The allegations that have been made against Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder in recent months are disturbing and strange. However, a new anecdote revealed in the testimony given during this week’s House Committee on Oversight & Reform hearing adds a strange and petty new wrinkle.
One of the people that the Oversight Committee spoke with as part of their investigation into sexual harassment and other allegations was former chief operating officer David Pauken. Pauken testified about various transgressions, but one incident, in particular, caught people’s eye on Thursday.
“According to Pauken’s testimony, Snyder had an employee secretly pour milk on the floor in Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner’s FedEx Field suite so that it would smell sour when he came to games because Snyder was allegedly upset over a deal between the two,” wrote The Athletic’s Dan Standig.
Dan Snyder allegedly had an employee secretly pour milk on the floor in Mark Lerner's FedEx Field suite so that it would smell sour when he came to a game. He was allegedly upset over a deal the two had done. https://t.co/cSK8sJ9Yi2
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) June 23, 2022
There’s petty and then there’s making an employee pour sour milk on the carpet of a suite.
While this might be a pretty wild and disturbing thing for someone to do, many people around the NFL world reacted by saying they’re not surprised that Snyder would do something like that, especially given everything we already know about him.
Of all the stadiums that don’t need help with unpleasant sights and smells… https://t.co/3eXlH6Wknp
— Phil Murphy © (@Phil_Sports) June 23, 2022
Do not ever accuse women of being the overly emotional / petty ones again. https://t.co/ejXbOHMqzS
— Ladies Who Like Baseball (@LONTDC1) June 23, 2022
Crying, then spilling milk, a new take on an old favorite https://t.co/3Qpdn7eawL
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) June 23, 2022
Definitely normal stuffhttps://t.co/8qTsGR2gNs
— D.J. Short (@djshort) June 23, 2022
Everyday seems to bring a new low for Commander Snyder.. https://t.co/QhQkhQYXrz
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) June 23, 2022
Who knows if anything will come of all this as Snyder has proven plenty of times that he won’t apologize or admit anything, and the NFL doesn’t seem keen on pushing him out. But it’s certainly open season on him and his actions, so we’ll see what else spills out like old milk.
