Saturday’s bomb could indeed be the last straw for the NFL and Daniel Snyder. AJ Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com reported last night that Congress is investigating whether the Washington Governors withheld money that should have been handed over to the league’s visiting team. As a source in the league with knowledge of the dynamics between the owners told PFT, this would become Snyder’s “deadly” as owner, if it turns out to be true. There will also be an attempt to force Snyder to make his payments, either through the judiciary or through an internal arbitration. NFL teams do not retain all of their ticket revenue and do not share any money directly from any given game with the opponent. In contrast, 40 percent of the gate from each game goes to one team throughout the league that goes in equal portions to all teams. (Home teams deduct 15 percent of total ticket revenue for expenses, making up substantially 66-34 percent of gross and 60-40 percent of net.) So, if that’s true, Snyder got 1/32 of his 40 percent payout created by the other 31 teams – and failed to earn the full 40 percent that should have gone to his associates. His associates protected him when it came to investigating workplace misconduct because, indirectly, they were protected from the possibility of such complaints threatening to suspend their franchises. If it turns out that he was picking up his comrades’ pockets, his comrades are very likely to kick his ass out of the house.
