, those people said. That clears the way for NFL team owners to vote to ratify the sale during their meeting scheduled for Thursday in Minneapolis.
Because not all eight members participated in Monday’s meeting, the finance committee did not take an official vote to recommend approval of the sale to the other owners, according to one person familiar with the deliberations, but the owners who participated took what that person described as a “straw poll” in which they unanimously supported the deal.
The sale is expected to close officially as soon as Friday. According to one of the people with knowledge of the deliberations, the findings of the NFL’s investigation into Snyder and the Commanders being conducted by attorney Mary Jo White could be released soon thereafter.