Washington Commanders fans voiced their frustration with team owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder on Sunday.
Tanya made an appearance in a video shown on FedEx Field’s video board promoting the team’s breast cancer awareness initiatives, and after the video Commanders’ fans began to chant “sell the team”, directed toward the Snyders.
The mocking chant piles on to a rough week for Daniel Snyder after Colts owner Jim Irsay said last last Tuesday there was “merit” to forcing Snyder to sell the team. Irsay doubled down on Sunday during an interview with Fox’s Jay Glazer.
“I do not feel it’s in the best interest of the shield and the NFL. This is not how we should be represented and it’s incredible that we have to be in this position,” Glazer said Irsay told him.
When asked if Snyder has backing from owners, Glazer said that a year ago he would have said no, but now he thinks “that sentiment is starting to change.”
Snyder has already been under a microscope after ESPN reported he told a close associate he has enough information to “blow up” several owners, league officials and even commissioner Roger Goodell, and that he hired private investigators to dig up dirt on his fellow owners.
Snyder called the report is false in a letter set to other NFL owners.
The next NFL owners’ meeting is in December, and Snyder and the Commanders are currently under investigation for a toxic workplace environment. Once that investigation is complete, Glazer said Irsay told him that the concerns he has will merit a serious discussion about whether Synder should remain owner and that he doesn’t want this issue to be swept under the rug.
The Commanders held on to beat the Packers, 23-21, to move to 3-4 on the season.