Private Equity, NFL

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Sports

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/12/2025

We continue to observe the growth of professional sports as an asset class, with private capital having transformed team investments in recent years from trophy assets to opportunities for significant growth....more

Private Equity Investment into NFL Teams: Tax and Business Considerations

Seward & Kissel LLP on 9/12/2024

Owning an NFL team is no longer a fantasy. The National Football League (the “NFL” or the “League”) voted to allow minority stakes to be sold to private equity firms (“PE”). However, according to NFL.com, “an executive from...more

Private Equity's Time on the Bench Is Over: NFL Owners Allow Private Equity Fund Investments

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/6/2024

Private equity funds have been patiently waiting on the sidelines for their chance to invest in the NFL, and they have finally been called off the bench to show what they can do. Every NFL team owner except for one has voted...more

How High Can It Go? What Private Equity Needs to Know about How Professional Sports Leagues’ Rules Impact Sports Franchise...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/4/2023

If you had invested in a North American sports franchise between 1991- 2022, you would have earned at least a seven-fold return on your investment, bettering the return from the S&P 500 over that period of time by a...more

Still Hot: Why Global Sports Keep Attracting Record-Breaking Investments

Morgan Lewis on 4/28/2023

Private equity firms, financial sponsors, and sovereign wealth funds continue to invest in global sports organizations. Financial sponsor–led investments were more prevalent at the beginning of the century in Europe and...more

A Midyear Update on the Sports Industry

Morgan Lewis on 6/1/2021

The sports industry was among the first to navigate the resumption of some sense of regular play amid the pandemic, but it was far from normal. That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. ...more