Episode 612: conversation with longtime D.C.-area sportswriter Rick Snider on sale of Commanders and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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11:41 - Guest: longtime Washington, D.C.-area sports writer Rick Snider, the host of Rick Snider's Washington on YouTube, on the sale of the Commanders, including the real reason Dan Snyder is selling the team, a fascinating reaction from NFL owners to opposing-team fans routinely overtaking FedExField, what Josh Harris' first official words as Commanders owner should be, why Maryland - and not Washington, D.C. - may be the favorite to land the Commanders' next stadium and the truth about why Jack Kent Cooke did not leave the Redskins to his son, John Kent Cooke 35:02 - Nationals: analysis of a 7-5 win at the Chicago Cubs that featured good hitting by the Nats, an interesting outing by starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore and the Nats' Hunter Harvey-less bullpen coming through 45:03 - Orioles: breakdown of a 6-4 loss to the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers in a game in which starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez made his return to the Majors Visit InsuranceBMC.com and tell BMC Insurance that Al Galdi sent ya! Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode 612 of the Algali podcast, it is Tuesday, July 18th, 2023.
0:27.5	Who days away are we from the expected vote of NFL owners on the sale of the commanders
0:35.7	from our good friends Dan and Toddius Knighter to the Josh Harris group and we on Monday
0:41.9	afternoon got some rather good news regarding that vote.
0:46.4	The Washington Post on Monday afternoon reporting that the NFL Finance Committee on Monday
0:52.7	voted unofficially to recommend approval of Josh Harris's deal to buy the commanders
0:59.9	and the Post reported that the NFL has reached an agreement with Dan's Knighter to resolve
1:07.2	all remaining legal issues. The sale my friends is done without being officially done.
1:17.8	Whatever doubts, whatever concerns that you may have had about Thursday not being the day
1:23.2	that we all want it to be, it would appear that those doubts, that those concerns can be put
1:29.7	to rest. Rest easy, my friends. Hello and welcome to this Tuesday installment of the Algali podcast.
1:37.0	This week is unlike few weeks in the history of Washington DC sports and so coming up next segment
1:43.4	is a guest who can contextualize all of this for us. Long time Washington DC area sports writer
1:50.9	Rick Snyder, a few people know and understand and have experienced the Dan Snyder era as Rick Snyder
1:59.4	does slash has and so he's going to spend some time with us discussing a variety of aspects of
2:05.3	the sale, including the real reason that Dan is selling the team a fascinating reaction from NFL
2:12.6	owners to opposing team fans routinely overtaking FedEx field over the years. What Josh Harris's
2:20.3	first official words as commander's owner should be, where we may well be headed in the commander's
2:27.1	stadium situation, wait until you hear what Rick has to say about that and the truth about why
2:34.0	the most successful owner in Redskins history, Jack Ken Cook did not leave the team to his son.
2:41.7	John Ken Cook leading to the process by which Dan bought the team in May 1999. You know,
2:49.4	Rick can explain what happened with Jack Ken Cook not leaving the team to his son John Ken Cook
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