The Commanders have suspended an employee for comments on the team's players, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and commissioner Roger Goodell.
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ASHBURN, Va. -- The
Washington Commandershave suspended an employee who made comments about the team's players being anti-gay, accused
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of being racist and anti-gay and called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a "$50-million puppet."
The team said they have suspended their vice president of content, Rael Enteen, who has been with the organization for four years, for comments he made to an undercover reporter for the O'Keefe Media Group.
According to a social media video from the media group, Enteen had met the reporter on the dating app Hinge and met with her twice at local restaurants.
"The language used in the video runs counter to our values at the Commanders organization," a team spokesperson said in a statement. "We have suspended the employee pending an investigation and will reserve further comment at this time."
He told the undercover reporter that, "over 50% of our roster is white religious and God says, 'F--- the gays.' Their interpretation. I don't buy any of that. Another big chunk is low-income African Americans that comes from a community that is inherently very homophobic."
On the video, Enteen also said some players are "dumb as hell" and said some who were smart don't stay that way after getting hit in the head too many times. He also said those who "get their heads knocked around a few times" are more susceptible to conspiracy theories.
Enteen also said, "I don't think the commissioner of the NFL hates gay people, hates black people. Jerry Jones, who really runs the NFL, I think he hates gay people, black people."
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