The Washington Commanders organization has suspended a staff member after he was caught making controversial and derogatory comments about the NFL, its players and its fans.
Rael Enteen, the franchise’s Vice President of Content in Washington, DC, was secretly filmed on a date with an undercover reporter, making shocking claims about the team’s players and fans.
Enteen, who worked for the Commanders for four years, was caught labelling the team’s black players as “homophobic”.
He told the O’Keefe Media reporter: ‘A large part [of the Commanders roster] are very low-income African Americans who come from a community that is inherently very homophobic.’
“I love hip-hop, hip-hop is very homophobic,” he added. “It’s a cultural thing and I hope it gets better.”
A member of the Commanders organization has been caught making shocking claims
Enteen accused the players of homophobia not only from the black community within the team. He also claimed that 50 percent of the players are white and religious, implying that they are homophobic as well, in line with anti-LGBTQIA+ Christian teachings.
Enteen not only claimed that players were homophobic, but he also called many players in the league “dumb,” suggesting that the physical impact of the game actually leads to a decline in their intelligence.
“There’s definitely a spectrum. There are those who are incredibly stupid and there are those who are very smart,” he said during what appeared to be a second date.
“I think there’s also a sad but true reality: some people start out smart, but they get hit so hard that they don’t stay smart.”
His attacks didn’t stop with the players. Enteen also took aim at the Commanders fan base and fans across the NFL, calling them “mouth breathers.”
“I think most NFL fans are high school alcoholics,” he told the anonymous reporter.
He continued to describe football fans as “violent” because of the frequent brawls in the stands during matches.
Enteen went on to criticize the NFL’s social justice initiatives, such as the league’s commitment to “Black Lives Matter, Pride, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” as “performative” designed to generate good publicity.
“The goal is to make as much money as possible,” he claimed.
Not only did he criticize the league’s initiatives, Enteen also called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a “$50 million puppet.”
He suggested that Goodell is controlled by the NFL owners and accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of pulling the strings.
He also claimed that Jones harbors racist and homophobic prejudices. “I think he hates gays and black people,” he said.
Enteen joined the Commanders in 2020 as Senior Director of Content Strategy, before being promoted to Vice President of Content in April 2022.
He previously worked for the New York Jets for two years, between 2016 and 2018, as Director of Digital and Social Media.
More to come.