THE ALLEGATIONS: In DC, Maske & Jhabvala in a front-page piece note a letter sent from the House Committee on Oversight & Reform to the FTC yesterday said that the Commanders and Snyder “may have engaged in a troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct” that allegedly involved "withholding as much as $5 million in refundable deposits from season ticket holders and also hiding money that was supposed to be shared among NFL owners." The allegations were made by former VP/Sales & Customer Service Jason Friedman, who worked for the franchise for 24 years. The letter said that Friedman told committee members the team "maintained 'two sets of books,' including one set of financial records used to underreport certain ticket revenue to the NFL." The letter cites documentation that the team’s financial improprieties "may have extended to tickets registered in Commissioner Roger Goodell’s name." It details allegations that the Commanders "improperly attributed such revenue to being derived" from a Navy- Notre Dame college football game at FedExField or a Kenny Chesney concert so that it "wouldn’t be part of the NFL’s revenue-sharing pool."
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"I was absolutely caught off-guard by the number of fans that turned out on Saturday night. Never before have we not sold at least 70,000 tickets for Notre Dame," Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said on Monday. "I really don't understand what happened and why so many people decided to stay home. By my estimation, there were thousands of no-shows."
Sources told The Capital that approximately 50,000 tickets were sold in advance, which would mean nearly 13,000 fans who paid for seats did not show up to use them. It was a dreary, rainy day and game time temperature for the 8 p.m. kickoff was 48 degrees.
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