Commanders Minority Owner Mitchell Rales Reveals Goal

Mitchell Rales was one of the primary partners to help Josh Harris purchase the Washington Commanders.

The Washington Commanders are under new ownership after Josh Harris' transaction for $6.05 billion was approved unanimously by the other 31 owners.

In order to complete the richest purchase of a franchise in sports history, Harris needed some help, and he found that in billionaire Mitchell Rales.

Rales, 66, moved to Maryland as a kid in the 1960's and became a fan of the Redskins. Rales hopes that with his help, he can "ignite" the fan base and add some of the excitement from before the Dan Snyder era.

"We are here to ignite and inspire all the communities we serve by winning championships," Rales said. "We’ve got to ignite the fan base. We’ve got to ignite the player base. We’ve got to unite the Legends base. And we’ve got to ignite all the Commanders associates base."

Because Rales has a lot of emotion built into this new business venture of his, he says that he is ready to work hard to accomplish his goals.

“We’re here to really build this again from the bottom up, the right way, by engaging everybody in a passionate, inspiring way,” Rales said. “And we’re going to need help from everybody here. Not just us. We can’t do it on our own. We’re going to work our butts off, but we need everybody to rally to the occasion.”

With Rales' passion coupled with Harris and the rest of the ownership group, there's a lot of hope and optimism surrounding the organization.

---

Follow Jeremy Brener on Twitter

Want the latest in breaking news and insider information on the Washington Commanders? Click Here.

Follow Commander Country on Twitter.

Want even more Washington Commanders news? Check out the Si.com team page here.