​Dan Snyder reportedly used “Blackmail PowerPoint” to lessen initial NFL punishment​​​​​​

Wednesday’s lengthy article from ESPN regarding the connection of the Jon Gruden emails to the downfall of Daniel Snyder included an important disclosure regarding the events that preceded the initial punishment imposed by the league on July 1, 2021. Per the ESPN article, a June 2021 meeting between Snyder’s lawyers and select owners and executives included a series of slides. “What was presented was not a defense against any of [attorney Beth] Wilkinson’s findings made against Snyder; it was a series of screenshots of potentially embarrassing emails and texts from several top league executives, including [Commissioner Roger] Goodell’s top lieutenant, [Jeff] Pash,” the article explains. “The rationale, according to a source with firsthand knowledge, was to argue the hypocrisy of league officials judging Snyder. The tactics were so ruthless that some attorneys felt uncomfortable. Although none of the content was sexist, anti-gay or graphic, the signal was clear: If Goodell didn’t do what Snyder wanted in terms of handling the Wilkinson report and punishment, these emails and texts would be leaked.” The presentation, according to ESPN, became known in league circles as the “Blackmail PowerPoint.” Per the ESPN article, it worked: “A few top NFL executives had persuaded Goodell to give Snyder a stiff and lengthy punishment. But as the time for announcing Snyder’s punishment neared, Goodell began to reconsider.” Everyday TricksThey Took a Selfie, But Had No Idea What Was Going on in the Backgroundby TaboolaSponsoredSkip  Ultimately, the league buried the Wilkinson report and announced the sanctions on July 1, 2021, on a Thursday afternoon before an extended Fourth of July weekend. The word “suspension” was never used. Now that Snyder is being pushed out, it remains to be seen whether someone will eventually leak any of the information from the so-called “Blackmail PowerPoint” to the media. Would it surprise anyone if that became Snyder’s parting gift for the league?

​​​​​“Serious” issues complicate final legal negotiations between NFL, Daniel Snyder
 The NFL is close to approving a sale of the Commanders from Daniel Snyder to Josh Harris. Unless it isn’t. According to the Washington Post, lingering concerns regarding responsibility for potential future liability “threaten to complicate” the final process of closing the deal between Snyder and Harris. An unnamed source described the issues to the Post as “significant.” “Hopefully it gets resolved,” the source told the Post. “But at this point, it’s serious.” Snyder has long demanded indemnification from his soon-to-be-former partners for legal issues that could arise in the future. The issues reportedly are “related at least in part” to the pending Jon Gruden litigation arising from the leaking of emails he sent to former Commanders executive Bruce Allen. It’s hard to know how big of a deal it truly is. The Post report acknowledges the possibility that Snyder is simply trying to seize upon the momentum to finally kick him out of Club Oligarch, holding firm for a few concessions (or more) as they’re trying to close the door on him for good. But the Gruden case looms over the transaction, especially after Wednesday’s lengthy item from ESPN that delves into more detail regarding the situation. If it turns out that Snyder, not the league office, leaked the Gruden emails to the media, the league should want Snyder to be responsible for any eventual settlement or verdict paid to Gruden. Snyder insists he didn’t leak the emails. While it’s not the kind of thing to which he’d raise a hand and confess, he seems to be more strident than usual in his denial. He has testified under oath before Congress that he didn’t leak the Gruden emails, which raises the possibility of a prosecution for perjury if the objective, digital footprints show otherwise. In sharp contrast, Allen testified to Congress that league executive Lisa Friel said the Commanders leaked the emails to the media. We don’t know who leaked the emails, but we know that: (1) they were leaked by someone; and (2) Gruden is very motivated to prove who did it. Regardless of how the negotiations between Snyder and the league resolve themselves — if they do — before next Thursday’s vote on the sale of the team to Harris, Gruden’s lawsuit might not “burn the [NFL’s] house down,” but it could in theory put Snyder in prison and/or Commissioner Roger Goodell out of a job. My own theory/hypothesis continues to be that Snyder delivered the Gruden emails to the league, knowing that the league would weaponize them against Gruden, first by leaking one of them, in an effort to squeeze Raiders owner Mark Davis into firing Gruden over it, and then leaking more when Davis refused to do so. If Gruden ever manages to prove this precise chain of events with sufficiently clear evidence, there’s a more-than-zero-percent-chance that both Snyder and Goodell (and maybe a few other people) could end up in prison, or at least being prosecuted.

I read this as the Dan Snyder blackmailed BY the NFL. And my thought was meh good whatever. lol

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Power corrupts

WPR said and Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Originally Posted by: Martha Careful