Commanders suspend VP for disparaging comments on players, fans and Roger Goodell

The Washington Commanders suspended vice president of content Rael Enteen on Wednesday after a video emerged of Enteen making disparaging comments about NFL fans, commissioner Roger Goodell, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Washington players.

The comments from Enteen were made to an undercover reporter from the O’Keefe Media Group.

The Commanders released the following statement:

“The language used in the video runs counter to our values at the Commanders organization,” a spokesperson said in the statement. “We have suspended the employee pending an investigation and will reserve further comment at this time.”

In the video, Enteen said the following, as transcribed by ESPN.

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.”

Enteen said players are “dumb as hell” and referenced them getting hit in the head too many times.

He said the following about Goodell and Jones:

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.”

Enteen then said it was his job to sell hope and mentioned the incident at the former FedExField in 2021 when some pipes burst. The Commanders, at the time, denied it was sewage pipes, even though fans said they smelled sewage. Enteen said he tweeted out that it was just water and commented: “That……..is state-run media.”

Enteen was hired in September 2020 and was one of former team president Jason Wright’s hires.