U.S. House of Representatives Committee blast Snyder, NFL

Kenny F'ing Powers

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Of course ESPN buries the lede and makes it about Snyder, but the U.S. House of Representatives Committee had some really strong language towards the NFL regarding their participation and coverup.

The committee's 79-page report released Thursday also comes down hard on the NFL, concluding that the league was complicit in Snyder's efforts by not cooperating with the congressional inquiry and burying a 2020-21 investigation of the Commanders' workplace led by attorney Beth Wilkinson, the results of which have never been fully released.

"We saw efforts that we have never seen before, at least I haven't," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, who chaired the committee. "The NFL knew about it and they took no responsibility."

NFL officials "were acting like they were doing something," Maloney told ESPN. "Then they turn around and fix it so she can't talk. Her report is never going to be made public, yet she was supposed to be hired to address it. The hypocrisy. The coordinated effort to hide what they acknowledged."
The congressional report, citing allegations of harassment and abuse against several other teams, says the NFL has put the interests of league owners ahead of NFL employees, failing to protect them or ensure that victims can speak up without fear of retaliation.

"The NFL chose to bury Ms. Wilkinson's findings and whitewash the misconduct it uncovered," the committee's report says. "Rather than seek real accountability, the NFL aligned its legal interests with Mr. Snyder's, failed to curtail his abusive tactics, and buried the investigation's findings."
 

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The minority report from the Republican committee members goes after Bruce Allen:

“A scrupulous investigation which seeks to ‘fully understand this workplace conduct’ would have required Committee Democrats to investigate the conduct of the Team President and General Manager, Bruce Allen, because he was in leadership during the height of the alleged misconduct. Unfortunately, when Committee Democrats had the opportunity to ask Allen questions on September 6, 2022, under subpoena, they failed to address any of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or otherwise incredibly offensive emails sent to and from Allen’s work account. Allen’s participation in, and perpetuation of, a hostile work environment at the Team cannot be ignored. If the Committee Democrats’ investigation was indeed about the Team’s workplace misconduct, how could it ignore the conduct of one of the Team’s top executives? It again raises the bigger question, why did Committee Democrats spend such vast amounts of time, effort, and resources investigating a professional football team? Considering Committee Democrats’ failure to address obvious workplace misconduct of the Team President and General Manager, we are attaching 57 emails and documents sent outside the organization to highlight the obvious failure of Committee Democrats’ investigation to be full and complete. These emails show that under Allen’s leadership there was a toxic workplace — one that has since been reformed based on independent third-party reviews of the team’s culture. Committee Democrats have not identified or presented any similar emails or documents identifying any racist, misogynistic, or homophobic behavior from Dan Snyder.”
This would suggest to me that 1) GOP members on the committee were just trying to protect Snyder and 2) They were the ones who leaked the Gruden emails back in the day.
 

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The minority report from the Republican committee members goes after Bruce Allen:



This would suggest to me that 1) GOP members on the committee were just trying to protect Snyder and 2) They were the ones who leaked the Gruden emails back in the day.
Bruce Allen testified that NFL executive Lisa Friel specifically pointed a finger at the Commanders as the source of that leak. She could’ve lied to Allen or been mistaken, but that’s a very specific allegation to make, to a person likely to relay the message to Dan Snyder, unless she had some specific reason to believe the Commanders were, in fact, the source of the leak. So I believe the Commanders were a more likely source than a Republican staffer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/12/08/jon-gruden-emails-commanders-leak/
 
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