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Originally Posted by JoviForever
I really kind understand the mind-set of someone who wants to buy a random football team unless it was one you supported.
How can you call yourself a Giants fan but then go all out to buy another team you have no connections with from the same city.
I know in America it's different to what we're used to in the UK. Football in the UK is not about the 'franchise' (unless your the MK Dons)! The clubs are very much a community thing and you support them for life however shit the teams are. If your a Birmingham fan and you were a billionaire you wouldn't then go and try and buy Aston Villa as you would never be accepted. (Although it's clear Jon won't be accepted but for different reasons).
He also always used to say when he owned the Soul that he would never by an NFL team because they are already well established and he wouldn't be able to have the influence over it.
It's hard to see what exactly his motivations are for this. Is it just a vanity project?
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You do realize that Buffalo is 400 miles from New York City right? A seven hour drive?
His dream all along was to own an NFL team and buying the soul was just a beginner course for him. He's not all of a sudden a Buffalo Bills fan that has dropped his favorite team the Giants. The Bills are the only team that's up for sale and probably the cheapest team in the league to buy that will come around in Jon's lifetime, so with this team it will allow him a chance to own a decent size piece of it. For Jon the timing of this couldn't be any better. The band is probably done and he knows this, so now all his time can go to this.
That said, there are several other bids on the table for this team so the odds that Jon and his group will get the team are not great. In the press all we hear about is this one group because the Bon Jovi name is a good target for them to rip apart and always has been. There are several other bidders on the table (from all over the USA) that would have no objection to relocating the team if they find it's not viable in Buffalo but Jon's famous name and his closely located "Toronto group" is an easy target and a good headline.