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"To be clear, I have not prejudged the issues
raised regarding the Commanders," Miyares wrote. "However, I
view it as my responsibility to carefully examine the material
facts regarding this matter after it was brought to my
attention. I request full cooperation and transparency from your
client during this inquiry."
The House Oversight & Reform Committee told the Federal Trade
Commission in a letter this month that it had obtained evidence
that Commanders owner Daniel Snyder "may have engaged in a
troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of
financial conduct" that took advantage of the team's fans.
Two main allegations are at the core of the dispute: that
Washington illegally withheld refundable security deposits from
ticket holders, and that executives kept two sets of books to
hide revenue from the NFL in order to share less in the league's
revenue-sharing pool.
The Commanders formally responded last week by issuing a letter
to the FTC that rebutted individual points made in the testimony
of former ticket executive Jason Friedman, while painting
Friedman as a disgruntled ex-employee who had been angling to
return to the team.
The Commanders' team headquarters are in Ashburn, a suburb in
Northern Virginia. They hold their training camp in Richmond,
Va., and are considering building a stadium in the state.
Three sites in Northern Virginia had been proposed, but the
state legislature reportedly planned to cut a proposed financing
package from $1 billion to $350 million.
--Field Level Media
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