OK, so I think, I think the partying
has already commenced, right?
Yeah, fans are right now.
Bullpen DC, this is a Navy Yard.
What is it called again?
Burgundy and sold.
That's where Eric Flag
joins us tonight. A flag.
Hey, so Burgundy and soul
sold is his complete vibe.
And I got to tell you,
I'm standing next to a Washington
football great, Brian Mitchell.
And just on a personal level before we start,
be Mitch as he's known
to all of us here in DC.
Was a player that I grew
up watching and loving,
so this is a fun experience
and opportunity for me.
Beamage, we were talking off
camera talk about why you
believe there is such kind of
joy and also fans wanting to
come together to celebrate this.
I think
when you look at it, I rolled in town
in 1990 and I automatically assume
I recognize this was a family thing.
The team and the fans were intertwined.
And I played for this team for 10
years and here come Dan Snyder.
He rolled in and you saw it just
slowly separate And all of a sudden
now the fans still want to cheer
for the players, but they
hate who owns it.
And now we get a chance to go
back to loving the players,
loving the team and trying to
bring this thing back together.
It was so much that we have people
calling the radio station today.
Grown men crying,
talking about how they were
with their family and their dad
and wishing their parents could
be here to see this happen.
And listen to me.
I was kicked out of town when
they rolled in and I always had
a connection with the fan base.
That was a mistake by the way.
Yeah, it was.
I know that if I rolled back in town
and I do what I do and I'm around and I,
I believe in telling the truth about stuff,
I never thought it was a professionally
run organization once he took over.
And I said that,
and I've had conversations with him.
I've talked to him on a personal level.
He's like, you're hard on me.
No, I'm not hard on you.
I'm hard on my family.
I expect stuff out of my family.
And if you can't live up to what I expect,
I need to tell you that
I don't believe in it.
And I think that's the ultimate
thing where now fans are believing.
People are saying Josh Harris
hadn't won a championship,
but he's in the party, Okay.
And if you can be in the party consistently,
you give yourself a chance.
So I'm ready for this thing to come
back to the family oriented thing
I saw and I inherited in 1990.
Not the crap we've been seeing
for the last 24 years.
Let me try to get one more out of you.
What is Josh Harris's biggest
obstacle on day one? What does he
need to do first?
I don't think he has an obstacle on day one.
I think his obstacle is going
to come a year later because I
believe so many people are going
to be so happy that Dan is gone.
He gets that grace period,
but you have to make sure you have
a plan in place to make sure these
fans understand you give a damn.
You mean to make sure that they will
have some good stuff and also not
that you're taking, you're giving.
If you could do that as the owner,
I think you'll be good.
As a former great who has given back
to this community for years and years.
We thank you man, sharing some time with us.
This guy is a a legend and he is a celebrity.
I had to pull him away from the
pictures in the selfies just to get
him to come over and talk to us.
But the party just getting
started down here at the bullpen,
Washington Commanders,
fans wanting to celebrate this
moment with other Washington
Commanders fans and it's a heck of
a party going on right now.
Back to you guys.
I'm telling you
he said it he he, he channeled every
Washington football fan and put it.
That's succinctly as to what
it's going to mean now for Josh
Harris to take over it. Yeah.
What he'll be facing in the next year.
Yeah. At the moment a lot
of people are just excited.
You know, the Dan Snyder is gone,
then the real work begins shortly after.
All right. And by the way,
a lot of folks reacting to this news,
including Maryland Governor Westmore
weighing in on the sale, saying quote,
Maryland is excited to welcome this new
leadership group and looks forward to
working together on a vision for the
next generation of commanders football.
For 25 years, the commanders have
called Prince George's County home
and Governor Moore is committed to
ensuring this long standing part.
Ownership continues for the next generation,
starting the stadium sweepstakes.
Keep it here.
Keeping DC,
Maryland and Virginia.
That's going to be the next battle
coming up over the next year or two.