Report: David Braley to sell B.C. Lions by season’s end

B.C. Lions owner David Braley expects to have an agreement over the next couple months that would close the sale of the team at the end of the season, according to TSN’s Farhan Lalji.

Told David Braley has narrowed his list of potential buyers to "a few" groups. Mainly local, one not local. In the same price ballpark…1/2

— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) July 13, 2017

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…I'm told Braley expects to have a deal in place for #BCLions within a couple of months, that would close at end of season. @CFLonTSN 2/2

— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) July 13, 2017

In March, Braley made his first public comments since he became seriously ill over a year prior and reiterated his plans to sell the Lions.

“It has to be sold,” Braley told 3DownNation’s, Lowell Ullrich. “I’m 75 years old. I don’t want to be sitting here at 95 owning the franchise.”