Washington Football Team releases statement differing in tone from Daniel Snyder’s

The Washington Football Team has released a statement about the allegations of sexual harassment from within the organization detailed by a recent Washington Post story.

Another statement was released about allegations of widespread, long-term sexual harassment within the Washington Football Team’s organization.

Shortly after the story from The Washington Post dropped, the Washington Football Team’s owner, Daniel Snyder, released a statement referring to the story as a “hit job.” But his own team has now released a statement that was far different in tone than that of Snyder’s.

Here’s a look at the statement, per the team’s official Twitter account.

For those that have trouble reading small font (it happens to the best of us), here is what the statement reads.

"Today the Washington Post published an article detailing additional allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the Washington Football team. We are deeply distressed by these terrible allegations and are committed to investigating them fully. Our priority is creating a culture where our employees — on and off the field — are respected and empowered.Our first concern is for the safety and security of our teammates, and we have encouraged any employees who have endured similar experiences, now or in the past, to report it immediately. We are already taking a series of additional steps to hold ourselves accountable to our commitments. We remain focused on building an organization where all employees feel valued and are invested in shaping the new direction of our franchise."

And the team’s new president, Jason Wright, also wrote on Twitter about the allegations and vowed to take “swift and decisive action”.

It seems that the team is taking these allegations seriously, as they should. They need to weed out the root of the problem in order to complete the full culture change that they are committing to under Ron Rivera. And that’s what Wright was referencing in his tweet about “setting a new culture.”

Still, it was surprising to see the team put out a statement that clashes in tone with the owner’s release from earlier. But as mentioned by Michael Phillips of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Snyder’s statement wasn’t released on the official team letterhead. So, it’s possible that Snyder just wanted to get his own thoughts and words out first while the team made a more carefully crafted statement.

We’ll soon see what comes of the latest allegations against the team’s front office. But it does seem like the new Washington leadership is willing to attack the problem head-on as they try to change a previously toxic culture.