Wicked billionaire and devout White Sox fan Sam Zell has invited at least three potential buyers who each submitted bids for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field near or above $1 billion to participate in a second round of proposals, according to ESPN.com.
Included in the second round are Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; the Ricketts family, which founded the online brokerage that is now TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Sports Acquisition Holding Corp. that includes former baseball home run king Henry Aaron and former Republican Congressman Jack Kemp. The last group is believed to be teaming with another bidder who submitted an offer in the initial ‘round’.
Notably absent from the list is John Canning of the private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, who sits right behind home plate at Wrigley Field during Cubs night games and wears a pink hat as if screaming, “Look at me! I will be your new master, Cubs fans!”
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