blarzgh posted:

https://twitter.com/the_bio_of_ROD/status/1546670701490442244?t=ua-RM1KgYphQXoKx_6skyA&s=19

blarzgh posted:

https://twitter.com/CowboysStats/status/1546849223643217920?t=_kYbRN8kVVlojA2rk2o2-Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/CowboysStats/status/1546853594745405441?t=CiiKaOA9W-KVBVjOPVwjuw&s=19

ASAPRockySituation posted:

Hurts is gone after this season

ASAPRockySituation posted:

Hurts is gone after this season

euphronius posted:

Number of playoff wins by nfce qb
Dak 1
Hurts 0
Wentz 0

Cartoon Man posted:

Nothing makes me more horny than ESPN debating whether Dak is elite.

blarzgh posted:

I can't even understand the brains of people who click on this poo poo and watch those dumb yell-a-thon shows and stuff.

Like, what's the appeal??

blarzgh posted:

I can't even understand the brains of people who click on this poo poo and watch those dumb yell-a-thon shows and stuff.

Like, what's the appeal??

Cartoon Man posted:

How else you gonna learn whether Dak is elite?

quote:

Dan Snyder is in an extraordinary face-off with the House oversight committee over the terms of his appearance while he travels internationally

WASHINGTON—The powerful House committee investigating the Washington Commanders has been trying for weeks to depose Dan Snyder, the team’s embattled owner. But Snyder has positioned himself thousands of miles away, thus far thwarting the committee’s efforts to question him.

Now the two sides are taking this high-stakes political dance to a new level of intrigue.

The House Oversight and Reform Committee told Snyder’s lawyer Tuesday that it would allow Snyder to testify over Zoom on July 28, from anywhere. But there’s a major catch. The committee wants him to appear under the force of a subpoena, essentially compelling him to answer their questions while under oath.

Snyder, however, is reluctant to do that, and he has been using an extraordinary tactic to avoid it: parking the boat. He has spent recent weeks overseas, often on his yacht—where it appears that he can’t actually be served with a subpoena.

Snyder missed the committee’s June 22 hearing, at which NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testified remotely, because Snyder was in France, according to his attorney. Since then, his yacht has been traversing through some of the most luxe spots in the Mediterranean. His lawyer has also told the committee that he will soon travel to Israel, where he will be all the way into August, to observe the anniversary of his mother’s death.

Subpoenas have to be served directly to their subject, in person, unless a lawyer has agreed to accept one on their client’s behalf—which Snyder’s lawyer has declined to do. And it’s near if not entirely impossible to serve Congressional subpoenas overseas, even when somebody is on dry land.

The Democratic-controlled committee has been chasing Snyder for months over the Washington team’s workplace culture and the league’s response, sparring with his lawyer over dates, locations—and the terms of any interview or testimony he gives.

Snyder’s lawyer has raised his broader objections to the committee’s probe, including lawmakers’ unwillingness to limit any questions to Snyder to “historical workplace culture issues,” or to discuss witnesses they had interviewed, or allegations they had heard, as part of the investigation.

At a previous roundtable hosted by the committee, a former employee aired a new allegation of sexual harassment against the owner—prompting a new NFL investigation. Snyder denied the accusation.

The committee chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, has said she would not be deterred from seeking Snyder’s testimony, and announced her plans at the June hearing to issue a subpoena to compel it. On Tuesday, she rejected a proposal from Snyder to appear voluntarily, saying that she didn’t want to allow Snyder to impose any condition preventing him from being asked about incidents covered by nondisclosure agreements—especially after a month of delay.

“Mr. Snyder has a troubling history of using NDAs to cover up workplace misconduct—behavior that is central to our investigation—and it would be highly inappropriate for him to employ the same tactic to withhold information from the Committee,” her letter said.

A spokesman for Snyder said his attorneys are “reviewing the Committee’s letter to determine if their due process concerns, including the circumstances of Mr. Snyder’s appearance, have adequately been addressed.”

It isn’t unusual for individuals to be reluctant to participate in a Congressional investigation, or even for them to try to run out the clock on a committee’s interest. It is different, though, for them to attempt to avoid a subpoena. And it’s almost unheard of that they would try to do it by remaining out of the country.

“The norm in D.C. is for attorneys to accept service electronically. It’s very rare for an attorney not to accept service of a subpoena over email,” said Dave Rapallo, the longtime Democratic staff director for the oversight committee, who is now an associate professor of law at Georgetown University.

“I worked on Capitol Hill for more than 20 years and I have never seen anyone intentionally evade a subpoena from Congress in this way.”

In recent weeks Snyder’s yacht has been in Cannes, the French city that was hosting a large advertising and marketing festival. Then it moved through the azure waters of the French Riviera.

It has gone from near the Cap d’Antibes to the northern tip of Corsica, the French island lush with natural beauty in the Mediterranean, according to vesselfinder.com, a website that tracks ship movements. It has since gone to Sardinia, the luxurious Italian island, and Panarea, part of the island chain north of Sicily.

Snyder faces the prospect of being served by U.S. Marshals as soon as he returns to American soil. The Commanders play their first preseason game Aug. 13, while the regular season kicks off in September.

There are few examples of people avoiding a subpoena by being abroad, and the instances that people could recall resulted in the subject and the committee cutting a deal.

Michael Perino, professor at St. John’s University School of Law, said that banker Charles Mitchell was subpoenaed as part of the Congressional investigation into the causes of the Wall Street crash in the early 1930s, but responded that he would be heading out of the country.

The investigation’s chief counsel, Ferdinand Pecora, agreed to postpone seeking Mitchell’s testimony in exchange for access to his documents, Perino said, though for Mitchell, it backfired as the banking crisis of 1933 had hit by the time he got back.

Charles Tiefer, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, recalled a witness who was sought by the House Iran-Contra Committee—to which Tiefer was counsel. The witness, Tiefer recalled, was in Europe, and in the end accepted a plan for committee staff to come to him to take his deposition.

But while staying away without a compromise might carry a reputational risk for Snyder, there’s very little else that Congress could do about it, and certainly not quickly.

Tiefer said that while it is possible—if laborious—to serve a judicial subpoena in another country, even that option isn’t available with a Congressional subpoena.

“Traditionally a person overseas cannot be reached by a Congressional subpoena,” Tiefer said.

And serving a subpoena is one component in finding someone to be in contempt of Congress, he added. “You can’t be in contempt unless you’re validly served, or show up and refuse to answer questions.”

Committee Republicans have openly criticized the Washington team investigation as a waste of time and resources, and pledged to drop it if they take control of the House after the November midterm elections.

Maloney would still remain chair until January and some Democrats would almost certainly argue for her to push ahead with the investigation during the lame-duck Congress, if for no other reason than to preserve the committee’s authority for all future occupants of her seat.

indigi posted:

Snyder sucks but lmao at how impotent the US government is

blarzgh posted:

Not feeling good about the Cowboys season.

Not gonna sweep NFCE again, got worse at every position group, and turnover luck should regress significantly.

Although, it's an Easier schedule, Odigizewah, the LSU backer Cox, amd maybe the Murder corner are poised for breakouts.

I think a 9 win season isn't out of the question.

blarzgh posted:

I'll have you both know, Dak is a Top 5 Quarterback

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ASAPRockySituation posted:

At that point do you blame the OC or the QB? Thats simply the routes run. Sure, Hurts sucks, but if the coaches don't have routes run in a way that even gives him a chance...

Game-Blouses posted:

If the Eagles manage to go 7-10 with their roster on paper (as noted) and schedule (as of now), then they will surely be moving on from Hurts next year.