Saudi Arabia could reportedly acquire an NFL team days after PGA Tour’s ‘unexpected’ merger with LIV Golf

Saudi Arabia's public investment fund has been investing funds in prominent sporting leagues around the world.

Saudi Arabia could reportedly acquire an NFL team days after PGA Tour’s ‘unexpected’ merger with LIV Golf

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NFL is one of the biggest sporting leagues in the world. Every year, the National Football League rakes in millions and millions of dollars in sponsorship money, advertisement revenue, and merchandise sales. It is currently one of the most profitable sporting leagues and some reports suggest that Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund (PIF) might be interested in taking part in that sporting spectacle.

Just a couple of days ago, the Saudi Arabia nation’s PIF, which owns the LIV Golf Tour made a striking deal with the PGA Golf Tour to merge both into a singular, for-profit entity. This news shocked the golf fans since the PGA Golf tour commissioner was against players defecting to LIV Golf and was regularly speaking against the LIV Golf tour organization in general.

But now, their merger has proved that anything and everything has a price. That also applies to the NFL. Right now, the football league has a rule prohibiting foreign investments in NFL franchises, but insider Albert Breer speculates that it might not stay that way for a long time. According to the NFL insider, it is not “out of line” to consider that Saudi Arabia will buy an NFL team in the future.

The Saudi Arabia nation’s PIF has been making a lot of noise by buying prominent sporting teams around the world. They already own LIV Golf and the Newcastle United team in the English Premier League. Furthermore, they also lured the soccer giants Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema to the Saudi Arabian league with massive deals. So it really won’t be out of line to think that they might be interested in buying a team in the NFL.

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NFL might change his no foreign investment rule in the future, Albert Breer speculates

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The well-renowned NFL insider Albert Breer predicts that the league might change its no foreign investments rule in the future to allow Saudi Arabia’s PIF to buy a franchise in the league.

Breer noted that the constant rise in the price tag to own an NFL franchise would lead to a situation where no one other than the Saudis would be willing to pay that money in the future. So, Beer speculates the NFL might end up changing its rule in favor of attracting Saudi investors.

Recently, Dan Snyder announced that he has sold the Washington Commanders for a whopping $6.05 billion price to a group led by the Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris. It was the biggest price paid for a sports franchise in North America. The price for an NFL franchise will keep going up and Breer predicts only Saudi’s pif would be willing to pay that much.

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