Jeff Bezos emerges as shock favorite to buy New York Jets after $6billion Commanders bid failed last year

Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos has emerged arsenic a contender to bargain the New York Jets -  aft being outbid by Josh Harris successful the $6billion Washington Commanders woody past year.

Bezos has an estimated wealthiness $223billion and the Jets, owned by Woody Johnson, are valued astatine $6.9billion by Forbes.

And according to online gambling tract Beovada, Bezos is favourite to yet ain the franchise and fulfill what appears to beryllium a long-held ambition of taking implicit an NFL team.

Johnson bought the Jets successful a $635million woody successful 2000 and portion determination is nary proposition astatine contiguous that helium is looking to sell, helium could soon beryllium forced to measurement backmost from the day-to-day running.

Johnson served arsenic the Ambassador to the United Kingdom successful 2017 nether Donald Trump and is expected to beryllium progressive successful the caller medication adjacent twelvemonth - perchance adjacent successful the aforesaid presumption arsenic before.

If helium is fixed a relation by Trump, it would beryllium anticipated Johnson's member Christopher would inherit the day-to-day moving of the enactment but if things alteration and helium chose to merchantability up, fans are assured that Bezos would pb the contention to bargain the franchise. 

Johnson is not hugely fashionable with the Jets fanbase aft different play that seems destined to unravel with the squad 3-8 for the play up of Sunday's crippled against Seattle Seahawks - different squad adjacent to Bezos.

After helium was outbid for the Commanders by Harris, it was wide speculated that the Seahawks would beryllium the adjacent people for Bezos. 

Bezos settled successful Seattle erstwhile helium founded Amazon successful 1994.

The Jets are having a nightmare play with 40-year-old backmost Aaron Rodgers struggled to recapture the signifier helium is renowned for, portion Johnson fired caput manager Robert Saleh and, earlier this month, wide manager Joe Douglas.

Johnson needs to prosecute a caller manager and GM and perchance find a caller signal-caller for his team, depending connected however the adjacent fewer weeks unfold. And this is each amid the backdrop of perchance moving for Trump again erstwhile helium takes implicit arsenic President adjacent year.

But for Bezos, helium whitethorn look to the Commanders for inspiration fixed however the alteration of ownership determination has ushered successful a implicit turnaround for the organization's fortune.

The drafted rookie backmost Jayden Daniels, who has led a translation connected the tract with the squad 2nd successful the NFC East and the postseason firmly successful their sights. 

Bezos was linked with a joint-takeover of the Commanders with rapper Jay-Z, who was astatine the crippled past Sunday against the Cowboys. 

And remarkably, if Bezos is not funny successful buying the Jets, Bovada lists Elon Musk arsenic the 2nd favourite to acquisition the team.