![]() ![]() "That's not true," one veteran owner says. "The NFL is a mafia," he recently told an associate. Snyder, now 57 years old, has told associates he will not lose his beloved franchise without a fight that would end with multiple casualties. Now that he's facing investigations on multiple fronts and running out of high-powered allies, he alludes more than ever to the dirty work. Senior team executives and confidants have heard him say it since he was considered merely one of the worst owners in sports. "They can't f- with me," he has said privately. This story was reported and written by ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Tisha Thompson. Snyder recently told a close associate that he has gathered enough secrets to "blow up" several NFL owners, the league office and even commissioner Roger Goodell. And that in the zero-sum world of billionaires, this is how you survive. ![]() He never says exactly what he knows, only that in his 23 years as owner of the Washington Commanders, he knows a lot. Cradling a drink in one hand, he tells members of his inner circle about the dirt he has accumulated on fellow owners, coaches, executives, even his own employees - all the stuff he's learned from other sources, including private investigative firms. He paces in a hotel suite, or on his superyacht, or at River View, his $48 million Virginia estate. DAN SNYDER DOES this thing when he feels cornered, say those who know him well. ![]()
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