On Thursday, the lengthy journey of the Commanders’ change of ownership cleared a massive hurdle, with the NFL’s owners unanimously approving the sale of the team from embattled owner Dan Snyder to the Josh Harris Group for $6.05 billion. While the cement has not fully dried on the deal, the result all but makes official a new era in Washington.
So what did the franchise’s soon-to-be new owner do upon receiving approval from the league? He immediately set about winning over his new fans.
Harris commemorated the occasion by calling into the Grant and Danny radio show in Washington, D.C., where he announced that he would be purchasing beers for all fans in attendance at the station’s parties at two local bars that night. It was a move that drew quick praise from show co-host Grant Paulsen, who remarked that he could not recall Snyder ever doing something similar.
