Dan Snyder fined $60 million following independent investigation

The NFL owners approved the sale of the Washington Commanders on Thursday. The league then revealed the findings of an independent investigation into outgoing owner Dan Snyder.

As a result of those findings, the league is ordering Snyder to pay the league $60 million after it was found that he sexually harassed a team employee and deliberately withheld millions in revenue from the NFL's other 31 franchises.

The investigation concluded that Snyder had withheld at least $11 million in revenue that should have been shared with other teams, and potentially even more that the investigation could not account for. 

The investigation was led by former U.S. Attorney and SEC chair Mary Jo White.

"The conduct substantiated in Ms. White's findings has no place in the NFL," said commissioner Roger Goodell in releasing the league's findings. "We strive for workplaces that are safe, respectful and professional. What Ms. Johnston experienced is inappropriate and contrary to the NFL's values."

The investigation was launched almost immediately after a former team employee, Tiffani Johnston, first made sexual harassment allegations against Snyder in front of a house committee last year. 

Snyder denied the allegations, while the report released on Thursday said that Snyder and the Commanders franchise were not fully cooperative in the investigation. 

The $60 million payment Snyder is being forced to pay might seem like a significant amount when compared to other punishments handed out by the league, but it comes on the same day that his sale of the Commanders franchise for $6 billion was approved by the league's owners.