Report: Commanders Sale 'Poised' For Approval From NFL Finance Committee

The sale of the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris is moving closer to becoming official.

Per Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post, the NFL finance committee is "poised to recommend" approval of the $6.05 billion deal that could lead to it being ratified as soon as July 20 at a meeting of all team owners.

"Everything is on track," one person familiar with deliberations over the sale process told Maske and Jhabvala. "The team and the league and the Harris group all want to get this done. I don't see any real problems there. … There's every reason to believe it should get done by then."

A sale agreement between Harris' group and current Commanders owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder was reached on May 12.

Despite the agreement between the two sides, USA Today's Jarrett Bell noted the process of finalizing the deal was complicated because of the number of people in the Harris group who need to be properly vetted by the finance committee.

Mitchell Rales and Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson are among the people in the group with Harris purchasing the Commanders.

"I think that would be great, to have a new ownership group in by the beginning of the season," Indianapolis Colts owner Irsay said (h/t Bell). "That would be good. That's not an impossibility. But there's work to be done…We're not there yet."

Maske and Jhabvala noted the NFL's eight-owner finance committee "continues to view Harris's deal favorably" and "will give a unanimous recommendation to the other owners" that would seemingly ensure the sale gets ratified.

Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal previously reported the NFL told team owners to be reserve July 20 and Aug. 8 as dates for a "possible special league meeting" that is considered a "strong sign the league thinks it can get the Commanders deal to a final vote by one of those two days."

Harris is currently the managing partner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and NHL's New Jersey Devils through the Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment company he started in 2017.

Daniel Snyder has owned the Commanders since May 1999 when he purchased the franchise for a then-record price of $800 million. The franchise has a 164–220–2 record with six playoff appearances under his ownership.