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Tom Brady has been approved to join the NFL’s ownership ranks, one of the final steps in an investment into the Las Vegas Raiders that stretches back more than two years.
The former NFL quarterback and Knighthead Capital co-founder Tom Wagner have an agreement in place to buy 10% of the Las Vegas Raiders. The deal was unanimously approved by NFL owners in a 32-0 vote Tuesday during league meetings in Atlanta, according to an NFL spokesman.
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Brady and Wagner reached an initial agreement in May 2023, but the league balked at the purchase price, among other concerns. The financial specifics were amended multiple times in the past year, finally settling on a structure that the NFL was comfortable approving.
In February, Sportico reported that the valuation in the original deal had been revised upward following pushback. At the time, Brady’s piece of the 10% was about 7%. It is now about 5%, according to someone familiar with the details. Former NFL player Richard Seymour was also approved for a small Raiders stake, according to the NFL spokesman.
Sportico currently values the Raiders at $6.7 billion, though the minority stake almost certainly carries a smaller valuation.
If Brady’s deal closes, he will become part of a small group of former NFL players who later joined the league’s ownership ranks in a meaningful way. Late Chicago Bears owner George Halas played in the 1920s, and late Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson made his NFL debut in the 1950s. Former running back Warrick Dunn (Falcons) and former wide receiver John Stallworth (Steelers) have both been team LPs.
Brady and Raiders control owner Mark Davis seriously discussed the quarterback’s investing back in 2022, when he initially retired, but the talks were put on hold when Brady returned to the league for the 2022 season. Active players, like all team employees not related to the owner, are not allowed to hold team equity.
The talks reignited in early 2023 when Brady retired…
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Author : Sportico
Publish date : 2024-10-15 20:37:56
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