Bon Jovi’s football fantasy

While Jon Bon Jovi is interested in becoming an NFL owner one day, he’s not currently pursuing the Buffalo Bills, the New Jersey rocker’s publicist said on Monday.

“The Bills are not for sale, and he has so much respect for Mr Wilson to engage in any discussions of buying the team,” Ken Sunshine said, referring to Ralph Wilson, the team’s Hall of Fame owner.

Saying Bon Jovi has “a day job that’s doing very well,” Sunshine added: “It’s preposterous to say he’s had any discussions with the Bills and Erie County.”

Sunshine spoke a day after CBSSports. com posted a story citing unidentified sources that Bon Jovi is among the parties positioning themselves to purchase the Bills after Wilson’s death. Wilson, who turned 95 last month, has maintained he has no interest in selling the franchise during his lifetime.

Sunshine didn’t deny Bon Jovi’s interest in one day being an NFL owner, saying his client has made that no secret.

Bon Jovi has developed relationships with several NFL power- brokers, including New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. His interest in football went so far as to lead a group to establish an Arena Football team in Philadelphia in 2004. Bon Jovi owned the team through 2009, when the AFL folded for one season.— AP