It is said that when the head is affected, the whole body is affected as well. This specifically reflects upon what happened with the Washington Commanders. After taking responsibility for the team, former Commanders owner Dan Snyder just shattered the team’s reputation into pieces. Snyder’s illegal activity made history, and as a result, he will soon face a significant fine.
However, now the teams’ have got their new owner Josh Harris. Now that Harris is behind the wheel, he wants to change the Washington team’s entire ethos.
Commanders’ new owner Josh Harris promises to “change the culture”
In 1999, Snyder took ownership of the Commanders and steered the group for more than two decades. His journey garnered more criticism than reputation. The new owner is in charge of getting rid of all the previous nightmares since he is now formally no longer associated with the teams.
Harris acknowledged the earlier hue-and-cry tenure of Dan at a news conference on Friday, calling it unfortunate. “A lot of stuff happened that was unfortunate,” he said at a news conference.
Along with Snyder, his management team was also subjected to a bad working environment and physical torture. Josh, though, came across as determined that any form of violence would not be tolerated and vowed to completely alter the squad’s ethos.
“We’re focused on changing the culture. It’s about creating a management team that doesn’t look the same. It’s about zero tolerance for ethically challenged behavior. When you own a sports team in a city, everyone looks at what you do.”
New #Commanders owner Josh Harris: “It’s hard to imagine but I’ve seen the numbers. The Commanders were once the #1 franchise in the NFL back when they were the Redskins. Not the Dallas Cowboys.”
Harris says he wants to bring those glory days back.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) July 21, 2023
Snyder not only destroyed the team’s culture but also destroyed its’ figure on the field by creating a bad locker room to survive and provide the best on the field. In the press conference, the 58-year-old also expressed his surprise at how a no 1 team acquainted them as the league’s one of the worst teams.
“It’s hard to imagine but I’ve seen the numbers. The Commanders were once the #1 franchise in the NFL back when they were the Redskins. Not the Dallas Cowboys,” said Josh.
Why did Dan Snyder receive a $60,000,000 fine from NFL?
Dan was subjected to controversy for a long time, and finally, this year, he decided to sell the team after being alleged for sexual harassment and financial impropriety allegations. Up until then, all his acts were under investigation.
Mary Jo White was the attorney in charge, with whose assistance the league, after 17 months of supervision, released a 23-page report containing the findings of the investigation. Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL, later declared in a statement that Dan was required to pay the league $60 million, or roughly 1% of the sale price.
Before releasing the report, White interviewed Tiffani Johnston, a former cheerleader and marketing employee. Johnston had complained that Snyder touched him in an unprofessional way with sexually harassing intent. White spoke with her and discovered Snyder to be at fault.
“While we could not determine the precise date of the incident and the identities of all dinner attendees, we sustained Ms. Johnston’s allegations,” the report states. “We spoke to Ms. Johnston several times and found her to be highly credible.”
The lawyer also verified a different set of claims concerning the team’s finances by going over more than 10,000 documents.
Harris and his team intended to repair the terrible conclusion that Snyders’ era started with. Although the renovation won’t happen overnight, like the damage, his team’s resolve will undoubtedly now be a source of comfort for Commanders fans.
