The Commanders proceed their overhaul.
New proprietor Josh Harris has employed Campbell’s Company CEO Mark Clouse to function the brand new crew president, in keeping with Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post.
Clouse, who begins the brand new job in January, will report on to Harris. Among different issues, Clouse will lead the trouble on the crew’s subsequent stadium.
Clouse has no sports activities expertise. But the chief govt place entails a skillset that transcends business classes. It’s about getting issues performed at a excessive stage. Management. Leadership. Strategy. And as NFL franchises change into increasingly more precious, they need to behave like main companies.
The transfer comes at a time when the franchise is experiencing a post-Snyder resurgence, on and off the sphere. Fan help is up. Momentum for a brand new stadium is constructing.
On Monday, Harris and Commissioner Roger Goodell went to Capitol Hill to foyer for a invoice that will pave the way in which for a possible return to D.C., on the web site of RFK Stadium.
The invoice gained approval of the House of Representatives earlier this yr. Last month, the invoice superior via the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, by a vote of 17-2.
The crew’s location additionally places Maryland (web site of the present stadium) and Virginia in play to host the brand new venue. Clouse’s most fast goal shall be to strike the appropriate deal in the appropriate location, with a aim of opening the brand new stadium by 2030.
