SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Chuck Fairbanks, president and head coach of the New Jersey Generals, said Tuesday the U.S. Football League franchise has no intention of moving to another city.
'I'm tired of the unfounded statements regarding the Generals leaving New Jersey to go play in Brooklyn,' he said.
'We have a 20-year lease at the Meadowlands and that is where we are going to play. We have been a New Jersey team from day one and we will continue to be just that.'
The Generals are up for sale and at least three potential buyers have negotiated with principal club owner J. Walter Duncan.
Among them is New York attorney Lonn Berney, who said Monday he purchased the team for $9 million and plans to move the club to Brooklyn by 1985. Berney's claim was not confirmed by the Generals or the USFL.
Berney named his other partners as industrialist Milton Gilbert and real estate developer Nathan Kalikow. He added besides moving the Generals to New York the investors are considering buying a baseball team and placing it in Brooklyn.
Berney said his group is interested in buying the Cleveland Indians or the Cincinnati Reds or the Minnesota Twins.
