In the ESPN bombshell article today, buried halfway down the article is a crucial point.
“When asked whether his fellow owners would forgive Snyder for the team’s financial woes and the toxic culture scandal if Snyder could build a new stadium, the owner quickly replied, ‘Yes.’
Asked if Snyder is aware of that, the owner said, ‘yes.’
**Call to Action:**
1. If you live in MD, DC or VA look up who your local representatives are ([you can find who they are and their numbers here](https://www.commoncause.org/)).
2. Call them today (most likely an intern will pickup but they have to collect and record issue calls)
3. Tell them you read the ESPN article and you 100% are against any public funding for a new stadium given Snyder’s transgressions.
This will take 7 minutes max.
Maybe it’s a shot in the dark. But it’s a shot worth taking. The article itself points out VA was near the finish line with the new stadium when local outrage caused it to stop.
We can stop the stadium and, in doing so, give us a shot at losing Snyder.
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this is already going on, no state wants to do business with him.
amazing how much he’s soured his “political allies” that he can’t get his new stadium toy. And YOUNGKIN WAS ALL FOR IT TOO! Second he took office he opened up funding for stadiums. It was right there and Dan Snyder “threw the Wentz pick” at the 1 yard line
“By February, after the Commanders had raised their spending on lobbyists in Richmond from $10,000 during the previous legislative session to $100,000 in this year’s session, Snyder’s proposal appeared to have sufficient bipartisan support. The plan called for a $3 billion complex, including a 55,000-seat domed stadium, an outdoor amphitheater, high-end shops and apartments and a practice facility. Two of Virginia’s most powerful lawmakers — one a Democrat, the other a Republican — had agreed to co-sponsor the stadium bill, and the governor supported the deal. “They presented it as a fait accompli,” says Virginia Del. Marcus Simon. The quick bipartisan support, despite all of Snyder’s negative headlines, was a naked display of pro football’s grip on America.
By March, both the state House and Senate had passed the bill. The stadium bill faced only a conference committee to iron out differences. But lawmakers underestimated a public outcry following the Feb. 3 congressional roundtable at the U.S. Capitol, where five female former employees described numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, both against the team’s former senior executives and Snyder himself.
Lawmakers’ inboxes were flooded by Virginians, many citing the inquiry. “Using taxpayer funding to pay for anything having to do with this stadium is morally reprehensible,” one resident wrote in an email. Wrote another: “Not one penny. … The owner is the sleaziest of the sleazy.””
IF a site is ever selected, taxpayers will have zero say in whatever incentives are offered and the use of public funds in the “Partnership.” The whole thing will be packaged as an economic boom for the region and politicians will celebrate, complete with a golden shovel ground breaking.
Unfortunately
Campaign contributions > Continuants
Good luck to you guys. Both political parties have shown zero hesitation to hand out money to the NFL, so it would be truly impressive if Snyder were to be rejected bc of citizens.
I foresee a slightly reduced package for him, politicians will take the victory lap, and the world keeps spinning.
Mods – please sticky this.
The only suitable location for the stadium is in place of the old RFK stadium, but he will never get it approved. The areas around DC are among the wealthiest zip codes in the nation, so they don’t need the “financial boom” a sports stadium would supposedly bring to an area. In the DMV, peace and quiet and privacy are bigger commodities than money at this point. Moreover, people don’t want more traffic, period.
It doesn’t hurt to do this, but I think any politician that supports this publicly is going to get caught in a shitstorm they can easily see coming.
The article also states we don’t want to give that asshole a cent of our money.
My local rep are democrats. So they already took the Snyder bribes for the stadium per tradition.