Wednesday, November 4: A Bit More From The Event Yesterday
It's been a frustrating Technical Difficulties Wednesday. I'm hoping things are back to normal-ish now. We'll see.
One thing that's gotten a little lost in the coverage of yesterday's charitable event -- including my own -- is that it wasn't actually about the owner talking to the media. It was about the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation unveiling their partnership with Price George's County Public Schools, which covers not only the maintenance of the fields, but also the continuation of many other charitable programs: Coaches in the Classroom, Redskins Read, 4th & Life, Harvest Feast and more.
It was a big deal for the Charitable Foundation -- and that, in fact, was the focus of owner Daniel Snyder's FIRST (and somewhat less-reported) comments yesterday.
Actually, his first comments are drowned out by the crowd and the wind, and his second comments are about giving the players a round of applause for being there on their day off. But after that he continued with the charitable stuff. Even there, though, you can spot hints of his frustration with the Redskins leaking through.
"The twelve fields that we're doing are very, very important to us, because it's giving back to the community. That's what it's all about. We recognize the importance of Prince George's County, where our stadium, FedExField is -- and we hope to do a little better next game there," he said.
One thing that's gotten a little lost in the coverage of yesterday's charitable event -- including my own -- is that it wasn't actually about the owner talking to the media. It was about the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation unveiling their partnership with Price George's County Public Schools, which covers not only the maintenance of the fields, but also the continuation of many other charitable programs: Coaches in the Classroom, Redskins Read, 4th & Life, Harvest Feast and more.
It was a big deal for the Charitable Foundation -- and that, in fact, was the focus of owner Daniel Snyder's FIRST (and somewhat less-reported) comments yesterday.
Actually, his first comments are drowned out by the crowd and the wind, and his second comments are about giving the players a round of applause for being there on their day off. But after that he continued with the charitable stuff. Even there, though, you can spot hints of his frustration with the Redskins leaking through.
"The twelve fields that we're doing are very, very important to us, because it's giving back to the community. That's what it's all about. We recognize the importance of Prince George's County, where our stadium, FedExField is -- and we hope to do a little better next game there," he said.
"But let's talk about some of the things we've done," he continued, "and what we do every year from the Charitable Foundation perspective. The Fourth and Life program that Dr. Hite mentioned touches 10,000 high school players in the last ten years. These guys spend time hands-on with those high school players in their offseason.
"The Redskins have donated almost one million dollars a year to take care of all the DC-area schools that we've given fields to, which is over 25 fields to date.
"And in terms of our reading program, it's been ten years since we started our reading program in all the schools, and we've donated over one million books to date.
"We're very, very proud we continue to do this for the community, the giving back. This is just the beginning of the relationship, what we're doing today, and we hope what we're doing in the future.
"I know your football team's had a disappointing season to date, but we're expecting this homecoming game to be a victory for you guys.
"Also, from our perspective, obviously we feel frustration and we feel sorry for our fans. Our performance to date is not what we expected, and we hope to turn that around beginning this Sunday in Atlanta, and we hope to have a much better season going forward. We appreciate very, very much the support the fans have shown us through the difficult beginning to this season.
"Thanks for having us today, and we appreciate everyone. Thank you."
"The Redskins have donated almost one million dollars a year to take care of all the DC-area schools that we've given fields to, which is over 25 fields to date.
"And in terms of our reading program, it's been ten years since we started our reading program in all the schools, and we've donated over one million books to date.
"We're very, very proud we continue to do this for the community, the giving back. This is just the beginning of the relationship, what we're doing today, and we hope what we're doing in the future.
"I know your football team's had a disappointing season to date, but we're expecting this homecoming game to be a victory for you guys.
"Also, from our perspective, obviously we feel frustration and we feel sorry for our fans. Our performance to date is not what we expected, and we hope to turn that around beginning this Sunday in Atlanta, and we hope to have a much better season going forward. We appreciate very, very much the support the fans have shown us through the difficult beginning to this season.
"Thanks for having us today, and we appreciate everyone. Thank you."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-05-2009 @ 11:53AM
Paul said...
This just in.."Synders a Liar".
That is all.go back to your regularly scheduled activities
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11-04-2009 @ 4:23PM
punchdaclock said...
Paul.....You have no life. Must be tough being in that kind of place..........
Matt, I had this same conversation earlier. I said they aren't even reporting why Snyder was at the high school they are just talking about him being disappointed in the teams performance....
Later
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11-04-2009 @ 7:26PM
Paul said...
Hey Punchdaignoramace
Take a look at all the posters that are calling you out...Just crawl back to your master Mr. Snyder..How much are you paid by him to keep posting nice messages about this debacle of a franchise? Your a coward and as spinless as Vinny
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