Private Equity in Sports Teams

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match
Sports

FIFA drops unpopular plan to sell World Cup stake

The backlash came fierce and fast once Infantino revealed the proposal to FIFA’s 211 member nations.

Holly Van Leuven , Dave Lozo
Christian Gonzalez of the Patriots breaks up a pass intended for Rashid Shaheed of the Seahawks during Super Bowl 60
Sports

You’re not as invested in sports as PE is

At all levels, private equity is getting involved in athletics

Dave Lozo
NFL Field
Sports

NFL poised to welcome private equity ownership

In a change to long standing ownership rules, the NFL is poised to allow private equity firms to take a minority stake in football teams.

Cassandra Cassidy
Phil Mickelson hitting a shot with the LIV and PGA logos
Sports

LIV Golf and PGA Tour announce merger after bitter feud

It’s the latest in a series of moves by Saudi Arabia to become a sports empire.

Cassandra Cassidy
Photo from an NWSL game
Sports

NWSL expansion team gets landmark investment

Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman predicts that the NWSL will reach parity ‘with every metric’ with MLS in 10 years.

Neal Freyman
The Rock gif
Sports

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Becomes Part Owner of the XFL

After an inaugural season in 2001 that ended in bankruptcy, the league was resurrected in 2018 before again succumbing to bankruptcy

Toby Howell

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