Commanders’ new culture was on display in France today

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You really can’t make this shit up.

On the same day that Commanders owner Daniel Snyder was chided for declining an invitation to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight & Reform because he had his luxury yacht docket at a resort in France, team executives (according to A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com) posted a photo that doesn’t really mesh with the no-longer-Mad-Men culture that the team now espouses.

Per Perez, a group of four Commanders executives posted on Facebook a photo on a yacht in Cannes with the hashtag #workwithprettypeople.

At best, it’s ridiculously tone deaf. At worst, it’s another middle finger to Congress, at a time when Congress has vowed to subpoena Snyder to testify.

Either way, it undercuts the effort by the team to make fans and media forget about the way things were. Based on that photo, it’s fair to wonder whether the more things change, the more they stay the same.

47 responses to “Commanders’ new culture was on display in France today

  1. Also in fairness, it’s a pretty tame photo. Why they would post it however, is beyond me. Even if it’s entirely innocent. What is there to gain?

  2. Letter from the team touted diversity. That’s another way in which the photo is tone deaf.

  3. mike624 says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:55 pm
    In fairness our government has bigger things to do. But won’t.

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    Snyder and corrupt oligarchs represent everything that is wrong with our society.

    This is EXACTLY what Congress should be doing.

    Protecting the consumer.

  4. Congress needs to investigate and interrogate congress. I know, I know, it’s ridiculous, they’d just end up giving themselves a raise.

  5. mike624 says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:55 pm
    In fairness our government has bigger things to do. But won’t.

    Low hanging fruit.

  6. I just don’t see how Snyder can survive this.

    lets just be honest- the only REAL way to lose a team is to cause enough issues for the other owners they finally toss you.

    the owners don’t care really about fans or even public perception , but when congress has a target on you. that’s another animals. You best believe the owners watch the missles get launched at Goodell in court and want NO part of that being them

  7. This is embarrassing. What a low life organization. Them and the Browns are in a class of their own.

  8. Leveraging this high-profile situation to create better circumstances for working people is a big thing to do.

  9. mike624 says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:55 pm
    In fairness our government has bigger things to do. But won’t.
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Everything is big. It all needs attention. You can’t be choosy.

  10. Based on what appears to be on the table, perhaps they should have borrowed from that late ’90’s show for the hashtag – #WhoseLineIsItAnyway?

  11. Seriously embarrassing that congress is wasting their constituents time on internal matters of an NFL team. Honestly who cares

  12. I think the NFL should force a trade of Watson from the Browns to Washington. And then tell Snyder to sell to the Walmart family. Lastly, let them hire Brian Flores as coach.
    That will pretty much keep the drama to one team.

  13. Snyder is a complete idiot. NFL owners need to dump this guy, but hopefully not before we see his world blow up. Probably going to scar a couple other owners in his wake as well.

  14. Are there any colleges that offer courses on how to flip off the federal government without breaking laws? I want to take those classes for sure.

  15. Yeah I guess the so called Billionaire is fine to do whatever he wants Congress should investigate it and they should start the Billionaire’s accountable because they got that way by not being accountable

  16. If Snyder thinks he’s getting a new stadium after stonewalling Congress, he’s kidding himself. A new stadium is the only reason he got rid of the Redskins team name, and he’s going to blow it.

  17. Snyder has a IDGAF attitude. He should because nothing is going to happen to him

  18. After several decades, I no longer have any reason to be a fan of this franchise or waste my time on it. They’re grossly incompetent and they’ll never win with the management they have in place, from Snyder throughout the front office and the coaching staff. I feel bad for McLaurin & a few others trying their best, who deserve a better chance at success

  19. At least the other teams in their division aren’t going to have to worry about this continual disfunctional organization.

  20. Now that the Broncos are sold it time to start working on Washington. Once that deal is closed its on to Miami. Can’t have too many properties on the market at once, it drives the price down.

  21. How exactly are consumers at risk from the Washington Commanders and Dan Snyder? The guy is a reprobate but I don’t see any imminent threat to the nation from his continued ownership of what amounts to a small business in Maryland. I’d go with runaway inflation, rising crime, homelessness and recession as bigger threats than Dan Snyder. But, what do I know?

  22. There once was an owner named Dan
    who skirted away to Cannes.

    He gave the middle finger to Congress
    alleging he had made progress,
    where it appears it was all just a sham.

  23. Dan Snyder gives zero F’s. Cuts down trees in a National Forrest, assaults his employees, then laughs about it all. Too much money, he can buy his way out of anything. Nothing will be done, too rich to fail, 2 sets of laws in this country.

  24. Congress is vowing to subpoena while they are thinking about how bad they wish they could join him on the yacht.

  25. I was a die hard NFL fan but over the last decade have grown tired of the corruption of the owners and commissioner and antics of the players. Remember in 2014 how we all thought Mark Cuban was nuts saying the NFL would implode in 10 years? His words “I’m just telling you, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they’re getting hoggy” are getting louder.

  26. dolmich1960 says:
    June 23, 2022 at 9:31 am
    I was a die hard NFL fan but over the last decade have grown tired of the corruption of the owners and commissioner and antics of the players. Remember in 2014 how we all thought Mark Cuban was nuts saying the NFL would implode in 10 years? His words “I’m just telling you, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they’re getting hoggy” are getting louder.

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    2014 is almost 10 years ago. How much did the Broncos sell for again?

  27. Dude. It’s America. To think otherwise is foolhardy.

    This. Is. America.

    If you don’t get it, you must not be paying attention.

  28. unfortunately, as we’ve seen recently, subpoena’s aren’t worth the paper their printed on.

  29. dolmich1960 says:
    June 23, 2022 at 9:31 am

    I was a die hard NFL fan but over the last decade have grown tired of the corruption of the owners and commissioner and antics of the players. Remember in 2014 how we all thought Mark Cuban was nuts saying the NFL would implode in 10 years? His words “I’m just telling you, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they’re getting hoggy” are getting louder.
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    Eight years into that ten and the NFL has gotten bigger and richer. Snyder’s antics have no effect of the game (or even the WFT, if you are honest) or in the NFL’s growth or income.

  30. blackqbwhiterb says:
    June 23, 2022 at 7:42 am
    After several decades, I no longer have any reason to be a fan of this franchise or waste my time on it. They’re grossly incompetent and they’ll never win with the management they have in place, from Snyder throughout the front office and the coaching staff. I feel bad for McLaurin & a few others trying their best, who deserve a better chance at success
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    Same here. I was born in DC and moved when I was young and the Redskins/Commanders were my number 2 team. After the name change and all this garbage this franchise is unrecognizable. I’m done.

  31. Corruption in the NFL has always occurred, but now that the NFL has partnered with betting organizations (the mob), corruption is SOP.

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