Jax Daily

Because tomorrow may not come.

That’s the fear fans have as the Times-Union is reporting on a rumor tonight that team owner Wayne Weaver is shopping for a buyer for the franchise. Weaver is said to be in discussions with billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos to sell the team. Metropoulos would likely then relocate the team to another market, probably Los Angeles.

Everyone involved is denying that any such talks are taking place. More from Jacksonville.com…

Team spokesman Ryan Robinson said Weaver was traveling on Wednesday and wouldn’t be available until today.

Metropoulos, 61, the former chairman and chief executive officer of New Jersey-based Pinnacle Foods, denied the newspaper’s report.

“I must tell you I haven’t had any such discussions,” Metropoulos was quoted in the Daily News. “I wouldn’t know how to give you any credibility to that because I don’t know anything about it.”

The Daily News reported that discussions between Weaver and Metropoulos are being brokered by Sal Galatioto of the New York sports investment firm Galatioto Sports Partners. The newspaper reported that Metropoulos previously has tried to buy two other NFL franchises — the Oakland Raiders and the Miami Dolphins — but was unsuccessful.

Metropoulos, according to the report, is interested in a 100 percent purchase of the Jaguars immediately, though unnamed sources told the paper he would keep Weaver on for two years while he learns how to operate an NFL franchise. The sources told the newspaper that Metropoulos would bring in minority partners with him, and that the Jaguars would be a candidate to move to Los Angeles, which is seeking an NFL team.

This couldn’t come at a worse time as the team has just kicked off a ticket sales campaign with the slogan “Believe in Now.” The Jaguars suffered several television blackouts last season due to somewhat poor ticket sales, despite making the playoffs.