Washington Commanders raffle winner claims check for over $14,000 bounced, costing him $15

Washington Commanders raffle winner claims check for over $14,000 bounced, costing him $15



Washington dropped the ball. Again. This time, the team fumbled a 50/50 raffle drawing, leaving one longtime fan clamoring for further review.

The Washington Commanders, formerly known as the Washington Football Team, which had formerly been known as the Washington Redskins, have undergone several identity changes in the last few years. And through them all, it seems that fan Drew Shipley has remained loyal to the colors burgundy and gold, no matter the nickname emblazoned on the team's jerseys.

This year, he purchased season tickets for the first time, and at the first home game of the season, a matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 11, Shipley walked away with a win on the scoreboard and a win in his wallet. His ticket in the 50/50 drawing held that day had been selected, and Shipley would soon receive a hefty check for $14,000, good enough for season tickets for himself and perhaps 21 of his closest friends.

Or so he thought. After a month without the expected check, Shipley blasted the team on Twitter for "ghosting" him.

\u201c@commandersCR Cool, you should payout the opening week's 50/50 first though, it's only been a month and now I'm being ghosted when I ask about it \ud83d\udc40\u201d
— Washington Commanders Community Relations (@Washington Commanders Community Relations) 1665079850

"Who am I supposed to talk to?" Shipley asked at one point. "Am I supposed to call [Washington owner] Dan Snyder myself?"

The social media pressure seemed to work. A check for $14,822 arrived via FedEx on October 13, and Shipley soon afterward attempted to deposit it in his credit union account.

Unfortunately, four days later, the credit union called to inform Shipley that the check had bounced and that he had been assessed a 15-yard — er, $15 — penalty as a result.

\u201cDrew Shipley won the money on September 11 but didn\u2019t receive the check for $14,822 until October 13.\n\nHe then went to his credit union to deposit the check, but it was bounced four days later \ud83d\ude2c\n\nHis bank account went negative and, on top of that, he owed a $15 back check fee \ud83d\ude33\u201d
— Sports Illustrated (@Sports Illustrated) 1666226130

"It was quite shocking," Shipley admitted.

Team officials confirmed the bad check, blaming it on a "bank error," but they immediately made amends to Shipley for all their debts, including the $15 bounced check fee.

"We reached out directly to the fan as soon as we learned about it and have wired the money directly to his account, and apologized for the inconvenience. It was a bank error, and we are following up with the bank to learn why it happened and ensure it doesn’t happen again," a team spokesperson wrote in an email.

Shipley described the experience as "underwhelming."

His team has underwhelmed on the field as well. The Commanders currently sit with a 2-4 record on the season and a tough series of games against the Packers, Colts, and Vikings ahead of them. They finished the 2021 season at 7-10 and missed the postseason for the fifth time in six years.


Whitlock: NFL owner Daniel Snyder crumbling beneath Washington’s house of cards



Daniel Snyder bought the wrong NFL team in the wrong city. He practices the wrong politics for the political football he purchased 23 years ago.

The midterm elections won’t save Dan Snyder. That’s my prediction.

There’s a false hope among political conservatives that a Republican landslide in the November elections will halt the persecution of American citizens who refuse to disavow the populist movement powered by Donald Trump.

The midterms will slow the persecution in some areas of the country, but nothing will change in our nation’s capital. Washington, D.C., is a leftist stronghold filled with government-dependent citizens and devout progressives. The political winds blow one direction in the District. It’s a headwind for Snyder.

The city’s newspaper of record, the Washington Post, had been tearing into Snyder long before Jeff Bezos gutted it of any semblance of objectivity and fairness. Snyder spent the first two decades of his ownership fighting the newspaper over his football team’s former nickname (Redskins). With that battle won, the Post has moved on to casting Snyder as the Harvey Weinstein of professional sports.

According to corporate media, Snyder is racist and sexist. Snyder keeps trying to make peace with enemies who have no interest in a negotiated settlement. He changed the team’s name to the Commanders, installed his wife as CEO, hired a black team president, a black general manager, and a Latino head coach and filled the organization’s senior leadership with four women.

Snyder is the poster boy of the left’s diversity, inclusion, and equity agenda.

It’s not enough. It never is.

The House of Representatives launched an investigation into Washington’s toxic work environment. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, no friend of Snyder’s, testified before the House yesterday.

Rashida Tlaib, the representative from Detroit, bashed Goodell for not removing Snyder from NFL ownership.

Snyder bought the wrong football team in the wrong city. He can’t win. He’s playing a never-ending road game. He’s surrounded by political people using him to make a point to Jerry Jones and every other pro sports owner.

You want to know why the NFL climbed into bed with the BLM-LGBTQ+ Alphabet Mafia? Look at what’s happening to Daniel Snyder.

That’s not written to suggest that Snyder is innocent of the allegations brought against him. Snyder is a rich and powerful man. Wealth and power corrupt. But Snyder is no more or less rich, powerful, and corrupt than Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the old man who likes rub-and-tugs.

Rich and powerful people, which includes our politicians, would rather virtue-signal about integrity than attempt to clean up and control their immoral behavior.

You follow? NFL owners, coaches, top executives, and high-profile players are all rich and powerful. They’re mostly men. They’re weak and live in a society that baits weakness. From the boardroom to the playing field, it’s a league filled with Deshaun Watsons and the 2010 version of Ben Roethlisberger.

Weak men with excess cash and free time. An idle mind is the devil’s playpen. For athletes and the people running athletic leagues, it’s wiser to buy Alphabet Mafia life insurance than run around uninsured.

Snyder had no insurance. He’s a hard-core conservative with a franchise attached to an area completely controlled by progressives. It was just a matter of time before he had a major accident and his wrongthink politics put him in the crosshairs.

When they’re done with Snyder, Jerry Jones will be next. Jones will be more difficult to take down. He’s based in Texas. He has allies throughout the state. He’s not playing an away game.

What’s going on with Snyder reminds me of one of my favorite TV shows, “House of Cards.”

The Kevin Spacey-fronted political drama was Netflix’s version of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Both shows depicted the evil men and women do in pursuit of political power. "Thrones" camouflaged its intent, weaving its narrative in fantasy with fire-breathing dragons, ice creatures, and a fictional world. "Cards" was more direct and relatable. Spacey’s character, Frank Underwood, was a South Carolina senator willing to do anything to acquire the presidency. In season 1, Underwood murdered his mistress, a female reporter with too much ambition and too little street smarts.

Public allegations of Spacey’s predatory sexual nature ruined the final season and legacy of “House of Cards.” Netflix wrote Frank Underwood out of the script. And now it’s sort of taboo to discuss the greatness of "Cards." The show isn’t treated like the “Cosby Show.” You can still watch "Cards" on Netflix, though.

I might rewatch it again.

Frank Underwood would be impressed with the way Democrat and Republican politicians are using Daniel Snyder to distract from true evil and corruption. Prosecutors are seeking a 30-to-55-year prison sentence for Ghislaine Maxwell, the sex trafficker who set up rich and powerful men with underage girls.

Politicians and corporate media have no interest in seeing or disclosing her client list. This is information that could show the public which of our politicians are compromised, susceptible to blackmail, and secret supporters of legalizing pedophilia. Maxwell’s client list could reveal the power source of the BLM-LGBTQ+ Alphabet Mafia.

Meanwhile, our politicians are pressuring the NFL to remove Daniel Snyder as an owner. It’s just another meaningless virtue signal.

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