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If you've paid any attention to the NFL in recent years beyond "start or sit" essays from fantasy football gurus and final scores, you're aware that the league has a problem with how it treats women. Women who work for the league, women who work in a more professional capacity for specific teams, and women who work in more visible positions as cheerleaders.
That problem, it turns out, is a feature, not a bug.
The congressional investigation into Dan Snyder and the Washington Commanders' workplace did more than just confirm the stories of dozens of women who bravely came forward in recent years to recount the sexist, harmful, and degrading environment they endured while pursuing their dreams of working for a professional sports team. It also confirmed that everything the NFL or its commissioner, Roger Goodell, says regarding women's safety and well-being is a lie.
In other words, the NFL's abject ignorance of the mistreatment of dozens of women, in Washington's case, has never been a problem in league circles because, according to an internal document discovered by congressional investigators, the NFL has essentially codified that it isn't detrimental to the league.
Why can't NFL be better?
The NFL assisted in the burying of Snyder's filthy actions because it feels the same way about female employees as it does about Snyder and his male underlings: if they — gasp! — have the audacity to work for the league office or one of its member teams, they deserve whatever evil comes their way. They should not expect to be treated differently than a chunk of raw meat thrown into a den of ravenous wolves. And if they are, buttercup, suck it up. It finds no problem with such behavior.
This explains why The New York Times' February investigation, which documented many instances of women alleging maltreatment inside the NFL's glittering New York headquarters, failed to make a big splash.
Women who work in team offices, NFL offices, and women who cheer for one of the league's 32 teams all deserve better than a league that pays lip service to their physical, emotional, and mental well-being in the name of performing their job.
They deserve better than a league that hides behind internal guidelines that give implicit approval to mistreat employees, meaningless platitudes about its commitment to ensuring workplaces are "free from harassment and discrimination," and sidelines women who need an apology and responsibility.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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