NFL commissioner Roger Goodell believes Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder has been held accountable as a result of the investigation into the team’s toxic workplace culture.
“I do think he’s been held accountable for it and the organization has been held accountable,” Goodell said of Snyder, per Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post. “And I think we’ve given an unprecedented fine. Dan Snyder has not been involved with the organization for now almost four months.”
The Washington Football Team was fined $10 million following the findings of Beth Wilkinson’s investigation. Snyder handed over day-to-day operations to his wife and co-CEO Tanya Snyder, as he essentially has taken a step back from the organization.
The team has said Dan Snyder has been focus on working on a new stadium for Washington. He is allowed to attend games, which he has all season, but has officially not been involved with the team’s decisions.
Tanya Snyder has represented the team during league meetings, including this week’s owners’ meeting in New York.
“We obviously have focused more on making sure the policies that they had, many of which they put into place prior to this investigation, but also coming out of it, were put into place and that they will be maintained, and that we can ensure that will happen at this organization,” Goodell continued.
Outside of those changes, there hasn’t been much more information released by the league of the investigation that began in July 2020. There is no written report, as Wilkinson delivered her findings verbally to the league.
Snyder initiated the investigation into his team, but the NFL ultimately assumed oversight following countless accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct from former female team employees.
Only leaked emails to former Washington executive Bruce Allen have become public. Those emails led to Jon Gruden resigning as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. The latest revelation has sparked outcries from the NFLPA, former employees involved in the investigation and the U.S. Congress for the league to reveal all the findings from Wilkinson.
But Goodell maintains the league won’t in order to protect the anonymity granted to some employees who came forward during the investigation.
