{"id":420,"date":"2023-04-13T11:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/?p=420"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:25:37","slug":"report-nfl-washington-commanders-to-sell-for-6-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/report-nfl-washington-commanders-to-sell-for-6-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: NFL Washington Commanders to Sell for $6 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports today indicate the Washington Redskins (Commanders) may be about to be sold for $6 Billion to a group headed by Josh Harris, and which includes NBA Legend Magic Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dan Snyder\u2019s beleaguered tenure owning the Washington Commanders appears to be nearing the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An \u201cagreement in principle\u201d has been reached for a $6 billion sale from Snyder to a group including Wall Street titan Josh Harris, defense contracting billionaire Mitchell Rales and NBA legend Magic Johnson,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportico\/status\/1646556324405051409\" target=\"_blank\">according to the sports business trade publication Sportico<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris, 58, also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/12\/jeff-bezos-will-not-be-bidding-on-washington-commanders\/\">said Wednesday to not be mounting a bid for the franchise<\/a>. . . . <\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/dan-snyder-agrees-to-sell-commanders-to-josh-harris-group-for-6b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEW YORK POST<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports today indicate the Washington Redskins (Commanders) may be about to be sold for $6 Billion to a group headed by Josh Harris, and which includes NBA Legend Magic Johnson. Dan Snyder\u2019s beleaguered tenure owning the Washington Commanders appears to be nearing the finish line. An \u201cagreement in principle\u201d has been reached for a $6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}