The deal between the Josh Harris-led group to buy the Washington Commanders from Daniel Snyder for $6.05 billion remains unofficial and unsigned, despite being reached a week ago. Cause for concern?
"Well, there should always be concerns with Dan Snyder," Washington Times columnist Thom Loverro told Rick Walker and Scott Jackson on The Team 980 Thursday. "I think he's capable of anything to basically slow the process down, mess it up because he doesn't want to sell the team. If everything was equal he'd just keep it. But that's not an option for him anymore. At the home front and at the NFL headquarters.
"I could see [Snyder] backing up a tractor-trailer fill of milk on this deal and dumping it all over it," Loverro said. "And the fear would be then, do you drive away Josh Harris and his group? And then what are you stuck with? Brain Davis? Please."
Davis, who appeared for an extensive interview with The Sports Junkies on Wednesday in which he made several claims that appear to have been dubious, does not appear to be a serious bidder despite reportedly making a $7 billion offer for the Commanders franchise. "You could just like pick to minutes [from] any of his interview and expose it for the fraud that it was," Loverro said.
While Snyder may not want to sell the team, the ship may have sailed and Loverro has a theory as to when the decision was reached to sell.
"My theory is, and it's based on what I've heard from some sources, as well," Loverro told Team 980. "Is the final straw for him selling this team was the day when his wife [and co-owner] Tanya Snyder, a breast cancer survivor, when they had breast cancer [awareness] Sunday at the field [when] they put her on the big screen. And she was booed. It doesn't get any more painful than that. I think that had a big impact on the homefront and that was the final straw, I think and that's what I've heard as well."
That event happened on Oct. 24 last year. The Snyder family announced the hiring of Bank of America to explore a potential sale on Nov. 2.
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