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.

Here's the shaky Flip video I was able to get of the truncated media session Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder conducted today at Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Md. As I noted in the previous post, the session was cut short after just a few questions by the Surrattsville Hornets marching band -- it's homecoming week, after all! -- and the Flip camera audio is just abused by the wind.

UPDATE: I'm leaving this post up because I don't want to delete people's comments, but there is now a higher-quality video (courtesy of the Redskins Broadcast Network) with the transcript here.

The Redskins Charitable Foundation partnered with Prince George's County Public Schools to announce a formal business partnership today, the gist of which is that the team will be helping to improve and maintain the fields at twelve P.G. county public schools, which adds to the thirteen already renovated and maintained in the Greater D.C. Metro area. It's a program that the Redskins are immensely proud of, one that costs almost a million dollars a year, and I'll have some more about that tomorrow. Today, the field at Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Md., was unveiled, and promptly put to good use for a soccer game.

The unveiling was attended by several Redskins players -- including Clinton Portis, who drew the loudest cheers -- but perhaps the most surprising element was that team owner Daniel M. Snyder spoke briefly to the media afterward, and apologized to the fans for the team's lackluster start to the season.

"I feel bad for the fans," he said. "I feel sorry for the fans. And we're very, very appreciative of our great, loyal fan base. And I'm understanding; I mean, we just feel terrible. We're disappointed and we're embarrassed. And we hope to get it going soon. We're disappointed."

The media session was cut short by the school's marching band, so only Lindsay Czarniak was able to get any questions in, and the audio of the session is occasionally muffled by high winds, but as much of a transcript as Redskins.com's Gary Fitzgerald and I could put together is after the jump; video to follow shortly. Courtesy of the Redskins Broadcast Network, the high-quality video is now posted above.