Dan Snyder reportedly blocks Jeff Bezos bid on Commanders

It seems that Daniel Snyder’s disdain for Jeff Bezos will stop the billionaire Amazon founder from shopping for the Washington Commanders. Bezos was allegedly prevented from becoming a member of a personal public sale for the NFL franchise by Snyder as a consequence of a long-standing grudge. (Bezos and Snyder didn’t return calls from the New York Submit for remark.)

It’s clear why Snyder would have beef with Bezos, who owns the Washington Submit. The paper ran a number of exposés that allege Snyder enabled sexual harassment.

Based on WaPo:

“The allegations raised … — operating from 2006 to 2019 — span most of Snyder’s tenure as proprietor and fall into two classes: unwelcome overtures or feedback of a sexual nature, and exhortations to put on revealing clothes and flirt with purchasers to shut gross sales offers.”

Because the NY Submit wrote in late January, some imagine Snyder suspects Bezos inspired the powerful protection with a purpose to power the beleaguered proprietor to promote the group. Again in November, a supply informed Peter King of NBC Sports activities {that a} sale to Bezos won’t ever occur.

“Dan Snyder detests the Washington Submit. No manner he’d promote to the proprietor of that paper,” in keeping with the supply.

Bezos’ curiosity in proudly owning an NFL franchise

In 2019, studies indicated that Bezos had struck a rapport with quite a few NFL house owners, together with Snyder.

As famous by Jason La Canfora in his piece for CBS Sports activities:

“Snyder has been attempting for years to get a state-of-the-art downtown stadium inbuilt DC, rising more and more pissed off by the situation and age of FedEx Subject. Bezos moved the Washington Submit to a brand new location after buying the paper, is establishing an Amazon hub within the space and a few imagine may assist Snyder’s pursuit of a brand new stadium, even perhaps with an Amazon sponsorship.”

Nonetheless, after that piece was written, Snyder denied the rumor of a rapport with Bezos, claiming that he hadn’t seen him in a decade on the time.

After Snyder introduced his curiosity in probably promoting the Commanders, TMZ reported that Bezos may companion with rapper Jay-Z to purchase the group. There have been even studies that Bezos would take into account promoting the Washington Submit to raised his possibilities, though Bezos has claimed the publication was by no means on the market.

Other than his curiosity in buying an NFL group, it seems Bezos has at all times had an affinity for the D.C. space and soccer generally. In 2022, Amazon bought the rights to Thursday Night time Soccer, which led to record-breaking Amazon Prime subscriptions. Bezos owns a home within the D.C. metro space, and Amazon’s second headquarters is positioned simply throughout the Potomac River in Crystal Metropolis, Virginia. Even when Bezos didn’t have the enterprise relationship with Snyder that was rumored, it doesn’t imply the 2 by no means contacted each other.

As soon as proud franchise on the market

Snyder could finally determine to not promote the Commanders since he didn’t get his asking worth, because the NY Submit famous. The tabloid reported that the very best provide Snyder acquired was $5.5 billion, whereas different publications akin to Forbes reported that gives have are available in for the group “far north” of $7 billion.

“He’s an ass and he could not wish to give it up,” a supply intently watching the sale informed the NY Submit.

Whether or not or not Snyder can be pressured to stroll away from the Commanders, which he bought for $800 million in 1999, can be decided on the annual house owners’ assembly on March 26. It wouldn’t be a shock if different house owners vote in favor of ousting Snyder. In October 2022, Colts’ proprietor Jim Irsay was quoted saying there are probably 24 votes to take away Snyder as co-owner of the Commanders. That’s 75 p.c of league house owners.

A attainable cause why Snyder remains to be in cost was detailed in a near-8,000-word ESPN expose written by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham, and Tisha Thompson, printed in October.

The report cites Snyder lately saying he’s garnered “sufficient secrets and techniques to explode a number of NFL house owners,” with the league workplace and Goodell as fellow casualties. Snyder’s perceived contingencies are in place with a purpose to shield himself from any try and oust him from his perch because the Commanders’ proprietor.