Commanders Fire Employee After Undercover Video Showed Him Disparaging Players and Fans

ASHBURN The Washington Commanders said they have fired an employee after he was shown making derogatory comments about players and fans in undercover video posted on social media.

Related Story: Employee Terminated Following Internal Investigation A team spokesperson said Thursday that vice president of content Rael Enteen had been terminated.

Enteen was initially suspended pending an internal investigation after he said on video posted by OKeefe Media Group that some players were dumb and homophobic and called fans high school-educated alcoholics and mouth breathers.

The team spokesperson said Wednesday after the post came to light, The language used in the video runs counter to our values at the Commanders organization.

Undercover Video Captured on Dating App James OKeefe, who founded the company last year, told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday the videos were taken during two dates in June in Washington.

OKeefe said Enteen and the woman who filmed the interactions met on a dating app.

Criticism of NFL Leadership and Cowboys Owner Also in the videos, Enteen criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

He called Goodell a $50 million puppet and the leagues social justice efforts performative.

Enteen, who had been with the team since 2020, also said in the video that he believes Jones hates gay people and Black people.

A message sent to a league spokesperson Wednesday seeking comment had not been returned by Thursday.

The Cowboys did not respond to a request for comment..

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