The concept of 50/50 raffle allows the winner to cash in half of the money raised, unle s the check bounces. A season-ticket holder recently experienced that downside, as he won the Commanders' Charitable Foundation 50/50 raffle on Sept. 11 only for the team's check to bounce when he tried to cash it later.The during The Team 980's "Ru sell & Medhurst" show Wednesday morning. A caller who identified himself Deng Gak Jersey as "Mike from Pennsylvania" told the story of his friend who won the raffle during the Commanders' season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Willie Herenton Jersey The friend, Drew Shipley, waited more than a month for his prize. Shipley went on the show later that day and expre sed his disappointment.WUSA9, a TV station in Washington D.C. affiliated with CBS, on Wednesday evening. Shipley, a season ticket holder, tweeted at the team twice to find out what was going on when he didn't hear back from them after winning the raffle. He eventually received a FedEx Envelope with a check for $14,822 -- half of the $29,645 pool -- on Oct. 13. Kameron McGusty Jersey Days after attempting to deposit the check in his credit union, the fan was told the check had bounced and he was left with a $15 bad check fee.After that story came out, a Commanders spokesperson confirmed go to WUSA9 that the check did not clear. "We reached out directly to the fan as soon as we learned about it and have wired the money directly to his account, and apologized for the inconvenience," the spokesperson wrote in an email to the TV station. "It was a bank error, and we are following up with the bank to learn why it happened and ensure it doesn't Anthony Lawrence II Jersey happen again."Shipley described the whole situation as "quite maddening" and unprofe sional."You gotta do the small things right," Shipley said. "You have big enough scandals from the top of your organization, you gotta retain your customers." One of those scandals involves Commanders Frank Gore Jersey owner Dan Snyder, who isLast summer, the NFL fined this team $10 million and announced that Snyder had been taken off day-to-day duties because the organization hada "hostile workplace environment" under his watch.
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