Book Excerpt: Daniel Snyder and the Unreal Power of NFL Owners

October 13, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt from Two Minute Warning: How Concussions, Crime and Controversy Could Kill the NFL (and What the League Can Do to Survive), a new book by Bleacher Report NFL National Lead Writer Mike Freeman.
It is printed with the permission of Triumph Books. For more information and to order a copy, please visit www.triumphbooks.com/TwoMinuteWarning.
As NFL franchise values have risen dramatically, a sense of invulnerability has increased exponentially, to the point where some owners (not all; there are humble ones such the Mara and Rooney families) have come to believe they are infallible. No owner epitomizes this arrogance like Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington team. His arrogance has even extended to his treatment of fellow owners.
There is a scene that illustrates why Snyder is feared, liked, despised, admired and admonished. Why he is seen as a bully, a genius, a constant threat to litigate, an unabashed defender of a slur, a m...

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