Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos and commissioner Roger Goodell connected the sidelines earlier the commencement of an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs, Thursday, Sep.15, 2022, successful Kansas City, Mo.
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Jeff Bezos is funny successful bidding for the NFL's Washington Commanders, aggregate quality outlets reported Thursday.
The Amazon laminitis and multibillionaire has expressed involvement successful purchasing the team, perchance successful collaboration with rapper and euphony manufacture elephantine Jay-Z, The Washington Post and Bloomberg reported Thursday, each citing a azygous source. The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos. People reported Bezos' involvement earlier Thursday.
The reports came a time aft existent proprietor Dan Snyder hired Bank of America to research a merchantability of the team. Snyder has faced mounting pressure to merchantability the team. He's presently the taxable of House Oversight Committee and NFL investigations into allegations of intersexual harassment and fiscal misconduct.
Snyder's fiscal misconduct is besides the taxable of a national transgression probe from the U.S. lawyer successful the Eastern District of Virginia, according to ESPN.
Bezos has a location successful Washington, D.C., which is adjacent the Commanders' stadium successful Maryland. His involvement successful buying a sports squad has been wide reported. NBA prima Shaquille O'Neal said that Bezos "scared" him distant from making a bid for the ownership of the Phoenix Suns, different squad whose owner is marred successful controversy.
Representatives for Bezos did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
Other imaginable bidders for the Commanders see media mogul Byron Allen, according to Bloomberg, which cited radical acquainted with the matter. Allen was reportedly approached to bargain the Denver Broncos franchise, which was yet bought by members of Walmart's Walton family.
–CNBC's Annie Palmer contributed to this report.