WOULD YOU PAY 5 GRAND FOR A PIECE OF THE NEW YORK JETS?

WOULD YOU PAY 5 GRAND FOR A PIECE OF THE NEW YORK JETS?

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Talk about power to the people: A group of New York Jets fans is trying to raise enough money to buy the football team outright. The group -- called BuytheJets.com -- hopes to get enough football fans to pledge money towards the purchase of the team, which is currently on the block for $500 million. Co-founder John Crotty figures if 200,000 fans were to pledge at least $5000 each, that will be more than enough to purchase the team and still have some loot leftover. Crotty says it will take at least a month to sign up all the would-be owners and collect the money before a bid can be made to the Hess family, who own the Jets. But even if the bid is successful, the fan/owners still won't be guaranteed season tickets because the team has a 15-year waiting list.