OT(?) : Utah Athletics signs Private Equity Deal

[jessej]

Utah to enter landmark private equity agreement worth $500 million

The first-of-its-kind agreement could set a new precedent as universities seek competitive edges in college athletics' revenue-sharing era

www.cbssports.com

I predict this will not end well.
Ticket prices nearly doubled with NIL.
Look for another ticket price increase as well as concessions and parking as the PE firm will want 25% return - yearly - at least

I would love to see the fine print

The Utah group was the one advising the Pac-12 commissioner to hold out for more cash during the TV contract negotiations.
Ad we know how that ended.

 

[jessej]

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[jessej]

Blakeney's plan to sell stake in Howard not vetted

Howard University leadership has not yet vetted men's basketball coach Kenny Blakeney's proposal to sell a one-third stake in his program in exchange for $100 million, the school told ESPN in a statement on Tuesday.

www.espn.com

Blakeney - the Howard Men' BBall Coach - floated something similar more than a year ago - and was publicly shut down by management as it was not approved

 

[MasonSAE4]

Folks, we’re in the late-stage

 

[tblack33]

A congressman had an interesting response, if you want to start acting like a for profit entity, we’ll start taxing you like a for profit entity. I could see legislatures finally starting to put their foot down on this.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Folks, we’re in the late-stage

I am in total agreement the money influence is going to ruin college athletics. However, if you play it right - it could be something that solves our AD issue not being good at marketing. We could get a near to mid-term boost with the additional funding to support NIL and other needed investments.

 

[FlPatriot]

I am in total agreement the money influence is going to ruin college athletics. However, if you play it right - it could be something that solves our AD issue not being good at marketing. We could get a near to mid-term boost with the additional funding to support NIL and other needed investments.

The A10 schools should create a consortium and fund a D1 team… far fetched maybe, but the way things are going now who knows.