Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder under federal investigation

Yahoo Finance’s Charles McDonald joins the Live show to discuss reports that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder is under federal investigation amid possible sale of the team.

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AKIKO FUJITA: The US Attorney's office has opened a criminal investigation into the Washington Commanders, or according to a report by ESPN that came out just hours after owner Dan Snyder said he will explore potential transactions involving the team. Let's bring in Yahoo Sports NFL columnist Charles McDonald. Charles, what's the very latest on this investigation?

CHARLES MCDONALD: Well, as you said, the Commanders and Dan Snyder are facing a federal investigation for financial and properties. This is the latest step that Dan Snyder has had to go through in his quest to keep the team. And I think, as we saw yesterday with the initial report by "Forbes" in conjunction with this federal investigation into the financial and properties, Dan Snyder's term as the Commanders owner is definitely coming to an end.

The other owners have quietly been pushing for this. Even Colts owner Jim Irsay came out and spoke out against Dan Snyder at the owner's meeting a couple of weeks ago. So you know, it was probably time for this to happen. Beyond this, there's been a litany of other scandals that the Commanders have suffered through under Dan Snyder's leadership.

And now, it's going to be time for someone else to try to get a crack at it. And one of these-- I guess it's kind of funny, because Dan Snyder's punishment for going through these things is going to be getting a nice check for selling his football team. But it's about over for him.

AKIKO FUJITA: Yeah, I was going to say, a lot of people lining up to see if they can make their bid for that as well. Keeping you busy, Charles McDonald, thanks so much for joining us today.