Robert Griffin III was among the many NFL fans who were excited when Dan and Tanya Snyder announced that they have reached an agreement to sell the Commanders to 76ers and Devils co-owner Josh Harris on Friday.
The Snyders are reportedly set to sell the franchise to Harris and his business partners of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment for $6.05 billion, according to ESPN. Griffin, who spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the Washington franchise, was thrilled about the change in leadership.
“Overjoyed FOR THE FANS of the Washington Commanders and it’s players. The fans will come back, the team will be a winner again, the players will get the facilities they deserve and the Washington Commanders will rise back to prominence under the leadership of Josh Harris’s Group,” Griffin tweeted, along with video of his reaction to the news on NFL Live.
The Snyders have served as the owners of the franchise since 1999. The sale is still pending the league’s approval, which is expected to take place during the NFL owners meeting on May 22 in Minnesota. The sale comes as Dan Snyder faces allegations of sexual misconduct and financial wrongdoings against him.
Overjoyed FOR THE FANS of the Washington Commanders and it’s players. The fans will come back, the team will be a winner again , the players will get the facilities they deserve and the Washington Commanders will rise back to prominence under the leadership of Josh Harris’s Group pic.twitter.com/xFumX0ZiDE
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) May 12, 2023
The NFL initially launched an investigation into the franchise after a July ‘20 report by The Washington Post detailing accounts from 15 former female employees with claims of sexual harassment by various staffers on the team.
Even more, before the franchise announced the official sale of the team on Friday, a report emerged that an impediment in the franchise being sold was due to Dan and his lawyers advocating the NFL to limit what is shared from the report about the allegations against him, per ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham.
As Mary Jo White—the attorney that the NFL hired to independently investigate the Commanders in February ’22—nears the completion of her investigation, several private discussions have begun between Snyder’s lawyers and the NFL’s representation about the release of Snyder’s wrongdoings being made public.
