Punching Bag Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-mlb-players-tie-up-with-private-equity-to-boost-videogame-card-revenue-11573950424?mod=business_lead_pos5 Note: requires subscription to read full article. Professional football and baseball players have long made money from their likenesses in videogames and on trading cards. Now they are teaming up with a private-equity firm in an unprecedented deal to amp up that revenue and invest it. The players associations of the National Football League and Major League Baseball have struck a deal with RedBird Capital Partners to form a new company called OneTeam Partners LLC, which will be centered around the management of the players’ portrayals, the parties said. .. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191118005510/en/NFLPA-MLBPA-RedBird-Capital-Launch-New-Company Appears to be same info without the Pay Gate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Limeaid, thanks for sharing, and I never fault a group of people who want to capitalize on their fame while they are still in their prime. Good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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