The House Oversight Committee, in the course of their investigation into allegations of a hostile work environment within the Washington Commanders organization, has requested that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington team owner Daniel Snyder testify at a hearing before the Committee on June 22.
In a statement released to the media, the Committee indicated that the hearing is the “next step in the Committee’s months-long investigation into the Commanders’ hostile workplace culture and will also examine the NFL’s handling of allegations of workplace misconduct, the NFL’s role in setting and enforcing standards across the League, and legislative reforms needed to address these issues across the NFL and other workplaces.”
The House Oversight Committee has requested NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and #Commanders owner Daniel Snyder appear before the committee at a hearing June 22. pic.twitter.com/2oU5HXlC54
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) June 1, 2022
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, stated that “[f]or seven months, the Committee has been stonewalled by [non-disclosure agreements] and other tools to evade accountability. Mr. Snyder and Mr. Goodell need to appear before the Committee to address these issues and answer our questions about the pervasive workplace misconduct at the Washington Commanders, and how the NFL addressed these issues.”
This request is the latest in a series of events surrounding the Washington franchise and Snyder himself. Last month, it was reported that there is increasing frustration among NFL owners about Snyder, with one owner telling USA Today’s Jarrett Bell that “we are counting votes.”
That vote-counting might continue given this recent news.
