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NFL owners approve $6.05B sale of Commanders to Harris group

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Washington Commanders no longer belong to Dan Snyder.

NFL owners unanimously voted during a special session Thursday to approve the team's sale from the Snyder family to a group led by Josh Harris, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Harris group is paying $6.05 billion, a record sum for a North American sports franchise. Snyder had owned the majority of the Commanders since 1999, and his family became the sole owners after he bought out his limited partners two years ago.

Harris and Snyder entered into an exclusive agreement May 12, but the NFL's finance committee, according to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, wanted Harris to adjust his offer to get in compliance with NFL guidelines.