Posted on 02/23/2023 4:53:39 PM PST by John W
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos hired an investment firm to evaluate a possible bid for the Washington Commanders, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Bezos is working with Allen & Company, a New York-based firm that is prominent in transactions involving professional sports franchises, according to those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the confidential nature of the deliberations.
It remains unclear whether Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, will make a bid to purchase Washington’s NFL team from owner Daniel Snyder. But his association with Allen & Company represents a concrete sign of his interest in conducting due diligence and potentially in moving forward in the process.
The firm handled the two most recent sales of NFL franchises, those involving the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. The Panthers were sold in 2018 by Jerry Richardson to David Tepper for $2.275 billion. The Broncos were sold last year by the Pat Bowlen Trust to a group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton for $4.65 billion, the record sale price for an NFL team.
A representative for Bezos declined to comment.
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You mean the “Commies” or the “Redskins” ???
Take your choice.
with a little luck it could have been the Washington “Confederates”.
Dr. Evil buy the Redskins — what, the current owner isn’t bad enough?
I thought it was the Washington Commies?
Did I miss something!?
What would be funny is if he got into a bidding war with Mackenzie.
No deal! Until they change the name back to the Washington Redskins.
Bring it back to what it IS the Redskins and I’m good.
Who are the Commanders???
The Redskins.
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