is League inside and out.
I guess today. This sort of showing from Commissioner
Goodell on Capitol Hill in front of the house oversight
committee.
I guess it was for me. It was just the latest reminder
that this is why he gets paid
out the ass.
He gets paid a lot of money to take 60 million plus
I mean to to Snyder said I ain't got time for that you go
he goes and he takes the brunt of criticism from Congress.
He gets he gets made a fool of
in front of the country or in front of those who are
interested in these proceedings.
I thought Mike that once we got the report about them being
funny with playing with the church's money
and withholding shared revenue from other teams and scamming
customers or whatnot, I thought that that was going to be it
that We would see Dan Snyder,
get kicked out the club.
In addition to what he's brought on the league
in terms of a toxic sexist misogynist workplace
culture.
I mean, maybe that was wishful thinking on my part because
Roger Goodell certainly didn't seem like somebody who is ready
to initiate proceedings or do his part in trying to remove
even though he can't do it as he said, but trying to
remove Daniel Snyder it and short Mike is Daniel Snyder.
This just one embarrassing. A showing in front of Congress
will see
if he, you know, he's he's been subpoenaed. He's,
you know, got to show up. We'll see what happens with that
hearing,
or maybe he's held in contempt, maybe doesn't show up, I don't
know, but we'll Issa. Well, he managed to survive. This is
what I'm getting at.
Yes, he will. Because, as Roger, Goodell, the guy who
works for Dan Snyder in the 31, other owners put it, they held
him accountable.
He paid the 10 million dollar fine, with the organization
actually. Did they kept on harping One of the changes that
have been made within the organization and the better
part of man is wants was
right,
you know. So that's what they kept. Harping on those were
the talking points and then Snyder and his wife put out
a statement similar kind of thumping, their chests on
the changes that they made nothing here
today. Surprised me.
Nothing about this
was anything more than like you said, Roger Goodell the die who
makes 60 million a year to take bullets for these 31 32 owners.
Basically going out there and doing his job from protecting
the shield because it wasn't just Dan Snyder. It was
the other owners as well because if they set a precedent of
complaints, going against a guy and getting boosted out of
his team, then that opens the door for all the other owners
and they don't want that and that's why you had Jerry Jones
earlier this year saying that. Yeah, he thought that the 10
million dollar fine against Daniel Snyder was fair
because he doesn't want the same thing to happen to him. So
that was just another reminder today that Roger Goodell is
a high-paid
You know, bull taker.
Yeah. Hop hop hop, a puppet. This was a conspiracy and
a cover-up, is what we've learned and the conspiracy in the cover
up. What you're saying, Mike Jones, it continues and it
continues.
They all in cya mode Vinny, what you got
is curious because you're talking about the president
being set. Mike
wasn't the president said with Jerry Richardson and the
Charlotte, the Panthers a couple years ago with him being
removed.
Well, he removed himself, he didn't even wait till it to get
to the time with them investigating the organization
or anything like that. The allegations came out and he was
like, I'm out, you know, and made a whole lot of money
selling that team.
Maybe he was closer ready, but
to sell it anyway.
But Dan Snyder is not at all wanting to sell this team.
And so that's why
you have nothing that came out. In any of these reports
was news to Roger, Goodell and the other went owners,
they had the Court. They had all the allegations they had
all the dirt and they decided
find the team two million dollars and then we'll be good
to go and we'll let Snyder decide to remove himself from
running this team. Even though he turned it over to his wife,
who, you know, they can talk about all the business matters
over breakfast and dinner.
So they were happy with that punishment and that's why you
saw and I bet you the other owners didn't want Snyder in
front of this. This,
you know, hearing
they want to get Del handling it because Goodell did not
Crack he didn't come off looking
anything different than what we thought. And frankly, the
undergoing customers were way more embarrassing
than what Roger Goodell looks like.
I just want snotted to go Nino Brown. If I'm going down I'm
taking a whole lot of y'all. With me, it was Caribe Akbar,
the educated brother from the bank. That's what I need to see
from Daniel Snyder.
If he goes and answer the subpoena in front of Congress,
speaking of punishment.
So it's enormously is connected.
You have DeShaun Watson. Having now settled
20 of the 24 lawsuits
for sexual misconduct. During massage therapy session, right?
And listen, forget about for a second,
not forget about it's intertwined, but I'm I'm
separating the, the league punishing him strictly off.
Optics.
Forget about guilt or innocence
or you know, settling not settling or you know indicted
or not indicted. It's like the Optics of this. That's why
the league is going to come down hard on him. I you all
Of us. Many people have seen it coming from a mile away
separate that from
what you think is, Sean Watson should get for this behavior
and in separate. Both those things
from the fascinating defense, that's reportedly going to be
put forward by the NFL players Association like which I think
that defense holds a lot of water. The idea that wait
a second, your personal conduct policy, which side note.
Roger Goodell acknowledge that Daniel Snyder. Did not
self-report. The 2009 allegation of sexual misconduct
as per
the conduct policy. But back to the PA,
your personal conduct policy
says that you know legal. Fischels and ownership is held
to a higher standard and yet Daniel Snyder. Jerry Jones,
Robert crab. I feel like I'm missing somebody.
What punishment have they received
To speak of if any. So, how do you come down and level this
unprecedented punishment against the show and Watson.
Again, deserves got nothing to do with it but we won't talk
about precedents the league. Feels like it's made
a bid that it now has to sleep in with its own personal
conduct policy policy. So, having said all of that,
I expected a year a long time ago
as time goes on.
Where do you see it coming down? When it went off
when the parties May ultimately does come down,
Yeah, I fully expect that the Lee's gonna suggest a year.
The disciplinary officer
does not have to take that, she'll hear the recommendation
from the league and the Players Association show handed down
the nflpa. If they don't, like, it will appeal, or the league
has the right to appeal, if they don't like what she has
either. But I fully feel like you
know this could be less than a year because of just like you
pointed out and the nflpa have talked to a lot of people.
They are definitely ready to go to war and they're making it
quite public that they are going to point to those three
owners as examples. Aang,
you were lenient with these guys.
This guy has already settled, he hasn't played in a year
and so you can't hold him to that standard. Now. Do I expect
them to win?
I don't know. But I wouldn't be surprised if it State Games
something like that.
You know, the league again. They want to send a strong
message here, but it's not fully in their control.
Hmm.
I got a I got a question that I don't feel like maybe you're
not qualified to answer but
Mike when you settle 20 or 24 cases and basically the two
yard line,
why didn't why won't these cases settled six months ago?
Eight months ago, wouldn't that have been a better look for him
to get this in the rearview mirror as opposed to it being
on the doorstep of training camp.
Well, he was hell-bent on as he
Did you just say I'm going to clear my name? I want to clear
my name and listing continue to drag on and the longer dragged
on
more stuff came out. Now he had a risk right here
you know he absolutely could have done this for cheaper. If
he had right away settle with Tony Busby and all of his
clients and made this thing, go away, Daniel Snyder settled for
that 1.6 million with that woman and thought that a gone
away, but he could have done that for cheaper,
but he kept trying to clear his name but the risk he took by
waiting all this time. If he continued to let this dry. Agon
was that he could have been potentially placed on an exempt
list and miss a good chunk of this year until this was
resolved and then been suspended next year. So he
didn't want to risk taking two years of suspension. Why? So
I think that from his point from what I was told the the advice
given to him was get this thing taken care of.
Boom, get it out the way the punishment comes down before
training camp and then you'll have your suspension this year.
We'll see how much it is but this is Out of the way. And
there's not a risk of two years of this thing dragon on even
more.
Yeah, no, I know. It's interesting. What you said Mike
about the league May recommend to you? I wonder if they'll
kind of like hold, that up is like, see we recommended a year
but the independent, the independent disciplinary
officer. I took it down by the kind of
wave that flat look. We try to come down hard type thing.
Anyway, Mike Jones. Appreciate you, man. Thank you.