Damn what happened to Byron Allen I thought he was trying to buy a team?
Complicated situation. His partial ownership of all the RSNs that Disney had to sell off when they bought most of Fox means he'd likely need to divest in order to buy a solid portion of MLB, NBA, or NHL teams, so the only direct avenue he's got is the NFL. He got outbid by a group left by a Walton for the Broncos, so really his only other option that's floating around right now is the Commanders, but supposedly Jeff Bezos both wants the team, and is the preferred option.
yea the article said his brother was a significant investor. Just bringing it up cause I'd assume having a highly leveraged owner means they might try to avoid luxury tax and stuff like that
Exactly right. You don't see very many franchises get sold to single owners these days, since it's pretty difficult to have $2-5 billion just ready to spend on hand. Honestly, that idea got killed by Frank McCourt's tenure as owner of the Dodgers. Leagues would rather see a team get sold to a large ownership group with a person they can say is the leader than deal with a single person or entity that has to take on a shytload of debt to buy.