The NFL's Finance Committee "is extremely irritated
with how" Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder recently "changed the
ownership hierarchy of the Redskins without league
permission," according to team owners and execs cited by
Mike Freeman of the N.Y. TIMES. Owners and other sources
said that Snyder "could be fined up to" $250,000, and
hearings "could be conducted in the near future." One team
owner: "It's not a salary-cap violation. But he still may
have broken the rules, and there are people who want some
answers." The ownership change occurred when Mort Zuckerman
sold his 15% share of the Redskins to Snyder, and under
league rules, Snyder "was required to seek approval before
conducting such a transaction" (see THE DAILY, 11/28).
Freeman added that NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has
"decided to use" an outside consultant, N.Y.-based corporate
finance attorney Martin Lipton, to "conduct an investigation
that is under way" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/10). FSN's Jay Mohr, on
Snyder: "The guy's out of control. Parents -- listen to me.
Daniel Snyder is a prime example of why you should spank
your children" ("NFL This Morning," FSN, 12/10).
EXTRA POINTS: In Cleveland, Roger Brown corrected an
item he ran Friday on terms of the Browns' deals with team
sponsors: "The Browns say less than 10 percent of their
sponsorship deals expire after the 2001 season -- and that
they're in serious negotiations to renew them" (Cleveland
PLAIN DEALER, 12/10)....The crowd of 62,636 for last night's
Jets-Raiders game was the largest ever for a Raiders game in
Oakland, surpassing the 62,428 for Chiefs-Raiders November 5
this season (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/11).
