It seems that Jeff Bezos is interested in buying the Washington Commanders, as he recently hired a law firm to consider a bid for the franchise. But it appears that current Commanders owner Dan Snyder does not want to let that happen.
According to a report from the New York Post, Jeff Bezos has been “forced to the sideline” as Dan Snyder refused to allow him to participate in a private auction for the team. Without Bezos participating in the auction, nobody else came even close to Snyder’s $6 billion cutoff, with the highest bid falling $500 million short.
“An unidentified bidder came in with an offer of around $5.5 billion by this week’s deadline, which was similar to the amount offered by 76ers and Devils owner Josh Harris, sources close to the situation said,” the New York Post wrote on Saturday morning. “Bezos, who’s worth more than $100 billion, was prevented by Snyder from entering the private auction though the Amazon founder wanted to participate, sources said.”
Snyder reportedly holds a grudge against Bezos after the Washington Post – which is owned by Bezos –wrote several articles alleging that Snyder enabled sex harassment at his franchise.
If Bezos is unable to participate and nobody else is willing or able to bid more than $5.5 billion, it seems increasingly likely that Snyder may not sell the Commanders franchise, after all – at least not immediately.
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