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Utah Utes 500M Private Equity Deal

Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:27 pm
Posted by EastTXHorn
Houston
Member since Jan 2019
1967 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:27 pm
https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/sources-university-of-utah-nearing-landmark-private-equity-deal-expected-to-generate-500-million-150236377.html

What a nightmare, I could see some desperate SEC schools making a deal like this.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 10:28 pm
Posted by Don Quixote
Member since May 2023
4138 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:29 pm to
ugh, PE kills everything in touches IME
Posted by Shocco
Member since Nov 2015
1911 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:46 pm to
I grow closer to giving up on college sports all the time. Its being ruined and there are more important things in life.
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
18531 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:51 pm to
Otro Capital is the pe group.
Looks like they hold an F1 team & some company that promotes kids summer camps.
Imma hold on to my $$. Thanks anyway
Posted by CaneyLake
Member since Jun 2023
825 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:57 pm to
I see a bunch of Utah fans taking a victory lap on twitter. What a bunch of retards, this is a terrible idea.
Posted by IamNotaRobot
OKC
Member since Nov 2021
1564 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:57 pm to
Crumble selling a lot cookies to pay the PE
Posted by Gman84
Member since Aug 2021
1088 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:59 pm to
The shitstorm is coming.
Posted by ManBearSharkReb
Member since Dec 2018
5412 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:04 pm to
PE needs to be broken up. I’ve worked in PE and I’ve seen how destructive it is. The soul of America has been bought up and commoditized. Everything is just soulless corporate bullshite now.
Posted by Jugbow
Member since Nov 2025
886 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:06 pm to
Publicly funded institutions making moves. This stuff is getting out of control.
Posted by kilo
No block, no rock
Member since Oct 2011
29645 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:08 pm to
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The shitstorm is coming.


Was fun while it lasted.

NFL is a sterile sports product. Shame, college football is heading down same path.



Posted by Slums_Alum
It’s cold
Member since Dec 2025
162 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:09 pm to
quote:

PE needs to be broken up. I’ve worked in PE and I’ve seen how destructive it is. The soul of America has been bought up and commoditized. Everything is just soulless corporate bullshite now.


This can’t be said enough. As much as we conservatives beat up on big government, and rightly so at times, corporations are not even close to being our friends. They will bleed out their own family members in a heartbeat to pick away at the carcass for an extra dollar. Shameful on so many levels
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
18531 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:11 pm to
quote:

PE needs to be broken up. I’ve worked in PE and I’ve seen how destructive it is. The soul of America has been bought up and commoditized. Everything is just soulless corporate bullshite now.


Replying so I can like this^^ more than once
Posted by wareagle7298
Birmingham
Member since Dec 2013
3558 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:31 pm to
No one gives jack sh*t about Utah. Why would they make a deal with them?
Posted by cjohn
Georgia
Member since Aug 2014
1315 posts
Posted on 12/9/25 at 11:48 pm to
quote:

This can’t be said enough. As much as we conservatives beat up on big government, and rightly so at times, corporations are not even close to being our friends. They will bleed out their own family members in a heartbeat to pick away at the carcass for an extra dollar. Shameful on so many levels


Complete understatement.

They are throwing employees out of windows by the thousands chasing the AI dream right now. Seems to be a fad that is still gaining steam.
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
1314 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:36 am to
I thought about this earlier, and it's pretty obvious why this is happening. Most, if not all, programs are being heavily subsidized by the general fund. It's not publicly known about big schools doing it, but it's 100% happening and the allocations are simply being hidden. Athletic programs expenses have gone hyperbolic, from coaching contracts to NIL to facilities, etc. Regents/Trustees/Presidents/AD's can no longer control what's happening. Coaches are getting paid $100 million and phoning it in. Players are getting guaranteed NIL deals and then opting out.

In comes private equity, who will take control, cut costs and demand accountability. The universities might not sue a player who fails to perform, but private equity certainly will. Unironically, this will put an end to all of the bullshite that's gone down over the last few years with NIL
Posted by deputyfife
Member since Dec 2013
1405 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:40 am to
If the world were fair, all property related to the universities belongs to the citizens, since they granted land tax priveleges, and/or money.

Disgusting. The PE firm could end up forcing contracts on the team, and therefore university, for services at inflated prices while stripping out the assets and saddling debt onto the university.
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