Don’t fall for Washington’s disgraceful PR ploy to retire Sean Taylor’s number in an effort to deflect attention from a widening scandal. Everyone must keep their eyes on the ball
Amid an NFL firestorm in which the Washington Football Team and their toxic culture is supposed to be the centerpiece, leave it to Dan Snyder to do what his does best. While the aftershocks of Jon Gruden’s bigoted emails that disparage anyone who isn’t an old, white, Trumpian male still reverberate, the focus has rightfully shifted to Snyder. Questions are mounting, including: why were a non-employee’s emails made public, yet the remaining 650,000 emails are sealed? And what exactly is Snyder hiding?
Instead of addressing the media, or better yet, resigning, Snyder pulled a “wag the dog” by announcing that the No 21 jersey worn by beloved Sean Taylor, the beloved safety who died in 2007, would be retired this weekend ahead of the team’s game against Kansas City. The announcement came Thursday with less than four days’ notice. How transparent and disrespectful to Taylor’s legacy and the Washington fanbase to hold something so important in such a hasty manner. But that’s what Snyder does; he deflects and deflects some more while remaining firmly embedded on his throne.
