A day after the Buffalo Bills officially proceeded with the process of selling the team, one of the team's most prominent suitors reportedly had a long business lunch with the man who heads the NFL.
According to the New York Post, Jon Bon Jovi and Commissioner Roger Goodell spent two hours at lunch on Thursday and — it's a sure bet the Bills situation was the main course.
“They were definitely talking business,” an unnamed source told the Post. “Jon was taking notes — he had a pen and paper with him at the table.”
Bon Jovi, a founder and former owner of the Arena Football League’s Philadelphia Soul, has joined Toronto-based investment group Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in a bid to buy the Bills.
The Canadian group already owns the NHL Maple Leafs, the NBA’s Raptors franchise and MLS soccer club Toronto FC.
“It’s no secret that Jon’s passion is to become an NFL owner,” said a source close to the Jersey rocker.
Other potential bidders for the Bills — up for sale after the death of owner Ralph Wilson in March — include Donald Trump, former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and former Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano.
Several expected bidders would keep the team in Buffalo. Ultimately, the question is whether those bids will be better than the bids made by those who would want to move the team.
Sale of the franchise is expected to go for more than $1 billion.
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