Jeff Bezos ‘is interested in buying the NFL’s Seahawks,’ and the Amazon billionaire is considering a move to the Seattle franchise while Dan Snyder ‘seeks to keep him away from the Commanders’
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has been linked to the Commanders for months, but the Washington franchise is reportedly not the only one he has a chance to own.
Bezos was reportedly turned down from Commanders owner Dan Snyder’s private auction as the team’s former owner seeks to prevent Bezos from buying the team.
And while his dream of buying the Washington franchise might be dead, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated he has said he would be interested in buying the Seahawks, “if not more” than the Commanders.
The team’s former owner, Paul Allen, passed away in 2018, and the team is now owned by The Paul Allen Trust.
That trust is headed by Allen’s sister, Jody Allen, who serves as team president.
Jeff Bezos is reportedly interested in buying the Seahawks after links to the Commanders.
The Seahawks are owned by the Paul Allen Trust after he passed away in 2018.
However, Allen’s friend and Colts owner Jim Irsay said last year that the franchise could soon be up for sale, and that Bezos would now be interested in buying the team.
“Seattle, with Paul Allen, my friend, sadly passing away and that team is in trust, it will be available, I imagine, in the range of 2024,” he told Bloomberg last year.
As for the Commanders, Snyder announced late last year that he is exploring the possibility of selling the embattled team, in the wake of investigations into sexual harassment, hostile workplace and fraud.
It was later reported that Snyder values the franchise at around $7 billion, with a deadline set for last week for potential bidders to come forward at a private auction.
The New York Post reported that Bezos wanted to be a part of the process while he contemplated a potential bid, but was denied entry to the auction by Snyder and does not want to sell to the former world’s richest man.
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder expects $7 billion for franchise
The Commanders went 8-8-1 last season as they narrowly missed the NFL playoffs.
Snyder is alleged to have a grudge against Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, after the newspaper published a series of articles exposing alleged misdemeanors in the Commanders.
Snyder denied the harassment allegations.
In the private auction, it is understood that Snyder did not receive any bids close to the $7 million he wants to get back from the team he bought for a record $800 million in 1999, with $5.5 billion from an unidentified party being the highest bid. in the last bidding round.
With the turn of the year, Snyder’s highest bid was reported to be $6.3 billion from the initial auction, but the current owner is still hoping for more.
Forbes currently lists Bezos’ net worth at $119 billion, though his fortune matters little to the Commanders auction if it continues to get rejected in the bidding process.