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Owner: Jags Not For Sale

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The Associated Press

Published: July 11, 2008

JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver is refinancing debt, considering taking on a financial partner and struggling to sell tickets and secure a stadium naming rights deal. Despite the problems, he wants to make one thing clear: His team is not for sale and is not going anywhere.

"I just wanted to ... clarify that I'm not selling the Jaguars," Weaver said Thursday in response to a newspaper report. "The team is not moving to L.A. I don't know how I can say that any more clearly than that. Everybody wants me to sit here and speculate on the future. I'm not going to speculate on the future.

"At some point, maybe I would sell the team, but not now. Whatever happens in the future, I can assure you one thing: The Jaguars are going to be the Jacksonville Jaguars."

The Philadelphia Daily News reported that Weaver was negotiating to sell the Jaguars to billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos, who might consider moving the team to Los Angeles.

JONES ARRESTED: Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town of Fayetteville, Ark., after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card.

Jones, 25, and two others were arrested Thursday.

Police said they searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.

WILLIAMS NOT GUILTY: Jacksonville defensive back Brian Williams has been found not guilty of drunken driving after a night of partying.

The athlete showed no reaction as the verdict was read Thursday. Had he been convicted, he faced up to a year in jail.

Williams testified he was not intoxicated, but acknowledged he lied when an officer asked him if he had any drinks.

RAPE CHARGE: Former Rams kicker Tony Zendejas was arrested Thursday on charges of drugging and raping a female customer of his San Dimas sports bar in January.

Prosecutors alleged that on Jan. 26, Zendejas gave the customer a drink that made her groggy. The patron told authorities she woke up in a nearby motel room and alleged she had been raped.

Zendejas was held in lieu of $260,000 bail.

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