The Commanders have terminated embattled exec Rael Enteen, hours after a video surfaced Wednesday of Washington’s vice president of content allegedly accusing NFL players of being homophobic, among other disparaging remarks.
The Commanders, who are just days away from its season opener against the Buccaneers, confirmed Enteen’s firing to ESPN on Thursday through a spokesperson.
The Washington Commanders begin their 2024 season this week. AP
Washington’s decision to fire Enteen comes one day after the team initially suspended him for alleged comments made in a video, recorded during an undercover date with an O’Keefe Media Group journalist.
In the nearly 11-minute video, which was posted to O’Keefe Media Group CEO James O’Keefe’s X account on Wednesday, Enteen is asked about “his description of Commanders players,” and responds, “Over 50 percent of our roster is either white religious — and God says ‘f–k the gays’ — another big chunk is very low income African-American that comes from a community that is inherently very homophobic.”
Elsewhere in the clip, Enteen to referred to NFL fans as “high-school educated alcoholics” and “mouth breathers.”
The Commanders have fired Rael Enteen in the wake of controversial comments made in a video. OMG Media“Most of the fans, I would say, are high school-educated alcoholics,” he said.
When his companion responded, “So they’re like lower class people,” Enteen replied, “I hate to use that term, I would just say mouth breathers.”
As the conversation pivoted to Roger Goodell, the former exec didn’t hold back with more harsh words.
“He’s a puppet, a $50 million puppet,” Enteen said in the footage.
Commanders players are seen at training camp in July 2024. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Roger Goodell was also referenced in the video. APEnteen also called the league’s social justice initiatives “performative.”
“It’s not done out of the goodness of their heart and morality. It’s done because George Floyd changed the game,” he said in the video, which then panned to Enteen sitting at the table as the discussion continued.
“I mean that the social justice efforts are a performance for the sake of public perception and not because they want to actually push progress,” he added.
The Commanders addressed the fallout in a statement Wednesday to The Post’s Ryan Glassipiegel.
“The language used in the video runs counter to our values at the Commanders organization. We have suspended the employee pending an internal investigation and will reserve further comment at this time,” the statement read.
Enteen previously worked with the Jets before joining Washington, per ESPN.
