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NFL owners approve sale of Jaguars to Shahid Khan
Florida Times-Union ^ | December 14, 2011 - 11:43pm | Tania Ganguli

Posted on 12/14/2011 10:19:49 PM PST by re_nortex

The National Football League’s owners voted unanimously to approve the transfer of ownership of the Jaguars from Wayne Weaver to Khan. It was the first item on their agenda Wednesday, and they clapped for him as he re-entered the room, finally part of their exclusive club.

(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: jacksonville; jaguars; nfl; pakistan; sports
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To: re_nortex

Willing throwing a bomb now be called a Allahu Akbar?


21 posted on 12/14/2011 11:48:50 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
He's committed to staying in Jacksonville

Shahid Khan says that and is rather emphatic about not moving the team. But since he's a Pakistani (by birth) with ties to Illinois (his current residence and where he went to college), what stake does he really have in Jacksonville?

As I mentioned a few posts back, I have friends in Jax and I don't see him as the type that can successfully engage with the people in and around that community. Several of the followup comments on the Times-Union website (before evidently getting scrubbed by the mods) in the wake of the news show, shall we say, lukewarm acceptance of the deal.

22 posted on 12/14/2011 11:52:15 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: trumandogz
It seems like there was some conspiracy in which the seller sold his team to the highest bidder.

Sold to the highest bidder and then approved by the league owners or the highest bidder won and there was no approval by the league owners?

Unfortunately those guys called "owners" tend to distort the whole feel good "highest bidder" process.

23 posted on 12/15/2011 12:22:09 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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To: re_nortex
“A great dynamic guy,” Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts owner and a member of the league’s finance committee, said of the Jaguars’ new owner. “What a great story and a success story he’s been. We’re really excited about him coming into the league.”

Sort of ironic getting a quote from an Irsay about a team that may or may not be moving from its current home.

24 posted on 12/15/2011 12:25:03 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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To: VeniVidiVici
Sort of ironic getting a quote from an Irsay about a team that may or may not be moving from its current home.

And if Art Modell were still an NFL owner, I'm sure he would have likewise given the sale his seal of approval. :-)

25 posted on 12/15/2011 12:28:25 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex; mylife; All

I’m not going to so quickly cast aspersions on Mr. Khan, newest NFL owner. I’ve done quite a bit of research on him, and it appears Mr. Khan has shown great appreciation for the blessings his decades of diligent hard work in this great country brought him since coming here to attend college at 16.

He and his blonde American wife have donated millions in gratitude to assist their alma mater, Univ. of Illinois, and many other civic causes in their IL community.

And, Debbie Schussel’s criticisms aside, nothing I’ve read confirms anything about his religion, so I don’t know, but folks could just be jumping to conclusions.

LINK ONLY @ FR

Shahid Khan has true rags to riches American story

http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2011-12-03/story/shahid-khan-has-true-rags-riches-american-story#ixzz1gaWrsh1l

Apparently, one of the guiding factors in his quick confirmation (he’s been wanting NFL ownership for years and knows many owners), in addition to his documented character, civic generosity, success and work ethic, was the owners’ satisfaction in his ability to financially support the team and league plans going forward.

They’re just not interested in having owners without the
deep pockets their future plans will require.

So, unless and until I learn otherwise markedly departing from the above, he seems to be quite acceptable.


26 posted on 12/15/2011 12:32:42 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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Mr. and Mrs. Khan


27 posted on 12/15/2011 12:38:32 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: STARWISE
...nothing I’ve read confirms anything about his religion...

That's what I've found so far (and I've been looking). Aside from Debbie Schussel’s article in which she states in no uncertain terms that Khan is a Muslim, I've found nothing about definitive concerning his religion. Sure there are plenty of bloggers who claim that he's an Islamist but his published biographies (at Pro Football Weekly and other sites I've checked) are silent on that matter.

With the caveat that I'm engaging in speculation, I would surmise that if he were a Christian, Khan would make an effort to ensure that was well know. Bobby Jindal certainly lets us know that he's a Christian.

28 posted on 12/15/2011 12:44:30 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

The buyer wrote a check for 760 million.

I’m thinking there were not a whole lot of American consumers in the NFL checkout line willing to write a check for 770 million for the team.


29 posted on 12/15/2011 12:50:08 AM PST by trumandogz (If Rick Perry cannot secure his own Internet domain name, how could he be trusted to secure America?)
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To: STARWISE
I’ve done quite a bit of research on him, and it appears Mr. Khan has shown great appreciation for the blessings his decades of diligent hard work in this great country brought him since coming here to attend college at 16.

His political contributions show that he gives mostly to GOP candidates. Be sure to look for Shahid Khan of Champaign since there are others elsewhere with that name. A red flag is that his most recent contribution is $2,500 in June 2011 to Mitt Romney. So it seems that the NFL's newest owner may be a Republican but is certainly not a principled Conservative.

30 posted on 12/15/2011 12:58:08 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: trumandogz

“I’m thinking there were not a whole lot of American consumers in the NFL line willing to write a check for 770 million for the team.”

As I remember a few years ago Rush Limbaugh was prepared to write a big check to be an investor in a team. He was rejected.


31 posted on 12/15/2011 1:01:15 AM PST by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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To: TSgt; trumandogz; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; Salamander; TheOldLady; thackney; Markos33; ...
We should not immediately try to find fault with this new personality in the NFL owner's club, but rather think of what he can bring to an ailing sport.

In addition to excessive PC, the coddling of such perverse anti-personalities such as Michael (The Dog Torturer) Vick and wannabe thugs who shoot themselves in the leg trying to play gangsta, the NFL is suffering from malaise simply because it has been regulated and show boated into the land of yawn and nod.

In short, it's boooring.

Perhaps this new owner can invigorate the league with some multi-cultural diversity. Like, perhaps adding some elements of a sport quite popular in his native land of Pakistan (as well as Afghanistan and most of central Asia.)

I'm speaking, of course of the Manly sport for Manly Men - Buzkashi.

Played from horseback (Just think, no more "turf toe" ACL or MCL sprains!) Buzkashi dispenses with the silliness of carrying just a bladder across the goal line, you get to carry the whole animal minus its head, of course -



The foolish preoccupation with contract bonuses and the like would be replaced by simple rewards. If you win, you get to keep the goat and share it with the homies on your team, who for supporting your efforts each get a new turban. With all the Mohammeds playing in the league, that should be a big hit.

Those senseless lags in play for illegal procedure and offsides would give way to more straightforward rules like "not intentionally whipping another player." (We could always make exceptions in cases like Michael Vick, of course.)

Here ya go, a mount for the new rookie .....


32 posted on 12/15/2011 2:05:46 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Soul of the South

The concern with the Limbaugh purchase was that some players, believing that some of Rush’s statements were biased against blacks in the NFL, would refuse to play for the Rams.


33 posted on 12/15/2011 2:06:51 AM PST by trumandogz (If Rick Perry cannot secure his own Internet domain name, how could he be trusted to secure America?)
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To: re_nortex

I guess we can expect a offensive with more long bombs?


34 posted on 12/15/2011 2:36:09 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: re_nortex

The “Jiha-guars”?


35 posted on 12/15/2011 2:37:01 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: re_nortex
"...and the defense can't penetrate the offensive line... the quarterback drops back for the pass... wait! One of the defense is pulling out some sort of wired control - It's wired to his jers*"

*BOOOM*

"I'm pretty sure that's a personal foul, Bob..."

36 posted on 12/15/2011 2:40:25 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: re_nortex; Bender2; Allegra
Bet they change their name to the Jacksonville Jihadists
37 posted on 12/15/2011 3:31:08 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: re_nortex

Wow, I get to have a new least favorite team now.


38 posted on 12/15/2011 3:36:43 AM PST by catfish1957 (Save a Pretzel for the Gas Jets!!!)
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To: mylife

Actually Mr.Khan was buying the Rams, and Rush was going to be a minority partner with Khan


39 posted on 12/15/2011 4:07:27 AM PST by drumr337 (I voted 4 Palin)
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To: shibumi

Doesn’t matter to me. I stopped watching the NFL when the percentage of players with criminal records hit the same number as the average IQ of those players. I think Vince Lombardi was still coaching then.


40 posted on 12/15/2011 4:27:12 AM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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