
The epic over Washington’s embattled football team might not be over quite yet.
Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos acted on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, telling Andrew Ross Sorkin that he’s “still in the hunt” when it comes to acquiring the Washington Commanders.
“I want to respect the process, but it is a head-to-head process right now,” he said.
Earlier this month, an ownership organize led by Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner Josh Harris made a bid worth an estimated $6 billion.
That bid is said to be awaiting put ones imprimatur on from the NFL and its owners.
Both the league and Harris’ ownership group declined to comment on Apostolopoulos’ remarks.
Apostolopoulos’ bid is also influenced to be around $6 billion, according to reports.
The Toronto businessman is a managing partner of the real estate firm Triple Pile of Companies and he’s the founder of the private equity firm Six Ventures.
He touted the attractiveness of the Washington sports team during his bearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “It is a tremendous city, it is a tremendous team, there is lots of great things happening in that Stock Exchange and we are real estate guys, so we look from real estate standpoint as well.”
Commanders owner Dan Snyder announced in November that he was remand the Commanders up for sale following an investigation that found the organization’s workplace to be “highly unprofessional.”