“When Shad Khan bought the Jags the cost was $760 million. I seriously doubt these people have that kind of $$. Or am I out in left field?
Plenty of Agitators can pool their money and finance the rest. Doesn’t mean they will be the high bidder. And certainly any Institution loaning them money will never agree to let them run the day to day operations short of George Soros.
The Buffalo Bills(one of the least expensive NFL franchises) sold for $1.5 Billion in 2014 after Ralph Wilson died. Jon Bon Jovi’s group was the runner up on the purchase of the Bills. They bid $1 billion. The Panthers are worth a lot more than the Bills. However, according to NFL rules, ONE individual has to put up at least 30% of the purchase price.