A letter from Congress could blow open a scandal that the NFL has taken steps to contain.

Two members of Congress asked for over 650,000 emails related to the league’s investigation of the Washington Football Team in a nine-page letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Economic and Consumer Policy subcommittee chair Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill) stated that “the NFL has one of the most prominent platforms in America, and its decisions can have national implications.”

The allegations against the team include surreptitious recording of female employees undressing, a lewd outtakes video from a WFT cheerleader photoshoot made for top executives including team owner Dan Snyder, and pervasive verbal abuse and sexual harassment throughout the organization.

• The NFL fined the team $10 million in July after concluding the investigation, led by attorney Beth Wilkinson.
• The representatives questioned the investigation’s independence and transparency, noting that the league asked for an oral, not written report from Wilkinson.

In March, Snyder agreed to buy the 40% of the team he did not own for close to $1 billion. He had previously accused co-owner Dwight Schar of conducting an extortion campaign against him, following reports that Snyder had settled a sexual misconduct allegation for $1.6 million.

Earlier this month, the team’s offices were raided by the Drug Enforcement Agency in a separate investigation of its head athletic trainer, Ryan Vermillion.

Last month, JD Sports reported a record $505.9 million in pre-tax profit for the first half of the year. Now, the sports retailer has acquired an 80% stake in Greece-based Cosmos Sports.

With 57 stores in Greece and three in Cyprus under a mix of retail banners, Cosmos will boost JD’s footprint, adding to the more than 3,300 stores JD Sports already has worldwide.

EOS Capital Partners sold the 30% stake that it acquired two years ago and founder Fragiskos Tsiknakis’ family lowered their stake from 70%. Cosmos recorded $60.5 million in revenue last year.

Cosmos is just one of JD Sports’ many acquisitions in the past year.

• The British retailer purchased an 80% stake in Barcelona-based online sports retailer Deporvillage.
• It bought a 60% stake in Polish sports fashion business Marketing Investment Group.
• It acquired California-based Shoe Palace for $325 million and Baltimore-based retailer DTLR Villa for $495 million.
• It also purchased Manchester-based clothing retailer Oi Polloi.

JD Sports is interested in acquiring U.K.-based e-commerce retailer Missguided, too. It may, however, be required to sell Footasylum — which it bought for $124 million in 2019 — following concerns from the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority.

The company expects full-year earnings to more than double.

Outdoor apparel, sportswear, and footwear giant VF Corporation failed to meet expectations with its latest earnings report on Friday.

The Denver-based company — which owns Timberland, Vans, Supreme, and The North Face — generated $3.2 billion in revenue in fiscal Q2, missing estimates of $3.5 billion.

VF’s numbers in individual segments and regions were a bright spot.

• No stores were closed in North America, Europe, the Middle East, or Africa in Q2.
• Its outdoor segment posted $1.5 billion in revenue, up 31% year-over-year.
• The company’s active segment — led by Vans — generated $1.34 billion in Q2, up 16%.
• Full-year revenue is expected to reach $12 billion, a 30% increase compared to FY2021.

VF’s wholesale business has been hampered by shipment delays and logistical challenges.

“Virtually all of our brands are experiencing delayed collections, styles, and, in some cases, insufficient size assortment,” said VF CFO Matt Puckett on an earnings call.

Roughly a quarter of the company’s products are made in Vietnam, which has had production factories shut down since July due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

VF is employing expedited freight as needed in an effort to alleviate the supply chain issues.