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- -- John Riggins Calls Redskins Owner a Bad Guy --
Thu Nov 5, 2009 --from FFMastermind.com - The Washington Post reports Redskins Hall of Fame RB John Riggins called Redskins owner Daniel Snyder a “bad guy” during an interview on Showtime's "Inside The NFL" show. “Truthfully, I do have an ax to grind and I just realized I have been a little bit disingenuous,” said Riggins. “But this is a bad guy that owns this team. I'll just tell you that upfront. Bad guy. And if the Commissioner is worried about potential new owners and saying some of these guys shouldn't apply, he might want to police his own inside guys." Host James Brown asked "Why is he [Dan Snyder] a bad guy?" Riggins: "Because his business practices, I think. I don't want to say they are unethical, but I don't think it's a place, a climate that is created there where people can be successful. It's driven all by his ego and everything has to come from him. And I just don't think you can be successful in those situations and when you are dealing with someone with the mindset of a child and yet owns a franchise in the NFL. I think you have some problems there… This person knows nothing about football, absolutely nothing. I don't think they have a clue how a football team comes together, how it works. And yet they are the ones that are basically calling all the shots through a puppet, which is Vinny Cerrato. That is my take on it....I speak for the fans because these are the people that paid my salary for all these years. They are the ones that need to know that this is a bad guy."