Jason Wright, a former running back, has been named as the Washington Football Team's president — making history as the NFL's first Black, and youngest, team president.
Despite Wright's years of experience on the field — he spent seven years split among the San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals — Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder wants him to apply his expertise on the business side.
Wright will be"responsible for leading the organization's business divisions, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing," according to a statement from the team. Following his NFL career, Wright earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and spent the last seven years at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company."What other job would they come together at such a unique time for an organization at the point our team is? I'm just happy I landed in this role at that time. There are other reasons it's historic, but that's a byproduct of me being the right and qualified candidate at this time. All of that is just icing on the cake.
after decades of controversy over the franchise's racist name which ultimately led advertisers to pull their support. That was followed by a devastating report in
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