| Bis morgen haben die Redskins wohl einen neuen Namen |  |
88 Jahre zu spät, aber immerhin:
"Yahoo Sports' Charles Robinson reported Saturday that the team will announce a new name in the coming days, and he broke the news on live radio.
'Washington is about to have a new name in the next 24 to 48 hours,' Robinson said on ESPN 103.3 FM in Dallas. 'Yeah, that's going to happen, for sure. Definitely happening.'"
[https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/nfl-rumors-washington-team-change-name-next-24-48-hours]
Dan Snyder bleibt trotzdem ein dummes Arschloch. Ohne den Druck von FedEx, Nike etc. wäre da immer noch rein gar nichts passiert.
Und solche Anekdoten zeichnen auch das Bild von einem ganz besonderen Sonnenschein:
"In 2004, Snyder brokered a deal with the National Park Service to remove old growth trees from the 200 feet (61 m) of national parkland behind his home to grant him a better view of the Potomac River, on the condition that Snyder would replace the trees with 600 native saplings. Lenn Harley, a real estate broker who was not involved in Snyder's purchase of the estate but was familiar with the area, estimated that the relatively unobstructed view of the river and its surroundings that resulted from Snyder's clearing could add $500,000 to $1 million to his $10 million home's value. The clearcutting was started without approval from Montgomery County, Maryland, and without environmental assessments, as required by law. As a result, Snyder was fined $100 (equivalent to $135 in 2019) by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in December 2004. Snyder's neighbors also filed complaints regarding his clearcutting of scenic and historic easements behind his home.
The NPS ranger that investigated the complaints of Snyder's neighbors and clearcutting along the Potomac was transferred multiple times due to his continued pursuit of the complaints and the Snyder property. Eventually, the NPS ranger filed a whistleblower complaint regarding the Snyder case. Later, the ranger's anonymity as a whistleblower was lost, potentially leading to extreme harassment and a trial of the park ranger, ultimately ending the ranger's career. Snyder has still not replanted the trees and has faced no other consequences aside from his fine."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Snyder#Environmental]
tl;dr
- Privatvermögen von 2,6 Milliarden Dollar.
- Bäume weg = Wert seines Anwesens stieg um bis zu 1 Million Dollar.
- Strafe für Abholzung ohne Erlaubnis: 100 Dollar.
- Und der Ranger, der sich öffentlich darüber aufregte, verlor seinen Job.
Was soll man dazu noch sagen...außer noch einmal an diesen wundervollen und bald überholten Beitrag zu erinnern:
[https://sports.theonion.com/washington-redskins-change-their-name-to-the-d-c-redsk-1819575691]