Jeff Bezos eyeing the Commanders could make Dan Snyder the $6B man
FOX Business' Charlie Gasparino reports billionaire Jeff Bezos could be eyeing the NFL's Washington Commanders on 'The Claman Countdown.', bought the NFL team in 1999 for a then-record of $800 million. He and his advisers are now confident he can sell it for $6 billion or possibly more, people with direct knowledge of the matter tell Fox Business.
It is for obvious reasons: If Bezos pays at least $6 billion for the team, Snyder would have produced a 650% return on the sale compared to 220.2% return in the stock market during that time. Not bad. The thinking among NFL sources goes something like this: Once all the bids are in, that’s when Bezos might make his move and top the offers. So far, only a few potential bidders have emerged who can meet Snyder’s demands for a deal that’s around $6 billion. They include former Apollo Management founder Josh Harris of Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment, which owns the Philadephia 76ers, among other sports franchises.
Then there’s the mercurial Snyder. He’s sounding like he wants to sell, but people close to him say it’s his choice. The sexual harassment allegations around the team, they say, have a political taint since the congressional investigation that sparkedprobe was conducted largely by the then Democratic House majority, and Snyder is a Republican. His people say they are confident the league probe will show he has done nothing wrong.
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