NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (ESPN CLARKSVILLE) – Jon Bon Jovi has shot down rumors suggesting he’s about to score a touchdown and buy the Tennessee Titans football team.
Sources told CBS Sports earlier this week that the Bon Jovi singer and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning were considering a takeover of the Titans, based in Nashville.
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The speculation prompted Titans acting owner Amy Adams Strunk to insist the team is not for sale, and now Bon Jovi has made it clear the rumors are just that.
“I wake up to these headlines with my name on them and they’re just not true,” he says. “I want to make it perfectly clear that the team is not for sale, nor has it ever been, and I respect and admire (late franchise founder) Bud Adams’ legacy. End of story. I wish them all the success in the world.
“I love the NFL (National Football League), and I did in fact try to buy the Buffalo Bills, but this has nothing to do with that.”
Bon Jovi has dabbled with sports ownership in the past – he was a co-majority owner of Arena Football League team the Philadelphia Soul from 2004 until 2009.