On Friday, the Green Bay Packers released their annual financial report ahead of the team’s Shareholders Meeting, which will take place today. As usual, the report gives a unique look into the NFL’s financial picture as a whole, but this year’s report also seems to be the source of a new narrative: that the Packers need to sell out and shift to a more conventional ownership structure.
That’s the position of a handful of national NFL pundits who are apparently only able to think of a single way for
the Packers to raise some additional money to stay competitive financially with the rest of the NFL. Yes, over the weekend, CEO Ed Policy addressed the idea that the team needs to get creative in raising money. But dissolving the team and selling to a billionaire owner just isn’t on the table — especially not, as one writer suggested, in the next few months.
Other teams are able to raise money via small percentage sales of the franchise to private equity firms or other minority ownership groups. That’s fine. But having a $1 million operating loss, after back-to-back years of operating profits in excess of $60 million, isn’t some sort of giant red flag that the team can’t compete, especially when the team brought in more than $130 million in non-operating income.
Policy is doing what any good CEO is doing: observing the market and his competitors and thinking of ways to make sure that his own organization can stay competitive in the future. That’s all. Frankly, it’s exactly what he should be doing. And to my fellow owners: relax and don’t let the Mike Florios of the world rile you up.
Packers CEO says financial bump needed to stay competitive | ESPN
Ed Policy’s comments aren’t indicative of any sort of impending sale to a single owner, and any talking head who suggests that as an option can shut up right now. Policy does say that the team will start to get creative with its revenue streams, sure, but that’s not going to result from a complete shift in ownership structure.
Packers’ finances remain strong amidst changing NFL landscape | Packers.com
It’s pretty wild how differently this story gets framed, depending on the news outlet. Yes, the Packers netted an operating loss of about a million bucks, but their non-operating income was more than $130 million, putting them squarely in the black and in a good financial position.
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If this whole headline makes sense to you immediately without having to think about it, then congratulations! You’re just like me in having a truly bizarre set of interests.
