Dan Snyder

Controversial Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder has acquired enough secrets about fellow owners and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that "they can't ...

"That's not true," one veteran owner says. The story alleges Snyder has obtained this information through various sources and has even hired private investigative firms. "The NFL is a mafia," the story quotes him as having recently told an associate.

ESPN published a massive, detailed article on Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and his fight to keep the team that everyone wants him to sell this ...

The woman has spoken with Mary Jo White for the newest league-run investigation that was started after new allegations against Snyder and the team came out during a Congressional roundtable in front of the House Oversight Committee with five former employees of the organization. Another source confirmed that Snyder has told a confidant that he has “a file” on Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner who has served as Snyder’s friend, mentor and longtime firewall of support. “He thinks he’s got stuff on Roger.” Another former Commanders executive routinely called Snyder “the most powerful owner in the NFL” because of what he knows, a source says. Some owners and executives believe Snyder, or someone associated with him, was behind the leaks that forced Jon Gruden to resign as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. One owner was told by Snyder directly that he “has dirt on Jerry Jones,” a team source told ESPN, though the nature of the information was unclear. - The former employee who got a $1.6 million payment for her silence after an alleged assault from Snyder on a team plane was offered a second, substantial payment to not share her story last year. - Other owners are frustrated with Snyder’s inability to land stadium funding after having a bill at the finish line in Virginia. Snyder is also accused of using his access to the investigation though the “common interest agreement” between Snyder and Goodell to create an enemies list. Snyder “thinks he has enough on all of them,” says a former longtime senior Commanders executive. Snyder made a very public reemergence two weeks ago before his team played the Dallas Cowboys, posing with Jerry Jones on the star at midfield, and having his social media employees blasting the image out to the world. This story highlights the paranoia of a billionaire that no one likes, and the lengths he has allegedly gone to over the last two decades-plus to both become part of the exclusive owners club, and to use threats and intimidation to stay there. I just finished reading it after work, and you will need a decent amount of time to get through it, and process some of the new information and accusations that ESPN presents.