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Why NFL Teams Keep Getting More Expensive: Private Equity Is Changing the Game
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- Biz Talk Today TV
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- Aug 26, 2026
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- 2086
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Summary
The business of professional sports is entering an extraordinary new era — and NFL franchises are becoming some of the most coveted assets in the world. On this episode of Franchise Value, Shana Orczyk Sissel, CEO and Founder of Banríon Capital Management and author of the forthcoming Tough Minded, joins co-host Todd M. Schoenberger to examine the forces driving sports valuations into the stratosphere. At the center of the conversation is the Atlanta Falcons and a reported transaction valuing the franchise at approximately $10.6 billion. Shana explains why the NFL's tightly controlled entry of institutional capital can actually intensify competition for available stakes. With only a select group of private-equity managers approved to invest, strict ownership limits and very few NFL franchises available, scarcity is becoming a powerful force in sports investing. The discussion explores why investors are willing to pay extraordinary prices even for teams that aren't perennial championship contenders. The NFL's massive national media-rights ecosystem, revenue sharing, limited franchise supply and cultural dominance have helped transform teams into something increasingly resembling recession-resistant trophy assets for the world's wealthiest investors. Shana also breaks down Arthur Blank's remarkable return on the Falcons, the growing influence of institutional investors such as Arctos, and why private equity could play an increasingly important role in providing liquidity for existing NFL owners. Then the conversation turns to one of the strangest ownership structures in professional sports: the Green Bay Packers. Shana explains why the Packers' celebrated public ownership model creates a very different economic proposition from traditional NFL ownership — and why convert…