story. That is hovering over the NFL today
and will become Front Burner topic tomorrow at 11 a.m.
eastern when the US House oversight and reform committee
takes up the matter of the Washington commanders.
Roger Goodell. The commissioner of the league is testifying
Daniel Snyder. Persists in his refusal, to accept
the invitation to appear either in person or remotely and testify.
There will be some obvious questions posed to Roger,
Goodell. But here's one that I thought of today
A topic that I think
will be highly relevant as it relates to the transparency or
lack thereof
when the Beth Wilkinson investigation became
consequences that were announced by the commissioner
last July 1.
We have complained since then and I've been at the Forefront
of the people who have been banging, the drum and carrying
the
pitchforks and torches that there's been no transparency
and there should be
ask yourself this question.
Between the team in the league.
Who would be more interested
in having secrecy if it was one of the other?
Who benefits more from secrecy.
Now I've said, hey, if the facts come out
As to whatever Dana Snyder did. Whatever really happened in
the organization, his ongoing ownership of the team becomes
untenable. What if it what if it doesn't
He's already despised
people already assume the worst of him and he still hasn't had
to sell the team.
What if the facts come out?
And they are what they are.
And Dan Schneider says, I'm not selling,
I'm not going anywhere.
Oh you think it's a bad? Look. Well okay. I'm still not
selling the team. Make me
and the NFL would still find itself embroiled in a major
litigation to try to get Dana Snyder out. Flip it around full
transparency.
Of the Commander's investigation. How many more
John Gruden's?
Would be brought down
by full transparency. How many other people who have either
experienced minimal consequences to date or none
whatsoever. All of a sudden would find themselves caught in
these broader Gears of dysfunction. That resulted in
the end result, what we know how did we get to? What we know
who else is implicated?
It could be.
That the league was the one that wanted things to be kept
secret.
In order to protect other people
did, it wasn't about protecting Dan Snyder. Remember my
position is always been.
It's never been about protecting him. It's about
protecting. Others protecting other owners from finding
themselves in a similar spot where a disgruntled employee
makes a complaint. One thing leads to another and
investigator
is hired, that person goes in starts turning over rocks and
finding stuff
finding a Magic Bullet hidden under a rock somewhere that
takes out the owner.
That's part of it,
but it could be, there's just other stuff in there.
Other stuff on par with Jon Gruden. Remember the Jeff Pash,
emails with Bruce Allen and Bruce Allen has skated on this
relatively speaking.
If you get full transparency, you're going to find out who
did what and when
how involved Snyder was or wasn't what allegation?
Specifically apply to him and which ones don't
you could argue?
That the end result of full transparency would not make
Daniel Snyder.
Any less notoriously or disliked in the eyes of
the fanbase and the General Public.
But also, plenty of others. Don't know
to have.
Bad feelings about. They can end up having their careers
come to a screeching halt. So,
I hadn't thought of it until today,
and I think it's an important point to keep in mind tomorrow
when the commissioner is grilled,
whose idea, was it
to keep it. Secret, whose idea was it to come up with that
cockamamie stupid ass. Sorry explanation. Why am
I apologizing? We're dropping F bombs left and right. On PFT
lie
to come up with that cockamamie explanation
that because some employees He's wanted anonymity. We must
treat everything that we have found as a state secret. It
makes no sense.
It could be that the league, not the team
was the driving force behind sweeping
as much as possible
under the rug.