Published 17:41 IST, November 12th 2019
NFL: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos planning to buy an NFL team, says report
NFL: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is planning to own a National Football League (NFL) team and is currently in talks with several current owners.
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According to reports, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is planning to buy a National Football League (NFL) team and is currently in talks with several current owners. As per a leading US network, Bezos had spent considerable time around owners, including Washington Redskins' Dan Snyder, and was in process of moving to Washington.
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Bezos to buy an NFL team?
Bezos who is richest person on Earth with a reported net worth of $110 billion already owns Washington Post. He recently witnessed last Super Bowl from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's suite. report furr said on Sunday that re were t any teams on market, though Seattle Seahawks was going to be sold at some point after Paul Allen's death last year. Snyder had been trying to get a state-of--art stadium built in Washington, DC, and Bezos could help him build one.
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report elaborated that Bezos moved Washington Post to a new location after he had purchased paper was setting up an Amazon hub in area and some believed it could aid Snyder's pursuit of a new stadium, perhaps even with an Amazon sponsorship. Amazon also has a partnership with NFL to stream Thursday Night Football and he may end up buying an NFL team from business' perspective.
National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams which are divided equally between National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC). NFL is one of four major professional sports leagues in rth America and highest professional level of American football in world. NFL's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week.
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11:16 IST, November 12th 2019