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In the billionaire boys' club of the NFL, Irsay is not without standing. He's won a Super Bowl. He hosted a Super Bowl. And, most importantly to his fellow owners, he got a new stadium built -- Lucas Oil Stadium.
In all the talk about what it would take to perform the public service of ridding Skipper Dan the Sailing Man from the lives of battered Washington Commanders fans, the speculation has always been about needing a smoking gun.
If the NFL is a "mafia," as Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder reportedly referred to it, then Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay's declaration that kicking Skipper Dan out deserves "serious consideration" was a Corleone family kiss on the lips.
"The NFL," Snyder reportedly told an associate, "is a mafia." No, Skipper Dan. The NFL is not a "mafia." If it were a mafia, the Washington Commanders owner would be in a hole in the Nevada desert by now. Or a New Jersey landfill.
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder flew to Dallas Sunday morning on one of his private jets with a mission in mind. It was to get a photo on the field at AT&T Stadium with powerful Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.