Donald Trump Expresses Desire to Own the Bills and Keep them in Buffalo

Donald Trump is committed to buying NFL franchise the Buffalo Bills and is determined to keep them in western New York.

Reports in The Buffalo News said the New York City businessman and billionaire had conducted two conversations with Bills President and CEO Russ Brandon.

Trump told the News: “I’m going to give it a heavy shot. I would love to do it, and if I can do it, I’m keeping it in Buffalo.”

The Bills were looking for a new owner after Ralph Wilson died earlier this year and Trump was approached earlier this month by a group looking to purchase the franchise.

Trump previously said it would be “catastrophic” if the Bills left Buffalo and added: “I live in New York, and it’s easier for me to go to Buffalo than any other place.

“Where am I going to move it, some place on the other side of the country where I have to travel for five hours?”

Trump has history with the NFL when in 1983 he purchased the New Jersey Generals and played a key role in the USFL switching from a spring schedule to the fall, which provided direct competition for the NFL.

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