Colts Owner Jim Irsay Says There's �Merit' To Remove Dan Snyder As Commanders Owner
Everybody except for Dan Snyder wants Dan Snyder out as owner of the Washington Commanders. Even Al Michaels said so, on air, while broadcasting an NFL game! But it hasn't happened yet, for two reasons: Most of our opinions on Dan Snyder don't functionally matter, since we do not own NFL teams or have the ear of anybody who does. And most of the people who could effect change on this matter have been quiet, at least on the record.
Irsay, in what appeared to be a calculated move, spoke for 10 minutes to media members at the NFL's fall owners' meeting about Snyder's stain on the league.
«I believe in the workplace today, the standard that the shield stands for in the NFL, that you have to stand for that and protect that.» Irsay said. «I just think once owners talk among each other they will arrive at the right decision. Unfortunately, I believe that's the road we probably need to go down and we just need to finish the investigation, but it's gravely concerning to me the things that have occurred there over the last 20 years.»
The removal of an owner requires a three-fourths vote from ownership (24 out of 32 votes). Irsay was asked if he thought there would be 24 votes to remove Snyder, who was not in attendance at the meeting, as Washington's owner.
"I think potentially there will be," Irsay said, "but we will see."
Irsay said that there would not be a vote on Tuesday, and it was "hard to say" how soon one could potentially occur.
"I don't know how long it will take," Irsay said. "Certainly we're going to be thorough and look at everything. It could be at the March meeting -- I don't know -- but I know we want to be thorough and look at everything carefully."
