And at one point, Mr. Finebaum asked Mr. Romney, as a New England Patriots fan, where he thought Peyton Manning should go as a free agent, and the candidate highlighted his friendship with football team owners — echoing comments in which he explained his affinity for Nascar by noting he knew the owners of Nascar teams.

“I’m surprised to hear that Denver’s thinking about him,” Mr. Romney said. “I don’t want him in our neck of the woods, let’s put it that way.”

“I’ve got a lot of good friends, the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets, both owners are friends of mine,” he went on to say. “But let’s keep him away from New England.”

Personally I think this comes from Romney’s decades on Wall Street, where casually mentioning you hang out with billionaires impresses people.
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Unteachable Mitt Romney Talks About His Owner Friends In Other Sports
http://wonkette.com/466775/unteachable-mitt-romney-talks-about-his-owner-friends-in-other-sports