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Dan and Tanya Snyder release statement after Commanders sale is finalized

The Snyder family congratulate Josh Harris and his fellow owners on the purchase of the Commanders.

After 24 years as owner of the Washington NFL franchise, Daniel Snyder and his wife Tanya are gone. NFL owners unanimously approved the Commanders sale to a group led by Josh Harris for $6.05 billion.

When news broke Thursday afternoon, there were multiple parties throughout the DMV, celebrating Harris’ arrival as Washington’s new owner.

Meanwhile, all was quiet from the outgoing owners.

On Friday, that changed as Dan and Tanya Snyder released a statement:

We congratulate the Harris Ownership Group on yesterday’s unanimous League approval of their purchase of the Washington Commanders. We are proud to have built the most diverse leadership group of any NFL Team, including having the highest representation of women, underrepresented groups, and the first full time black female coach in League history.

We are immensely grateful to the best fans in football, the Commanders’ faithful, for the passion and unwavering support they have shown for this team and those who represented it on and off the field. From the players who battled every week for that extra inch, to those who worked behind the scenes to enhance every facet of the organization, we thank you for your hard work, dedication and commitment to our team, fans, pursuit of excellence and most importantly, to each other.

Being stewards of this historic organization for the last quarter century has been the privilege of a lifetime. When we purchased the team nearly 25 years ago, Dan was quoted as saying “I’m a fan. A huge fan. It’s that simple.” That is as true today as it was then. During our next chapter, we are looking forward to spending time with family and devoting our energy to the causes that matter very much to us, including furthering our long-standing support of breast cancer research.

Harris, along with co-owners Mitchell Rales, Magic Johnson, David Blitzer and Mark Ein were introduced at FedEx Field Friday, which ended with them attending the Commanders training camp pep rally.

A new owner for the Commanders at next week’s league meetings is ‘unlikely’

Not to worry, it is coming.

Social media was going wild last Saturday night, speculating that Dan Snyder had officially sold the Washington Commanders.

Not only did “$8 Twitter” take turns saying they had sources, other media members who cover the team — or have covered the team — hinted they’d heard positive things about the potential sale.

As it turns out, it was much ado about nothing. The team denied some of the “reports” on Twitter, and none of the tops NFL news breakers said a word about the Washington sale.

While the Commanders haven’t yet officially been sold, the prospective frontrunner, Josh Harris, added another investor to his bid in NBA legend Magic Johnson.

On Tuesday, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated offered some insight into the sale. The owner’s meetings that begin next week were believed to be the targeted time for a resolution to the Washington ownership situation. However, that appears unlikely per Breer.

I don’t think the Commanders will have a buyer to present to the league next week at the annual meeting. It could happen if things accelerate this week, but that seems unlikely.

Washington fans shouldn’t let Breer’s report get them down, as he followed up the above statement with some encouraging information.

That doesn’t mean it’s not coming, though. The likelihood at this point is there will be news on the Commanders ownership front at the NFL’s spring meeting in Minneapolis in May. And all signs inside team headquarters point to the transition being well underway.

Report: Dan and Tanya Snyder have ‘cleared out’ of Commanders’ team facility

And a sale is believed to be “imminent.”

Could Dan and Tanya Snyder be selling the Washington Commanders soon?

According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Snyders have “cleared out” of Washington’s team facility in Ashburn, and some believe a sale is “imminent.”

Furthermore, Florio’s sources indicate that a sale could be ” approved and announced as soon as the upcoming league meetings in Arizona.”

The league has targeted March’s owner meetings for months as the time other owners hoped to vote on a potential new owner for the Commanders. However, multiple reports in recent weeks have created some hesitation. One of those reports says Snyder wants fellow owners and the NFL to indemnify him against future legal liabilities and costs if he sells the franchise he’s owned since 1999.

Florio’s report doesn’t indicate who a potential buyer could be. Still, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner Josh Harris has been the favorite since Snyder was allegedly freezing out Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Helping Harris’ cause is the addition of D.C. billionaire Mitchell Rales as a partner in his bid.

It’s not known if Bezos was allowed to bid on the Commanders, but he did hire an investment firm familiar with the sale of sports franchises to consider a bid.

The NFL owner’s meetings begin on Sunday, March 26.

Report: NFL owners discussed Commanders’ sale and Dan Snyder at league meetings

But there were no decisions on a potential vote to remove Snyder.

We are less than three weeks away from the NFL owner’s meetings that begin on March 26 in Phoenix. Why is that date so significant? That’s been the date many have said the NFL hoped to have a resolution regarding the sale of the Washington Commanders.

In other words, NFL owners hoped to approve a new owner at the league meetings.

This week, some NFL owners met in West Palm Beach, Fla., for committee meetings, and, as expected, the Commanders were a hot topic.

According to Mark Maske of The Washington Post. owners discussed the potential sale of the Commanders and “other issues regarding team owner Daniel Snyder.”

Presumably, those other issues were likely the multiple investigations into Snyder, including the NFL’s Mary Jo White investigation. There’s also last week’s explosive report from ESPN that centered around a questionable $55 million loan Snyder received from Bank of America that created a rift between him and his former co-owners.

The following is part of Maske’s report from the meetings:

Some owners emerged from the meetings still hopeful that Snyder will agree to sell the Commanders without a vote to force a sale, said those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the bidding and the possibility of an eventual legal conflict with Snyder. Other owners apparently were not as optimistic about that prospect.

Maske mentioned how some of the owners hoped Snyder would sell the Commanders without the other NFL owners voting to force a sale. As of now, Snyder’s intentions remain a mystery.

As for the vote to force a sale:

The owners will not move toward a vote to remove Snyder at the March meeting, the person said.

Another interesting nugget from Maske’s report indicates that Snyder hasn’t given many details to the league or his fellow owners on the current bidding process. The only publicly known bids are from NBA owners Josh Harris and Tilman Fertitta.

It sounds like Snyder’s fellow owners will remain patient until their meetings begin on March 26. If there is no progress on Washington’s sale at that time, then things could get interesting.

Snyder’s wife and co-owner, Tanya, represented the Commanders at this week’s meetings.

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Will the sale of the Commanders come soon enough?

After Thursday’s news, many Washington fans are wondering when the Commanders will finally be sold.

In one sense, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform didn’t really reveal what we didn’t already know or strongly suspect.

Yet, in another sense, with the final report by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released Thursday, I was left with the feeling, “I know Snyder is going to sell the team but is there any way we can pick up the pace here and get this franchise sold quicker?”

Another new release of negative news regarding Daniel Snyder? How soon will it conclude?

Snyder began as a meddlesome owner resulting in general manager Charley Casserly “resigning” before the 1999 season. Talk about red flags! Some of us raised our eyebrows with that one, and certainly, the 2000 offseason confirmed our fears. Snyder terribly overrated his abilities as a football executive. He simplistically thought himself a NFL general manager.

Sadly, over the last two decades, we have learned that he apparently didn’t relate to his workforce well, interact well with them, supervise well, listen well, empathize well and on and on.

In this last year, he was still attempting to place the blame for the workplace culture on Bruce Allen, who frankly appeared aloof, smug and uncooperative himself many times. It was like the two deserved one another. Unfortunately, so many others in the workplace would suffer from the leadership or lack thereof from Snyder and Allen.

Might it have been Snyder’s testifying before the committee and the subsequent report that would follow, that led him to look into selling the franchise? Might the final straw have been when his wife Tanya was mercilessly booed by Commanders fans a month ago at a home game?

Tanya, a breast cancer survivor herself, appeared in a video presentation regarding Breast Cancer Awareness on the FedEx Field big screen. Fans spontaneously booed her and chanted “sell the team.”

Regardless of what you know and feel about Daniel Snyder, each and every fan who treated Tanya so rudely after all she has been through physically and emotionally suffering with cancer, should be ashamed of themselves. It was entirely thoughtless, rude, crude, and brutish.

Perhaps it was the last straw for Tanya? Might it have been the last straw for Dan? Of course, I don’t know.

But we do know the Snyders have neither challenged nor denied reports of looking into selling the team. Therefore, they are going to sell.

I wonder if Thursday’s report simply results in many like myself wanting to speed the sale and finally put this era behind us?

Fans chant ‘sell the team’ as they leave FedEx Field after Commanders’ loss

Fans continue to pressure Washington owner Daniel Snyder to sell the team. Even Vikings fans helped out on Sunday.

It sounds like fans of the Washington Commanders may finally be getting what they wanted after all these years. Last week, Forbes reported that Washington owners Dan and Tanya Snyder had hired Bank of America to explore potentially selling the team.

The Commanders confirmed the move.

Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported Sunday that the Commanders are for sale and that the NFL would like to wrap this up within the next six months, potentially by the NFL owner’s meetings in March. Glazer said the Commanders could be sold for as much as $7 billion.

That didn’t stop fans at FedEx Field from chanting “sell the team” as they were leaving the stadium after Washington’s crushing 20-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

Before the game, fans chanted, “sell the team,” with some help from the Minnesota fans in attendance.

Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post caught up with a couple of wore “sell the team” t-shirts.

The Commanders have four home games remaining this season.

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NFC East news: Dan Snyder is now considering selling the Washington Commanders

NFC East news: Daniel and Tanya Snyder are now considering selling the Washington Commanders

With Jim Irsay no longer a supporter and the NFL looking for change at the top, longtime Washington owners Dan and Tanya Snyder have hired Bank of America to help process the team sale, Adam Schefter is reporting.

The Broncos just sold to the Walton-Penner family for a record $4.65 billion, and Forbes valued the team at $5.6 billion in August. The Commanders said Wednesday that Snyder is now looking into “potential transactions.”

According to Forbes, the 57-year-old could be simply looking into selling a “minority stake” in the team.

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Daniel Snyder’s attorney: Tiffani Johnston’s allegations are false

Snyder’s attorney was a guest on Pro Football Talk.

Daniel Snyder’s attorney proclaims that Tiffani Johnston’s allegations are false.

Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s legal representative John Brownlee explained his perspective as a guest Thursday on Pro Football Talk hosted by Mike Florio.

Citing that Johnston has shifted her timeline, results in questioning the integrity of her allegations. He also stated at first she did not say where this had transpired and later that it was a restaurant in DC. He also questioned her honesty in stating she had not told anyone about it, yet Brownlee claims they have her declaring in a Facebook post a year earlier, other employees had also been guilty of sexual harassment towards her.

Brownlee of (Holland and Knight) explained he has been hired to assess former employee and cheerleader Tiffani Johnston’s allegations of Snyder’s inappropriate behavior towards her personally.

Secondly, Brownlee conveyed he is also investigating allegations made by former employee Jason Friedman.  He believes he has found discrepancies in Friedman’s testimony as well.

“We feel pretty good about where we are,” regarding the evidences related to these allegations against Snyder.

Brownlee also confirmed Mary Jo White hired by the NFL to investigate, has not yet interviewed Snyder. He also reminded Florio that Snyder’s deposition before Congress lasted 11 hours and that Snyder answered every question.

Regarding the ESPN story from two weeks ago against Snyder, Brownlee responded, the sources were anonymous, allegations false, and two weeks later, there has been no corroborating evidence presented.

Concerning allegations Snyder has hired investigators to dig up dirt on other NFL owners, Brownlee said he has yet to see the slightest evidence of this being true.

Florio pointed to Snyder’s letter to fellow NFL owners last week, citing Snyder’s use of “malice,” suggesting it may indicate future litigation by Snyder against ESPN because of that story.

Brownlee pointed out that Snyder prevailed against allegations he had been associated with Jeffrey Epstein, had been paying off NFL officials, and doing drugs. Washington fans may recall as a result, Dwight Schar was banned from future NFL ownership.

Florio questioned that if all of this is a big smear campaign against Snyder, then who is behind this effort? Brownlee pointed to Congress wanting Snyder to sell the team when the NFL is not within their jurisdiction and the Katz and Banks law firm that has represented some of the cheerleaders and employees of the team in the past.

Brownlee did concede that the Washington workplace was a toxic environment a few years ago, the investigation revealing such. He also clarified that Snyder was not officially suspended, agreeing to remove himself from the day-to-day operations until November 1. Thus Tanya Snyder has been the primary representative and voice of the team during the interim.

Florio inquired regarding the emails given to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Brownlee stated he had in fact viewed those emails between Jon Gruden and Bruce Allen, calling them “shocking, quite disappointing.”

He also adamantly denied Daniel Snyder had sent those emails. “I have zero evidence that anyone connected with the team did this, zero.” Brownlee also cited that after the NFL’s Beth Wilkinson investigation and decision; it would have been against the team’s interest for anyone with the team to go back and leak those emails.

Johnston alleges Snyder at a dinner, inappropriately placed his hand on her leg and that following the dinner also attempted to pull her into an automobile with him.

Commanders co-owner Tanya Snyder says team’s former name at alumni event Sunday

Tanya Snyder spoke to a group of fans and former players ahead of the game where she closed her speech with “Hail to the ………”

It was supposed to be a special weekend for the Washington Commanders. It was homecoming weekend for the franchise. Washington invited several former greats who donned the burgundy and gold to partake in different events involving the team over the weekend.

On Friday, “The Posse,” Washington’s legendary trio of wide receivers from the 1980s and early-1990s were at practice. And the Commanders would also add 10 new names to the franchise’s “90 greatest” list Sunday.

Before Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, Washington co-owner, Tanya Snyder, held a rally with fans and some of the former players where she spoke. Team president Jason Wright also spoke to the crowd.

Snyder thanked the former players and closed her speech with the following comment:

“Hail to the Redskins, and let’s beat Green Bay.”

Snyder’s comments caused a mixed reaction on social media. Regardless of how some feel about the name, some fans left the day the name was changed and may never return. Others couldn’t believe Snyder used the team’s former name.

Was it a slip of the tongue? An act of defiance? Or a nod to some of those displeased fans? As some pointed out on Twitter, perhaps Snyder made the statement because all of the franchise legends in attendance played for the “Redskins,” not the Football Team or the Commanders.

Regardless, it didn’t stop fans from chanting “sell the team” at the Snyder family on Sunday. It was truly a shame for the former franchise greats and the current players who picked up an impressive win over the Packers.

WATCH: Dan Snyder leave AT&T Stadium in a motorcade

Daniel Snyder leaves AT&T Stadium in a motorcade.

For the first time all season, Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder was spotted at one of his team’s games.

Before Sunday’s Week 4 game between Snyder’s Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys, Snyder, his wife and co-owner, Tanya, and team president Jason Wright were on the field talking to Dallas owner Jerry Jones.

It’s important to note that Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reported that Snyder has been at every one of his team’s games but has not been seen on the field.

Tanya Snyder has allegedly been running day-to-day operations of the Commanders for some time now as her husband is under investigation by Congress and the NFL. Dan Snyder is not under any kind of punishment from the NFL. However, Jones is one of his close friends and probably his biggest ally in ownership circles, so it made sense the owner would be seen talking to one of his few ownership pals.

After the game, Jhabvala spotted Snyder leaving in a motorcade in the bowels of AT&T Stadium.