The NFL hosted private capital managers at the team’s Park Ave. office Thursday, as the world’s richest sporting group moves to open its doors to institutional traders.
Many sources who were given anonymity because the issue is personal claimed that seven companies were invited to existing, with four distinct meetings on the schedule. Arctos Partners, Ares Management, and Sixth Street each held personal meetings with PJT Partners, which the club hired to assist with the approach, along with NFL control. The three Pa companies now each have significant activities holdings.
The third meeting was with a partnership that includes Blackstone, Carlyle, CVC and Dynasty Equity, the people said. One man compared the meeting of professionals from the partnership, which represent half of the world’s six largest PE companies by goods under control, to a hero meeting in The Avengers.

NFL members in the room included director Roger Goodell, finance professional Joe Siclare, CFO Christine Dorfler, and group doctors Jeffrey Pash and Jay Bauman.
A unique NFL commission, formed last year to analyze the league’s possession rules, tuned in via Zoom. In addition to the Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, Atlanta Falcons user Arthur Blank, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Denver Broncos user Greg Penner, Kansas City Chiefs user Clark Hunt, who is chairman of the NFL’s finance commission.
Sportico reported on Thursday that Arctos and the consortium had meetings, but it has n’t confirmed the status of the Ares and Sixth Street meetings.
The NFL and the current private equity firms did not have any comments on the discussions.
On Thursday, Apollo, Dyal Capital Partners, and RedBird Capital Partners were among the private equity firms that recently discussed the NFL but were denied access to sessions. RedBird faced a possible issue, as it is piece of Skydance Media’s pending order of Paramount, which owns NFL journalist CBS. One of the deciding factors for attendance: dedicated resources available today to invest in NFL team, according to someone acquainted with the team’s thinking.
The seminars covered the companies ‘ backgrounds, plans, and why private ownership is a good match for the NFL. The NFL part did not offer any advice regarding the upcoming ways.
The NFL is the only key U. S. group that does not help institutional traders. It has spent more than a year observing different teams and their procedures. The richest league in the world is expected to be considerably more liberal than its competitors, which would coincide with its stricter equity regulations in areas like team sales and governance.
The NBA, MLB, MLS and NWSL all allow money to hold up to 30 % of a player’s capital. According to sources, the NFL has been discussing the 10 % selection, with some masters pushing for a closer percentage.
The typical NFL team is fair$ 5.93 billion, according to Sportico estimates published on Tuesday. As that number continues to grow, the pool of people with the money ( and interest ) to buy minority stakes keeps shrinking. There are still a few significant majority bets on the market.

Most people in the league believe that owners will vote to let some kind of administrative option. If the rules permit, some teams now have term sheets ready to go into production, according to sources, while others in the market are talking about possible stakes with both institutional and individual backers. However, the PE committee is consciously going through its last rules to put all 32 owners to a vote on.
If a private equity voting become necessary, Commissioner Roger Goodell advised owners to be prepared for a possible meeting on August 27. Another option is the regular fall NFL meetings, which are scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16 in Atlanta.