NFL team owners "are poised to approve" Daniel Snyder's
$800M bid for the Redskins and Jack Kent Cooke Stadium at
today's owners' meetings in Atlanta, according to Maske &
Shapiro of the WASHINGTON POST. Snyder "has compiled a
preliminary list of candidates to become team president,"
which sources say includes former Dolphins head coach Don
Shula and former NFL exec Mike McCormack. Both Shula and
McCormack said yesterday that they hadn't been contacted by
the Snyder group yet, "but might be interested in discussing
the job." Sources add that Snyder "will be permitted" by
the league to conduct team business "immediately," even
before his acquisition is officially completed next month.
Meanwhile, Snyder has written to Redskins President John
Kent Cooke, telling him that his partners are "empathetic
and deferential to [him] but want to begin studying the
team's business practices and implementing their own
marketing plan as soon as possible." Also, some associates
of Snyder "expect" him to sell the naming rights to Jack
Kent Cooke Stadium "to generate more money," but they don't
think he will change the team's name despite pressure from
Native American groups (WASHINGTON POST, 5/25).
