NFL owners/MB question

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(12-23-2016, 02:53 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote:  My question is: Out of the 32 owners in the league, how many actually had the interest to go out and spend their own money to purchase a team because they love football and want to make their team great?

I was curious to find out the answer to this...5 teams are still in the hands of their original owning familes:
Bears: Halas 
Steelers: Rooney
Chiefs: Hunt
Giants: Mara (50% ownership)
and of course
Bengals- Brown

teams that are not owned by the founding family but have passed through multiple generations
Lions-Ford
Colts-Irsay
Cardinals-Bidwell
Raiders-Davis
Tampa Bay-Glazer
49ers-York
Titans-Adams

and 1 team is still owned by their original owner
Panthers-Richardson

so 13 out of 32 still have a direct family ownership...

everyone else bought the team