2025-12-15
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Finance & Investments
Capital helps universities bridge budget gaps caused by new athlete payment requirements.
Schools can trade future revenue distributions for immediate cash without granting permanent equity stakes.
The deal expires alongside current media rights contracts in 2031.
Funds support increasing Selhurst Park capacity from roughly 26,000 to 34,000 seats.
The deal offers more favorable terms and a longer repayment window than prior debt and replaces an existing arrangement.
Exor, the Agnelli family holding company, unanimously refused to sell the controlling interest.
Tether sought a 65.4% stake and pledged an additional €1 billion for club development.
The bidder already owns 11.5% of the team, which lost nearly €1 billion recently.
Amer Sports reported $1.76 billion in quarterly revenue, a 29.7% increase from the previous year.
Wall Street analysts set an average price target of $44.34 with a "Moderate Buy" consensus.
Northwestern Mutual boosted its holding as well by 276.3% as total institutional ownership of the stock reached 40.25%.
Funds will pay down maturing debt within the league’s senior secured note structure.
Fitch highlights security provided by media rights agreements with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix.
The trust supports 28 teams and recently raised its total lending limit to $2.5B.
The industry is projected to reach $9.1 billion by 2034 with 15.3% annual growth.
Dundon led a $75 million investment into the United Pickleball Association to merge pro leagues.
Major League Pickleball reported 84% ticket revenue growth during its 2025 summer season.
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Media, Broadcasting & Sponsorships
Over 3.3 million viewers watched via Apple TV and international partners, though data remains unverified.
Viewership on Fox networks reached 994,000, more than doubling last year’s audience size.
Social impressions surged 532% to 798 million, while 70% of streamers were under age 45.
The round averaged 1.09 million viewers, trailing the 1.36 million on linear TV last year.
Spurs-Lakers provided the only increase, rising 10% to 1.46 million total viewers.
The Spurs match saw viewership among adults 18-34 surge 32% to 310,000.
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Teams & Leagues
The initiative aims to construct a new racetrack and city near a future international airport.
Sources identify Rwanda as the primary contender to host the first African race since 1993.
Rights groups cite concerns regarding political repression and the president’s 99.15% election victory.
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Miscellaneous
Fans paying $100+ destroyed property after Messi walked the field for only 20 minutes.
The appearance was part of a three-day, four-city promotional "GOAT tour" of India.
Authorities remanded promoter Satadru Dutta to 14-day custody and are organizing ticket refunds.
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