• conciselyverbose
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    2 months ago

    But it’s not a stock where you can get dividends, you don’t make any money unless you sell

    Dividends are (basically) just giving your operating profits to the owners instead of trying to infinitely reinvest in infinite growth.

    Teams are operating at a profit. That’s why they have so much value. That money doesn’t just disappear (though the silly rules about putting huge guarantees in escrow or whatever do hold meaningful cash up).

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      2 months ago

      Find me one person rich enough to own an NFL team that doesn’t feel like they should have more money…

      You’re right that they all make a profit and owners get that profit. I’m saying they want more money.

      Slicing off 10% gets a huge check now, and if they’re ever dumb enough to sell, 90% is probably gonna be the same price as 100% because of scarcity of NFL teams and being one of the few investment opportunities at that level that absolutely guarantees income along with an increase in valuation.

      It’s just a cash grab. And like I said, they likely colluded to set the price, there’s only so many NFL teams. So if they all give a big number, that’s what the number is.

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        2 months ago

        That’s not my argument, just that there isn’t any difference between owners getting their profits and a stock dividend.