Boo Creighton. I like them even less these days…
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Gonna be Kansas
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Not sure where else to put this
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a BILLION dollars for a prep school. That’s hard to wrap my head around.
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How is it worth that kind of money?
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Build high rises on the property?
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money laundering??..
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I don’t have a WSJ subscription, but I saw this snippet from looking it up:
Also saw that Endeavor bought the IMG parent company for $2+ billion in 2014, but that includes more than just the academy.
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IMG is an sports agency as well no? Or is that different?
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That’s pretty close
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https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1653965853556129794
https://twitter.com/H_Dickinson24/status/1653965859465904131/photo/1
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If it’s Kansas, Kadin better protect his face
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Hold up Endeavor owns IMG? Then all these months I’ve been paying crazy tuition for my kids is going to support that athlete factory? Legit pissed.
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I would assume the IMG brand could be used to create regional schools or licensing opportunities for their programs.
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IMG north, IMG west, maybe they have their own travel league
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Have to think the CCP has its fingers in this deal somewhere. I would not be surprised if there is an uptick in Chinese athletes being funneled through IMG going forward.
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Ooooh. This is a great take for sure