[C19fan]

Snyder took a franchise that was the hardest ticket in DC and made it into a laughing stock. The waiting list for season tickets that was in the tens of thousands disappeared, the stadium is half empty on Sundays despite Snyder shrinking the seating capacity, and fans of the opposing team more often than naught take over the place.

[ckilmer]

Snyder was a follower of NY Yankee owner george steinberg. It took steinberg two decades to figure out that the game was not about him.

snyder may never learn.

[Red Badger]

He’s tried everything.

Maybe he should change the name to the Native Americans and get it over with...................

[Buckeye McFrog]

Three stadiums in 20 years? Trying to break the Atlanta Braves’ record?

[Rummyfan]

There are a lot of problems, not just the product on the field. FedEx Field is difficult to get into and get out of, and has way too much capacity. It was built for the nineties Redskins who were winning championship. Allen.... how does he still have a job? No
Playoff wins since 2006.... a brief high with RG III in his one season before he got hurt. Chased Kirk Cousins out of town. And now the Case Keenum era begins. It’s going to be another long season in DC.

[sphinx]

One of the reasons the Redskins were a tough ticket and boasted a years-long waiting list was that they played in RFK, the smallest stadium in the league. Jack Kent Cooke was desperate to see a new stadium built before he died. He made the mistake of giving up on DC -- where the problem was, iirc, the EPA, not the city (for a change) -- and moving out to bucolic Prince George's County. While this is fine for people who grok Landover, Largo and Glenarden, about 98 percent of the fan base felt like they were being exiled to the far side of the moon. This might be ok when the team is winning, but it's poison when the team is mediocre.

I gather that the team would like to come back to DC, but I frankly don't know where they could build unless they're willing to dispense with big parking lots. I live within easy walking distance of RFK and, from a Capitol Hill perspective, it would be naïve to think the Redskins could simply build bigger and keep everything the same. The Anacostia corridor is coming back to life. It is going to be a premier residential and entertainment area all the way from Buzzard Point to Bladensburg. About half of the former RFK North parking lots have already been rebuilt into a youth sports complex and playground for little kids. What to do with the rest of the parking lots, RFK stadium itself and the Armory and DC General (now closed) sites is a big question. But devoting most of the acreage to vast swathes of asphalt parking lots -- this right along the river -- would be too stupid for even DC to consider. Just downstream, the Nats and DC United stadiums are doing just fine with minimal parking. They rely primarily on metro access. The question is whether lard-butt NFL fans could accept such a solution. You can't tailgate on metrorail.

Then there's the name issue. DC's political class doesn't like "Redskins" and Snyder doesn't want to switch to "Ashamed to be American Snowflakes." I applaud Snyder for sticking to his guns on this. He shouldn't allow himself to be bullied. Unfortunately the current Virginia pols may be just as dictatorial about the name. My guess is that the team will stay in Landover for the foreseeable future.

[mbarker12474]

Screw the race pandering NFL.

[Secret Agent Man]

I thought they had to change the name to the Washington Snowflakes.

[LittleSpotBlog]

Every good Cowboys fan knows that the only NFL owner worse than Jerry Jones is Dan Snyder.

[EdnaMode]

Too bad he hasn’t fired himself.