Was Donald Trump the secret force behind the seemingly grassroots 2014 campaign to block Jon Bon Jovi from buying the NFL's Buffalo Bills? And with the Bon Jovi group expected to bid more than Trump was willing to pay, Caputo said, Trump believed tapping the fan emotion would improve his position. "He wanted to be the hometown favourite because he would keep the Bills in Buffalo," Caputo said. After the sale, the fan group, now known as Bills Fan Thunder and still led by Pellien, transformed into a charitable group that brings underprivileged children to their first Bills game. As for Pellien's feelings about Bon Jovi today, "some people forgave and forgot and other people will never forgive.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 17:03 UTC