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07-10-2008, 07:34 AM
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The Florida Times-Union
July 10, 2008
Report: Jaguars for sale
By
The Times-Union
The Jaguars had no immediate comment Wednesday night on a Philadelphia Daily News report that team owner Wayne Weaver is negotiating to sell the team to billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos, who could move the team to Los Angeles.
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Team spokesman Dan Edwards said Weaver was traveling Wednesday and would not be available until today.
Metropoulos, 61, the former chairman and chief executive officer of New Jersey-based Pinnacle Foods, denied the newspaper's report.
"I must tell you I haven't had any such discussions," Metropoulos was quoted in the Daily News. "I wouldn't know how to give you any credibility to that because I don't know anything about it."
The Daily News reported that discussions between Weaver and Metropoulos are being brokered by Sal Galatioto of the New York sports investment firm Galatioto Sports Partners. The newspaper reported that Metropoulos previously tried to buy two other NFL franchises, the Oakland Raiders and the Miami Dolphins.
Metropoulos, according to the report, is interested in a 100 percent purchase of the Jaguars immediately, though unnamed sources told the paper he would keep Weaver on for two years while he learns how to operate an NFL franchise. The sources told the newspaper that Metropoulos would bring in minority partners, and that the Jaguars would be a candidate to move to Los Angeles.
Weaver has consistently denied any interest in selling in the team, though he acknowledged last year that he was looking for additional investors.
The Jaguars, who joined the league in 1995, reached the second round of the AFC playoffs last season, but three home games were blacked out because they weren't sold out.
This story can be found on Jacksonville.com at http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071008/met_302053453.shtml.
The Florida Times-Union
July 10, 2008
Report: Jaguars for sale
By
The Times-Union
The Jaguars had no immediate comment Wednesday night on a Philadelphia Daily News report that team owner Wayne Weaver is negotiating to sell the team to billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos, who could move the team to Los Angeles.
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Team spokesman Dan Edwards said Weaver was traveling Wednesday and would not be available until today.
Metropoulos, 61, the former chairman and chief executive officer of New Jersey-based Pinnacle Foods, denied the newspaper's report.
"I must tell you I haven't had any such discussions," Metropoulos was quoted in the Daily News. "I wouldn't know how to give you any credibility to that because I don't know anything about it."
The Daily News reported that discussions between Weaver and Metropoulos are being brokered by Sal Galatioto of the New York sports investment firm Galatioto Sports Partners. The newspaper reported that Metropoulos previously tried to buy two other NFL franchises, the Oakland Raiders and the Miami Dolphins.
Metropoulos, according to the report, is interested in a 100 percent purchase of the Jaguars immediately, though unnamed sources told the paper he would keep Weaver on for two years while he learns how to operate an NFL franchise. The sources told the newspaper that Metropoulos would bring in minority partners, and that the Jaguars would be a candidate to move to Los Angeles.
Weaver has consistently denied any interest in selling in the team, though he acknowledged last year that he was looking for additional investors.
The Jaguars, who joined the league in 1995, reached the second round of the AFC playoffs last season, but three home games were blacked out because they weren't sold out.
This story can be found on Jacksonville.com at http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071008/met_302053453.shtml.