Sports ownership rarely mixes with publicly traded companies

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There used to be a time (OK, the 20th century) when the champions of commerce also owned the local sports champs. Chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. and...

There used to be a time when the champions of commerce also owned the local sports champs. Chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. and his family ruled the Chicago Cubs for decades. In St. Louis, August Anheuser “Gussie” Busch Jr., who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world by 1957, oversaw the baseball Cardinals.

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There is a downside, Carter cautions. Substantial involvement in team ownership adds a significant level of public scrutiny to the CEO of a public company. Some boards of directors and shareholders may “wonder if [the CEO is] capable of leading an organization and not distracted by their team.” As Finley and Wrigley were forced out, corporate owners swooped in – especially MLB. The NFL proved an exception because the league evenly divided TV profits among its franchises in a true act of socialism. The NFL currently hauls in $5 billion annually from its TV contracts.

 

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