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The Washington Redskins have been the source of much scrutiny in the past two weeks. After formally announcing their plan to change their name, the NFL franchise then saw their reputation further sullied by a massive report in the Washington Post about high-profile employees with rampant alleged sexual harassment.
On Friday evening, Redskins majority owner Dan Snyder released a letter to apologize to everyone that has been affected by the issue. He also vowed to “build a better organizational culture.”
Article Continues Below“The actions in the story have no place in our franchise or in society. … Some of these issues were brought forth only in the last few days and we have subsequently made changes and addressed them as well,” the Redskins boss wrote.
“Clearly, there is work to be done to build a better organizational culture. We need to get better and the time is now.”
Here’s the letter that Dan and Tanya Snyder emailed tonight to each member of their organization, per source: pic.twitter.com/R7N65ZM8cs
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 17, 2020
Noticeably, Dan Snyder started the letter written to employees apologizing; Thursday saw the Post report 15 women accuse the organization of sexual misconduct, with 13 going nameless to avoid legal or professional repercussions. Another woman, The Athletic's Rhiannon Walker, published a story outlining how she was made uncomfortable by Redskins executives.
Other employees, as the Post reported, were constantly harassed and regularly seen crying due to the alleged abuse.
It appears Washington has a lot of soul searching to do between an inexcusable corporate culture of disrespecting fellow employees on the basis of sex along with their history of using a name disparaging historically marginalized people. However, perhaps this week will be the lowest time in the team's history with reparations and amends in store.
