes easier to do so in the future.
Did D.Snyder use R.Kraft amd R. Ursey as legal council? Today’s NFL! Dumpster fire from top to bottom.