Washington Commanders fire exec who called Black players ‘homophobic’
The Washington Commanders football team this week fired one of its executives, who made remarks that were recorded without his knowledge by an undercover news reporter claiming the team’s Black players were “homophobic” and that some National Football League players were “dumb as hell.” Multiple news media outlets, including the Washington Post and the LGBTQ sports publication Out Sports, identified the executive as Rael Enteen, who held the title of Vice President of Content for the Commanders organization.
The publication The Athletic reports that Enteen was secretly recorded with a hidden video camera by a female reporter for the O’Keefe Media Group during two dates in which the reporter did not disclose she was with the media.
Among his recorded comments, The Athletic and other media outlets have reported, is he told the reporter that some National Football League players, including Black players, were dumb and homophobic. “A big chunk [of the Commanders roster] is very low-income African American that comes from a community that is inherently very homophobic,” the Daily Mail reports Enteen as saying in the recording. “I love hip-hop, hip-hop is very homophobic,” he reportedly stated in the video. “It’s a cultural thing that I hope gets better.” Enteen also called NFL fans “high school-educated alcoholics” and “mouth breathers,” the Associated Press reports.
The AP also reports that Enteen states in the video recording that Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team, “hates gay people and Black people.” The AP says the Cowboys team did not respond to a request for comment.
