Or at the very least, Romney's private equity firm, Bain Capital, attempted to. They submitted a bid to purchase the entire league during the 2005 lockout for $3.5 billion (over a billion less than the league was valued at).
I'd never heard of this before, it's an interesting read.
Side note, Bain Capital is the most transparently evil name for a company this side of Blackwater.
http://deadspin.com/5939623/where-wo...league-in-2005