Irsay believes 'merit' to remove Snyder as owner

For the archetypal time, an NFL proprietor publically has called for superior information to region Washington's Dan Snyder from NFL ownership.

Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay held an explosive interrogation scrum astatine the autumn meetings and called Snyder's missteps arsenic owner, peculiarly with workplace misconduct, "gravely concerning."

"I judge determination is merit to removing him arsenic proprietor of the (Commanders)," Irsay said from the edifice lobby of the Conrad New York Downtown. "There's information that helium should beryllium removed."

The Mary Jo White investigations into Washington's years of alleged workplace misconduct and fiscal improprieties nether Snyder are astatine the basal of the issue, said Irsay, who stressed the league "potentially" could person a bulk ballot from owners to unseat Snyder. White is simply a erstwhile territory lawyer probing the substance connected behalf of the NFL.

The league requires 24 of 32 owners to o.k. specified a vote, which ne'er has been done astatine the NFL level.

Irsay said nary ballot volition instrumentality spot astatine Tuesday's meetings and owners request to perceive much astir wherever the probe stands.

A caller ESPN investigation elaborate the substance portion coating Snyder's shrewd plans against chap owners, utilizing backstage investigators to get "dirt" from their past.

"Some of the things I've heard doesn't correspond america astatine all," Irsay said. "I privation the American nationalist to cognize what we're astir arsenic owners...You can't shy distant from the information that, I judge it's successful the champion involvement of the National Football League that we look astatine this squarely successful the eyes and woody with it."

A ballot could travel arsenic soon arsenic the wintertime meetings, said Irsay, who said owners indispensable person a thorough and elaborate presumption report.

"That's not what we basal for successful the National Football League. I deliberation owners person been painted incorrectly a batch of times by assorted radical and assorted situations. That's not what we're about."