Take your pick: This infighting among NFL owners over the potential sale of the Commanders can be plain old good gossip, it can be wholly depressing or it can be some combination of the two, depending on how much you care that a person accused of myriad crimes, as well as good old-fashioned racism and misogyny, still gets to keep his football team while simultaneously running the on-field product into the ground.
But on Tuesday, as the league’s meetings kicked off, there is one thing we can’t argue much: The fact that Colts owner Jim Irsay came right out and said that Daniel Snyder should be removed as the owner of the Commanders was about the only action reminiscent of having a backbone that we’ve seen since this entire charade started. An on-the-record condemnation of a fellow untouchable billionaire is about as rare as a vaquita sighting. These guys protect one another and their deepest secrets like mafia consigliere, all aware that pointing a finger leaves their closet door ajar enough for some discomfort. When the league investigated Snyder, it allowed the entire report to be delivered orally and then vanish into thin air. When other owners wanted to voice their displeasure over Snyder before Tuesday, they did it anonymously to ESPN, in a lengthy Snyder takedown that preempted this latest round of who-can-stomp-their-feet-the-loudest.
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