Why where the redskins, sold to Dan Snyder? The Cooke's had the team for so long.
2007-01-06 01:52:42 · 5 answers · asked by Can Do 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The team was sold by the trustees of Jack Kent Cooke's estate after he died. As I recall, one of his sons tried to put together a group to buy the team, but he was outbid by Snyder. You can read more about it here:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/jack_kent_cooke/index.html
http://wpni.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1999/sale/keystories.htm
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N10/10_-_yongyi.10s.html
I agree with you that Snyder has been bad news for the team.
2007-01-06 02:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by kyuzo777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Redskins are the most valuable franchise in proffesional sports...This limits who would have the money to buy them.
Snyder was on the short list of people who could pony up the money for the most valuable franchise in proffessional sports.
If I could afford the Skins, I'd buy them...That is true of about 99.99999% of the world's population.
Plain and simple.
2007-01-06 10:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by camaulds 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Redskins are a terrible
2007-01-06 09:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Didnt the owner die and not leave the team to anybody??
2007-01-06 10:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by Adam 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hey camaulds, ever heard of the yankees?
2007-01-06 10:25:10 · answer #5 · answered by obx_surf_lover 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋