Lawyers for ex-Washington employees call for NFL's own probe, Dan Snyder discipline

We'll continue to work on that."Banks and Katz wrote that the NFL should suspend Snyder based on the NFL's code of conduct, saying his and the organization's actions were "conduct detrimental to the welfare of the League or professional football." They said their clients "live in fear of further retaliation" by Snyder, who they say has weaponized the legal system to punish accusers.Snyder, in a request for discovery filing, accused former employee Mary Ellen Blair of spreading rumors and false stories."The time is long overdue for the NFL to police this type of behavior and to act decisively to penalize those in its ranks," the letter read, "like Daniel Snyder, who allow women to be repeatedly exploited and mistreated as a prerogative of being a rich and powerful NFL team owner."Banks and Katz also urged Goodell to require Washington to release the former employees from nondisclosure agreements and to ensure Snyder takes no punitive action against those who participate in the investigation."These are things that happened a long time ago that hopefully we learned from," Rivera said.