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Radio reactions to Commanders bidder, Brian Davis’ interview

There were lots of reactions to Brian Davis’ bid on the Commanders after his Wednesday appearance on The Sports Junkies.

Former Duke basketball two-time national champion Brian Davis was certainly the most talked about person Wednesday, regarding him being a potential owner of the Washington Commanders.

Davis dialogued with The Sports Junkies (106.7 The Fan) for two segments Wednesday morning. Here are some of the responses from the Junkies and then also other sports personalities in the DMV.

“Whose intellectual property is worth $50 billion? Nobody I have ever heard of…The bottom line is does the guy have legitimate money? I know he is not a billionaire and the guy said he was a billionaire.” — Eric Bickel, 106.7 The Fan

“I am calling shenanigans on that. .. Wait until the headline at Pro Football Talk is ‘Brian Davis can’t wait to sink white people’s money’.” — John Cakes Auville, 106.7 The Fan

“Nobody believes he has the money. Nobody in this room believes he has the money.” — John-Paul Flaim, 106.7 The Fan

“He reminded me of a relative at either Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner; they are just talking in circles. At some point, you wish they would stop talking, but they just won’t. They keep going and going.“ — John Cakes Auville, 106.7 The Fan

“I don’t know if we learned a lot, but he said a lot…You know what you can’t run from or hide from if you are going to try to make a major business play? Your past… There is a reason we have never discussed this on our show. That is because we never did really think it was real.” — JP Finlay, 106.7 The Fan

“I don’t feel comfortable supporting what I just heard. Just because you change the name doesn’t mean your history is gone.” — Brian Mitchell, 106.7 The Fan

“Supposedly he is able to get billionaires to agree to give him billions of dollars for his intellectual property. Again, forgive my skepticism. Who gave you the money? That was the one question that never really came up…When it did come up in passing he said it came from white people, which was an odd phrase, I thought.” — Grant Paulsen, 106.7 The Fan

“This sounds like the most fraudulent bit of nonsense I can remember hearing about. I don’t have a nicer way of saying it than that. This does not sound realistic.” — Danny Roullier, 106.7 The Fan

“Are you really going to buy something from somebody or allow that somebody to buy something from you, where you don’t understand who it is and where it is coming from, in terms of the money in the deal? …I don’t know man, it didn’t sound real to me. None of this has sounded real at any point.“ — Kevin Sheehan, 980 The Team

“To be quite honest, and to be quite blunt, there wasn’t much that I could handle. I am not trying to be a jerk here. I’m not trying to be mean. If this morning was a true representation of what Brian Davis is trying to sell to the National Football League, Dan and Tanya Snyder and Bank of America Securities, there is no way anybody with half a peanut in their brain that could walk away saying, ‘Oh yes, that sounds good. That sounds real. That sounds legit.’ ” — Chris Russell, 980 The Team.

“More sleight of hand from Davis, it seems, and the proof of that kills his credibility even more…The idea that Brian Davis is doing all these things, and this could be a means to justify an end, falls through immediately. He’s mentioned this elaborate plan, but no one in PG County has seen it. You can’t just submit a bid to the NFL and say you’re going to do things if you don’t have the approval to do any of it.” — Craig Hoffman, 980 The Team

The Commanders bid from Brian Davis raises questions

Much more has been revealed about Brian Davis since his alleged $7 billion bid for the Commanders.

Josh Harris is going to be the next majority owner of the Washington Commanders.

Yet, it is former Duke basketball player Brian Davis that is making the most news. Reports were that Davis had offered to buy the Commanders on March 21 and that the bid was $7 billion. In CASH!

Note: Davis has raised the level of suspicion by the Washington media and fan base. However, Davis is going to have an opportunity to tell his side of the story Wednesday, when he is scheduled to be a guest on The Sports Junkies (106.7 The Fan) in the 8:00 a.m. ET hour.

Darren Haynes of WUSA 9 in Washington reported Tuesday that Brian Davis’s funds actually originated from the Middle East. If in fact Davis has been provided the money by the Middle East, does this still raise questions for the NFL owners?

Davis, in 2006, made an effort to buy the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies but missed the deadline, not able to come up with the funds. So, how in the world is it possible for Davis to have much more ($7B) and in cash?

Additionally, when Davis made the $7B offer, one of the first questions out there was why would Davis offer $7B and not a more calculating and wise $6.25B or $6.35B?

Reports have surfaced that Davis has been sued for failure to pay back loans several times. In one such instance, Davis raised money in the effort to purchase the Grizzlies but did not pay back the loan and was sued by former Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen.

Former Maryland Terrapin and San Diego Charger Shawn Merriman sued Davis for failing to pay on loans for property in Maryland and won the suit against Davis.

BS Brian Davis doesn’t have the funds, tried to get me for 3m took his ass to court and won $4m. He owes a bunch of athletes money the other owners will never approve this. https://t.co/wuNFRdRWuf

— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) April 17, 2023

NFL owners have had problems with Daniel Snyder’s bad publicity. Would the NFL now determine to do business with Brian Davis whose business practices have resulted in his being sued and losing suits?

Don’t the NFL owners want this transaction and the next era for the Washington franchise to go much smoother? Doesn’t the NFL need this next Washington owner to come with a good enough business reputation to regain the trust of this fan base that less than a decade ago had the number one home attendance in the NFL?

This is simply a succinct sketch. For a much fuller, detailed treatment, see the Al Galdi Podcast episode 552 (Tuesday edition) where Galdi welcomed guest Arif Hasan. Hasan provided what Galdi described as a “surgical dissection of Brian Davis’ shady past.”

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Is there a $7 billion offer on the table for the Commanders?

Perhaps this isn’t over after all.

When the news broke Thursday afternoon that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder had agreed in principle to sell the team to Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner Josh Harris, fans were elated.

Of course, the deal wasn’t final, as it was later reported to be nonexclusive and yet to be signed.

What does that mean?

It means someone can still contact Snyder and top Harris’ bid. That seemed unlikely, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos telling those close to him he would not enter the bidding process.

Then there was Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos, who believes he remains alive in the bidding process, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta declared he would not raise his bid of $5.6 billion.

As it turns out, there may indeed be another bidder. Darren Haynes of WUSA 9 in Washington, D.C., reported Friday evening that former Duke basketball player and successful businessman Brian Davis made a $7 billion cash offer to Snyder to purchase the Commanders.

Last month, “The Sports Junkies,” from 106.7 The Fan in Washington, first mentioned Davis had placed a bid on the Commanders, but it was not mentioned again — until Friday.

In Haynes’ report, he mentions that Davis made his bid on March 21 and, according to documents obtained by WUSA, “is offering to pay the first $1 billion to Dan Snyder within 24 hours, and $6 billion within seven days.”

Wait, there’s more.

Davis is also willing to indemnify Dan Snyder as a condition of his offer, according to the March 21 letter, meaning Davis is willing to take on any legal liability related to Dan Snyder and ongoing investigations into the team.

Davis, a Bladensburg, Maryland native, played one season in the NBA and owns Urban Echo Energy LLC, a LEED-certified developer of renewable energy assets.

How did Davis accrue his wealth?

A source told WUSA9 that Davis raised the capital by selling his own intellectual property. During that time, private investors realized he had a $50 billion.

Rules of golf: 10 biggest controversies of the decade

Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, and Lexi Thompson were all engulfed in some of the decade’s biggest Rules of Golf controversies.

There was no shortage of options for making this list.

Plenty of first-name only star power — Phil, Tiger, DJ and Lexi — were among the biggest offenders.

That’s because the Rules of Golf are complicated, and despite revisions and clarification and an overhaul that went into effect in 2019, there are still regular occurrences where the punishment doesn’t seem to fit the crime plus plenty of room for ambiguity.

Here are the 10 biggest Rules controversies that sparked debate in this decade:

10. Haotong Li, 2019 Dubai Desert Classic

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 27: Haotong Li of China takes his tee shot on hole one during Day Four of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 27, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) — Haotong Li at the 2019 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

In the final round, Haotong Li canned a birdie putt on the 18^th hole to apparently finish in third place. But as ESPN’s Lee Corso would say, not so fast, my friends. Li’s caddie violated one of the new Rules of Golf that went into effect in 2019 – Rule 10.2b – “once the player begins taking a stance for the stroke, and until the stroke is made, the player’s caddie must not deliberately stand on or close to an extension of the line of play behind the ball for any reason.” The two-stroke change dropped Li to a tie for 12th place and cost him the equivalent of about $100,000.

As a result of this ruling and a similarly harsh interpretation of the Rule against Denny McCarthy at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February, a clarification was released addressing issues with the Rule. In short, it clarified what it meant to “deliberately” stand behind the player and provided more guidance for when a player actually has “begun taking his or her stance.”

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