The recent resignation of Vinny Cerrato and the THUMPING the Giants put on them last night were the last straws. I hear the name Dan Snyder all of the time. I know he’s the owner of the Washington Redskins, but who is the real Dan Snyder? From a quick glance, he looks like a relative of Louis Skolnick. I also get the impression he has a pretty big checkbook. The beautiful thing about doing what I do is; by producing this article I, for myself, can answer the question…. Who is this dude?

Within moments of researching this topic I was put in my place. Snyder is big time. This dude is BIG TIME. He’s the owner of the Redskins, Chairman of the Board for Six Flags Inc., owner of Johnny Rockets, and the Primary Investor in Red Zebra Broadcasting. His net worth is $1.3 Billion. The guy essentially made chicken salad out of chicken shit. He dropped out of college, started businesses, failed, succeeded, but before anyone could know it he was worth millions. He bought the Redskins for $800 Million, taking out hundreds of millions of dollars of loans.

Here’s the inherent problem. The Redskins suck. The team is pretty much an embarrassment. They spent $100 Million of Albert Haynesworth, who gets hurt every play, and $7 million on D’Angelo Hall this offseason, but minus a couple good games this year, they’ve been horrible. All season long we’ve heard about Jim Zorn’s job being in jeopardy. As a matter of fact, Snyder has made a habit out of hiring and firing coaches. They’ve made the playoffs once in what seems like decades. That apparently doesn’t mean squat though my friends. They are the second most valuable franchise in the NFL, and gross the highest revenue. Who knew right?

I will say this; I have a new found respect for Daniel Snyder. The guy is one helluva businessman so it’s hard for me to criticize him about having little knowlege about Football.  When it’s all said and done, me as the sports loving neanderthal, can say congrats for being rich and owning a franchise, but you’d probably finish last in my fantasy football league bro.

And also, PLEASE stop talking about this guy in a George Steinbrenneresque manner… that’s a joke