NFL fines Washington Football Team $10 million after investigation finds "highly unprofessional" workplace
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The NFL has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million and owner Dan Snyder is stepping away from day-to-day operations for several months after an independent investigation found the organization's workplace "highly unprofessional," especially for women.
The team was not stripped of any draft picks and no formal suspensions were handed out as part of the league's discipline, which was announced Thursday. The discipline stemmed from lawyer Beth Wilkinson's investigation, which began last summer. The investigation, commissioned by the club amid allegations from employees and eventually taken over by the league, revealed that ownership and senior officials paid little attention to sexual harassment and other workplace issues. NFL special counsel for investigations Lisa Friel described it as a culture of fear.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.