By Mary Kay Cabot, The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio --"The Cleveland Browns are not for sale,'' team spokesman Neal Gulkis told The Plain Dealer today.
Gulkis was responding to a report by radio reporter Howard Eskin of WIP in Philadelphia, who said the Browns may be for sale. Eskin reported on his Twitter account that former Eagles President Joe Banner is interested in putting together a group to buy the Buffalo Bills, and the Browns and St. Louis Rams may also be for sale.
Another Browns source said he hadn't heard anything about the team possibly being for sale.
Shortly after his Tweet, Eskin joined The Bull and The Fox radio show on 92.3 The Fan to expound on his report.
"It's my understanding that the Bills are (Banner's) first priority,'' said Eskin. "I was also told by an NFL source that Cleveland and St. Louis may be for sale, but Joe's first order of business from what I was told was Buffalo, if in fact he can get that money together and do all of those things.
"Cleveland and St. Louis were secondary in the information that I got. ... I was told my somebody I truly, truly respect with information, but outside of that, I know nothing further.''
Eskin said he heard about the interest in Buffalo from "a couple of different people. Cleveland and St. Louis was by someone else, but it all connected, because Buffalo was mentioned in that conversation as well.
"I don't know how serious (it is). Obviously there's a thought there, because if NFL people are getting a feel for this, then there is a thought there that the Browns could possibly be sold. For the right price, anything could be sold.
"It's kind of an interesting dynamic, and I know it would be important to the people in Cleveland.''
The Browns have been owned by the Lerner Family since 1999. Randy Lerner inherited the team in 2002 when his father, Al Lerner, died.
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