NFL ownership committee meets to vote Shahid Khan’s Jaguars deal – NFL News
The Pakistan-born American businessman Shahid Khan faces the last hurdle of franchise ownership vote in his bid to take over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Owners of the 32 National Football League (NFL) franchises (football teams) are meeting at NFL headquarters in New York on Wednesday (December 14) to vote in favour or against the deal.
Shahid has bought the Jaguars team in a deal worth $760 million he had reached with the outgoing owner Wayne Weaver last month.
The deal has already been approved by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. It was also recommended for approval by NFL finance committee at its meeting held on December 06. The outgoing owner is a member on the finance committee.
The new owner who had been holding meeting with the franchise owners since announcing of the deal has expressed optimism to overcome its last hurdle paving a way for him to take over the franchise.
The acquisition if passes all regulatory and competitive hurdles will be declared close on February 06 next year.
Apparently there has been no objection from any of the owners so far and it is expected it would get their recommendation for approval as well.
Shahid will become the first ethnic minority member to have taken over an American professional football team.
The new owner who is a successful businessman and also known for his philanthropic contributions has a great interest in the game of American football and Jaguars outgoing owner Wayne Weaver said that the side had find a suitable
candidate to take their reigns.
He said that he had been known to Shahid Khan for last five years and his interest for the game of football will benefit the Jaguars side in their rebuilding.
Wayne Weaver added that Shahid Khan will be keeping the side in the Jacksonville, which could be the main source of objection to his bid for them.
Jaguars fans have already welcome Shahid Khan as an owner of their side. They had worn T-shirts with inscribed slogan ‘Yes We Khan’. They had also donned fake moustache which is his trademark. Shahid sports traditional big moustache,
a unique characteristic of his personality.
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