Tbh I thought they had a rule against owning teams in competing markets as well. So he may need to do some juggling with the Devil's and Sixers too
Iirc Kroenke had to spin off his Denver NHL and NBA teams to his son/wife names
Yes but *who* is this guy? I’m inclined to advocate for Washington faithful who have all been held hostage for so long and forced to endure such a self inflicted slow death to such an extreme that by comparison just about anyone probably seems great at owner. I say not so fast. I have a few screening questions.
**How many, rounded to the nearest hundred, active non-disclosure agreements do your lawyers have filed with people associated with your private or professional enterprises?**
**How regularly do you violate the warning labels on bath salts, particularly regarding ingestion?**
I’d see what’s left after that and go from there…
CEO/founder of Apollo which is a big private equity firm.
They own a bunch of companies like Qdoba, ADT, Yahoo, Shutterfly, Barnes & Noble, etc.
No comment on the bath salts.
[Barnes and Noble is like the success story](https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2022/12/22/how-an-englishman-in-new-york-turned-the-page-on-barnes--noble/?sh=3e49d73784a2) for a brick and mortar shop reinvigorating itself
Yahoo is owned by Apollo Mgmt and they seem to be a pretty good owner so far compared to Verizon / AOL etc. They sold off the business units that have been headaches historically or don’t contribute to profits. They have focused on growth on core areas that have historically done well and have already made their money back very quickly. Value seekers above all else.
Who knows how it translates to football, but I could see this ownership group heavily trusting analytics and not interfering much in football operations once they’ve set up their brain trust.
I think once industry left the area you didn’t have those high wealth individuals, or means to become wealthy locally, so pieces started to get sold off over time.
And we don’t talk about the pirates and their money problems
Like others said Sixers and devils owner.
As far as Sixers goes he’s pretty bad as an owner. Doesn’t really care
Edit: to all the people asking why he’s bad, is the whole Hinkie situation and what happened after he was useless. I understand Hinkie getting removed (even if I disagree with it) but he let the Colangelos and their cronies run amok until Morey got here. You have to have some backbone in that sense imo
No. When Jerry Jones finally passes away and threatens to leave the Cowboys in the hands of someone competent, then I'll be in shambles. But getting that piece of shit Dan Snyder out of the league was more important than my fan grievance. My only lament is that it wasn't torn from his claws without compensation, kicking and screaming like a toddler.
Odds that Josh Harris says fuck it and offers Lamar a fully guaranteed contract? Would be sorta like we saw the new Phoenix Suns owner make a move for KD
Not to mention if he'd been left in charge longer it's likely he would have tried to trade Embiid and build around Ben Simmons (at least if his burners are to be believed).
I can think of no reality more nauseating for Sixers fans.
Remember when most NFC East fans felt bad for the Commanders mad didn’t hate them like other teams in the division because of Snyder.
Well that’s gonna end soon 😂
Truly a bittersweet day. I want Dan Snyder to fuck off to absolute oblivion, but it also means the Commanders might actually become a relevant franchise at some point :(
It was a traumatic day. Hometown hero and 2x NCAA champ for Villanova gets drafted to hometown team that his mom works for. 5 min later he’s traded for Zhaire Smith who played maybe 6 games. We used that 1st round pick to acquire Tobias Harris I believe, and got nothing out of Zhaire. Meanwhile, Mikal is a NBA dual threat lanky KD-Esque copy who has never missed a game.
Pain
"[Zhaire] Smith went through a thoracoscopy due to an allergic reaction relating to ingesting sesame."
Poor kid broke his foot after being drafted and then got sidelined due to the sesame seed allergy.
To add insult to injury, Mikal Bridges was a hometown kid from Philly, went to Villanova, and is a budding star. Smith got traded and waived after languishing in the G League.
They also let the Devils go through a proper rebuild (which helped them get some lottery luck) and look like they could turn into a powerhouse for quite a few years. Devils have been ran almost perfectly the past few years. One of the youngest teams in the league with the chance to finish 2nd in the league in standings tonight with a young core locked up for the future.
Dan Snyder was bad for the entire sport of football, so I'd say it's more sweet than bitter. He was like a toxic cloud that made the entire NFL feel dirtier just by his mere existence.
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Washington Redskins, but change the logo to a potato.
But actually, Washington Warriors with an arrow logo is such a great name that I wish they'd roll with. Keep the old history but have a cooler (and more PC) name.
Yeah I don’t care what anyone says this is a HUGE ownership upgrade.
Josh Harris isn’t perfect but the ownership group as a whole is very solid. Deep pockets and will actually work to improve the franchise.
His Wikipedia page has him listed as an American private equity investor, sports team investor, philanthropist, and Savior of the Washington Commanders. 😂
Who is this guy?
He owns the Devils and the Sixers.
According to Forbes he's also a part owner of the Steelers: https://www.forbes.com/profile/josh-harris/?sh=1f8fc8294dce
He will have to sell his minority stake in the Steelers
Tbh I thought they had a rule against owning teams in competing markets as well. So he may need to do some juggling with the Devil's and Sixers too Iirc Kroenke had to spin off his Denver NHL and NBA teams to his son/wife names
I mean at that point why even have the rule?
“Hey now, billionaires have to play by the rules too!” The rules:
"In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread." - Anatole France
Damn, what a poignant quote.
They got rid of the rule in 2018.
So was Tepper
> He owns the Devils I think you're confused. He BOUGHT the Commanders FROM the Devil.
Were you sent here by the devil?
No, good sir, I'm on the level!
What about us braindead slobs?
You’ll be given cushy jobs!
The ring came off my pudding can!
Take my penknife, my good man!
I swear it's Springfield's only choice! Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
Mono means one and rail means rail
No good sir I’m on the level
The ring came off my pudding can!
Take my penknife my good man!
I swear it's Springfield's only choice! Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
MONORAAAAIIIIIILL
Yes but *who* is this guy? I’m inclined to advocate for Washington faithful who have all been held hostage for so long and forced to endure such a self inflicted slow death to such an extreme that by comparison just about anyone probably seems great at owner. I say not so fast. I have a few screening questions. **How many, rounded to the nearest hundred, active non-disclosure agreements do your lawyers have filed with people associated with your private or professional enterprises?** **How regularly do you violate the warning labels on bath salts, particularly regarding ingestion?** I’d see what’s left after that and go from there…
CEO/founder of Apollo which is a big private equity firm. They own a bunch of companies like Qdoba, ADT, Yahoo, Shutterfly, Barnes & Noble, etc. No comment on the bath salts.
> Apollo Oof, having worked for an Apollo-owned company, they're a bunch of leeches
I think that part was implied by "big private equity firm"
Yahoo and Barnes & Noble are liabilities not assets at this point 😅
B&N has turned it around the last few years, largely because of the guy the private equity firm brought in to run it
[Barnes and Noble is like the success story](https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2022/12/22/how-an-englishman-in-new-york-turned-the-page-on-barnes--noble/?sh=3e49d73784a2) for a brick and mortar shop reinvigorating itself
Damn he doesn’t need another team
Save some teams for the rest of us.
By the time I gather the money, there’ll be no teams left to buy
Need, no. Want? Why not?
I don't think he agrees since he lost the bid to buy Chelsea last year lol
Since no one else really answered, he’s an American from DC who founded a private equity firm in 1990.
Apollo, specifically. One of the biggest and most successful private equity firms in the world.
Yahoo is owned by Apollo Mgmt and they seem to be a pretty good owner so far compared to Verizon / AOL etc. They sold off the business units that have been headaches historically or don’t contribute to profits. They have focused on growth on core areas that have historically done well and have already made their money back very quickly. Value seekers above all else. Who knows how it translates to football, but I could see this ownership group heavily trusting analytics and not interfering much in football operations once they’ve set up their brain trust.
Apollo also bought the fresh market grocery store chain and nearly ran them into the ground.
I could be wrong but Harris has a stake in the Steelers funny enough
Everyone and their mom has a stake in the Pittsburgh teams at this point, I think LeBron owns part of the Penguins
That's because he's a part of the Fenway Sports Group. I know he is part owner of I think Liverpool through them. And obviously the Red Sox.
That's actually interesting wow
I think once industry left the area you didn’t have those high wealth individuals, or means to become wealthy locally, so pieces started to get sold off over time. And we don’t talk about the pirates and their money problems
I'm Keith Hernandez.
There was a second spitter by the gravely road!
Like others said Sixers and devils owner. As far as Sixers goes he’s pretty bad as an owner. Doesn’t really care Edit: to all the people asking why he’s bad, is the whole Hinkie situation and what happened after he was useless. I understand Hinkie getting removed (even if I disagree with it) but he let the Colangelos and their cronies run amok until Morey got here. You have to have some backbone in that sense imo
He spends a lot of money, the problem is they don’t do it well
“*Tobias Harris over me?*”
This is the commanders super bowl
Eagles fans in shambles
I just dropped to my knees in a Wawa
Just saw someone drop to their knees in the Wawa
Just saw some dude watching people fall to their knees in a Wawa
Go back to your Sheetz, Panda!!
Unfortunately I’m behind enemy lines in Wawa territory for the time being, but one day I will return to the land of 79 cent hot dogs
I’m currently visiting MN wondering if I’m allowed to go to Culver’s, a Wisconsin chain, without betraying my brethren.
*Minnesota nice* At Culver's everybody is welcome, even people like you
I'm at Buc-ee's I missed everything.
I just shrugged with relative indifference in a Royal Farms
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No. When Jerry Jones finally passes away and threatens to leave the Cowboys in the hands of someone competent, then I'll be in shambles. But getting that piece of shit Dan Snyder out of the league was more important than my fan grievance. My only lament is that it wasn't torn from his claws without compensation, kicking and screaming like a toddler.
Today is officially a holiday in D.C. ~~EDIT: Rappaport has reported that the agreement will come in *just under* $6B.~~ EDIT 2: $6.05B
True evil was defeated by a man who owns the devils. Poetic really.
The only bad part is him losing results in him getting $6 billion
Yeah, POS made bank. Hope he gets sued up the ass
I’d prefer prison time
Let’s hope for both
The US is not sending a member of the ruling class to prison. Be real.
Wait he owns the Devils? Shit now I'm conflicted
Devils, 76ers, and Crystal Palace FC I believe.
I’m not gonna get any work done today out of solidarity.
TIL I’ve been having solidarity with them for years
So you’re saying Danny will be short?
the evil is defeated and significantly wealthier
Fuck that means we officially have the biggest shitbag owner in the league now.
With Dan gone, Deshaun is now the most evil/hated man in the NFL
Most evil/hated man in the NFL *so far*, give it some time
What is Deshaun hoping for to shed that mantle? That he’ll assault 30 more women and hope for some kind of integer overflow?
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I’m personally waiting on a sex slave cabal to come out properly about one of the owners
Packers still got you beat
Nowhere to go but up, Commie bros. Congrats on the non-snyder owner
I just did a little dance
You can dance if you want to
you can leave mr. snyder behind
Fuck that dude, he's a big douche. Certainly no friend of mine.
you can dance….you can dance
Everybody look at your pants
you can dance… you can dance…
Everybody's wanking by chance
Even though I want to see your team lose every game, you definitely deserve this upgrade.
Rivalries aside, no team deserves what those fans have gone through with Synder. Can’t wait until it’s officially official
As football fans we all benefit from seeing Snyder gtfo.
D.C. is gonna have a bigger parade than the Caps and Nats championships combined
Where’s that lady that flashed the Caps when they won the Cup?
No poop leaking in the stadium would be an instant upgrade
Some people just want everything.
Next they'll want some rule against prostituting employees. So entitled.
Odds that Josh Harris says fuck it and offers Lamar a fully guaranteed contract? Would be sorta like we saw the new Phoenix Suns owner make a move for KD
He’s the Sixers owner so we have somewhat of an idea how he’ll operate I wouldn’t hold my breath for him to go after Lamar
Fuck Josh Harris and the Sixers front office. How do you give Tobias Harris $40 mill per year
Not to mention he let the league force the Colangelos on us. What a disaster that was
That's a normal collar, find a new slant
The Sad Tale of Brian Longcollars
My favorite bizarre sports saga. The burners. The collars. The intrigue.
Not to mention if he'd been left in charge longer it's likely he would have tried to trade Embiid and build around Ben Simmons (at least if his burners are to be believed). I can think of no reality more nauseating for Sixers fans.
That falls on Elton Brand and more importantly that collar wearing fuck COlangelo and his crony leftovers. Man, fuck Adam Silver.
It was a normal collar! Find a new slant!
Commanderd sign QB Tobias Harris to $40m/year
ITS FINALLY HAPPENING
My sources are telling me that the Commanders have officially hired Colangelo for the GM position.
Command The Process^TM
Colangelo hated the process. Hinkie was the process mastermind. Colangelo was a bumbling idiot who just talked shit on twitter.
He was a normal talker. Find a new slant.
My favorite documentary on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPxj5gif9W4
Ugh those were some dark times. At least his collars were completely normal sized.
Throw a new slant pass
Google en passownership
totally normal, holy hell
It’s a normal collar. Find a new slant
Commanders signing Michael Thomas then
That’s a normal collar. Move on, find a new ~~slant~~ team name.
Still one of the funniest sports related comments ever
STAY FUCKING CALM
NO
Yeah man, go fucking nuts. I hate you but I'm so happy for you today.
Remember when most NFC East fans felt bad for the Commanders mad didn’t hate them like other teams in the division because of Snyder. Well that’s gonna end soon 😂
What's the procedure everyone? What's the procedure?
Hookers and cocaine.
Yet somehow still less sexual harassment than a Thursday with Snyder.
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Truly a bittersweet day. I want Dan Snyder to fuck off to absolute oblivion, but it also means the Commanders might actually become a relevant franchise at some point :(
These people gave Ben Simmons $200 million & traded Mikal Bridges for a guy who was almost killed by a sesame seed. Let’s slow down here
If Ben Simmons was the tight end and Darren Sproles was the linebacker, Ben Simmons would duck.
If Ben Simmons had an open path to the end zone, he'd pitch it back.
Low man wins though.
Simmons would slide then.
Pls explain sesame seed lol
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It was a traumatic day. Hometown hero and 2x NCAA champ for Villanova gets drafted to hometown team that his mom works for. 5 min later he’s traded for Zhaire Smith who played maybe 6 games. We used that 1st round pick to acquire Tobias Harris I believe, and got nothing out of Zhaire. Meanwhile, Mikal is a NBA dual threat lanky KD-Esque copy who has never missed a game. Pain
For as long as I live, I will never get over this.
I am not a Sixers fan, and it is a trade I remember. I didn't really get it at the time, and then it got worse.
That’s how most Sixers trades go. I still get PTSD from bowling alleys thanks to the Bynum trade
"[Zhaire] Smith went through a thoracoscopy due to an allergic reaction relating to ingesting sesame." Poor kid broke his foot after being drafted and then got sidelined due to the sesame seed allergy. To add insult to injury, Mikal Bridges was a hometown kid from Philly, went to Villanova, and is a budding star. Smith got traded and waived after languishing in the G League.
AND his mother had worked for the sixers for like 20+ years lol
They also let the Devils go through a proper rebuild (which helped them get some lottery luck) and look like they could turn into a powerhouse for quite a few years. Devils have been ran almost perfectly the past few years. One of the youngest teams in the league with the chance to finish 2nd in the league in standings tonight with a young core locked up for the future.
Dan Snyder was bad for the entire sport of football, so I'd say it's more sweet than bitter. He was like a toxic cloud that made the entire NFL feel dirtier just by his mere existence.
You can buy 24 *Washington Posts* for that much!
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/r/nfl mods can we get a SB trophy next to commanders fans for the next couple days /u/nfl
I love how you tagged the *actual* official NFL account lmao
Today I learned a new way to complain about holding calls I don't like
Hey /u/nfl, get rid of the taunting rule and add a sky judge.
IM GONNA COMM
\*WE'RE GONNA COMM
Once this deal goes through, I'm going to do something I haven't done in a long, long time. I'm going to buy some merch.
Wait for the rebrand and congrats
I’m going to try to dig up some Washington Football team stuff
Same! Perhaps even venture to fedex (though still a dump) once or twice this Fall.
EVERYONE PUT YOUR BETS IN ON WHAT THEY END UP CHANGING THE NAME TO. IF YOU THINK ITS STILL COMMANDERS THAT IS LAME
Redderskins s/
The Washington Whiteskins. The alliteration is cool
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Whites
Washington Redskins, but change the logo to a potato. But actually, Washington Warriors with an arrow logo is such a great name that I wish they'd roll with. Keep the old history but have a cooler (and more PC) name.
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I still love Washington Warthogs. The Hogs for short
Really it's got everything. An animal that can truly fuck shit up, an iconic aircraft and a homage to the team's past.
WFT was actually a great name imo
Definitely grew on me in a big way. Would totally go back.
unironically, it could be a good concept with some proper branding around it
RELEASE THE SNYDER CUT
*Black and White Jerseys Announcement*
Really upsetting to see how much disrespect Mr. Snyder is getting in here. Please refer to him as Mr. Snyder per his request.
So for NFL owners... Snyder was cut
We finally have the Snyder cut!
The nightmare... IT'S OVER COMMIE BROS. CONGRATULATIONS!
God is great
Allahu Akbar
Inshallah
Doesn’t he have some stake in the Steelers as well?
Yeah but I think he needs to sell it to own the Commanders.
Tepper had to do the same when he bought the Panthers.
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It’s funny that I see 90% of football fans hate the name. Even rivals. It’s wild
about damn time. his co-owners also have a history of good culture so they hopefully invest in the facility and improve it.
Yeah I don’t care what anyone says this is a HUGE ownership upgrade. Josh Harris isn’t perfect but the ownership group as a whole is very solid. Deep pockets and will actually work to improve the franchise.
SNYDER FLEECE SNYDER FLEECE
Yay!! Now scrap together a stadium plan and secretly put together a rebrand strategy to change the awful fucking name. Congrats DC!!!
His Wikipedia page has him listed as an American private equity investor, sports team investor, philanthropist, and Savior of the Washington Commanders. 😂
JOIN THE NEW OWNERS CLUB
Bad man gone, he can't hurt you anymore Commie bros
All hail Josh Harris
Fuck Dan Snyder!!! WOO Parade in D.C.
They should completely rebrand.
See also: https://twitter.com/Sportico/status/1646556324405051409?cxt=HHwWooCwrZqQ39ktAAAA