Josh Harris wasted little time letting fans know about his main goal as the new owner of the Washington Commanders.
On Thursday, NFL owners officially approved of Dan Snyder selling the Commanders to Harris’ group for $6.05 billion. It is the most expensive purchase ever for a North American sports franchise. Harris also owns the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers.
In a statement shared on Thursday, Harris stated that the “top priority” as owner is to bring the fans “a championship caliber team.”
You can view his full statement below:
Under legendary head coach Joe Gibbs, the Commanders were once among the proudest NFL franchises. They won three Super Bowls over a nine-year span (1982, 1987 and 1991) with three different starting quarterbacks.
But the Commanders’ franchise was completely mired by disarray, dysfunction and never-ending humiliation under Snyder’s 24 years as an owner. The club went 164-220-2 over his 24 years as owner (1999 to 2022), and they only qualified for the postseason on six occasions.
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Washington only won two postseason games during Snyder’s tenure as owner, with the last playoff victory coming back in the 2005 season. They have recorded double-digit wins once since 2006, and that was back in the 2012 season thanks to the play of Offensive Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin.
Commanders fans would obviously love to see a championship contending team emerge under Harris right away. But simply having someone other than Snyder as the team owner is at least a nice start.
