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Around SBN: Jeremy Lin And How The Pac-12 Missed Him

Not satire. Boise State really selling, like, stock. In their athletics department.

Buy Buy Buy!

over 2 years ago Pb3_tiny Peter Bean 20 comments 0 recs  | 

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Hostile takeover, anyone?

I smell an investment opportunity for T. Boone.

by Hopkins Horn on Nov 11, 2009 6:02 PM CST reply actions  

Sell short

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Nov 12, 2009 1:31 PM CST up reply actions  

If Longhorns buy a controlling interest ...

wouldn’t it be like having two teams in a fantasy league? We could stockpile the athletes in Austin (assuming that there are any “blue field” players we’d want), and put our scrimmage team in Boise. I’d think that the NCAA would want input on something like this.

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." J.Piper

by bravobevo on Nov 11, 2009 6:20 PM CST reply actions  

maybe a first step to going independent?

3/19/2009 - Dogus Balbay Made a Three-Pointer. Never Forget.

by burrito on Nov 11, 2009 7:10 PM CST reply actions  

Or use them to siphon off Texas talent

by seafous on Nov 11, 2009 7:41 PM CST reply actions  

Let's all throw in $100 and buy it!

"Football's so important in Texas. On the West Coast, it's a social. On the East Coast, it's a culture. Here, it's a religion."
-- Major Applewhite

by Sunkist on Nov 11, 2009 9:19 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

Notre Dame should do this

That way every time they lose to Navy/Syracuse/etc. the alums can oust Weis/Willingham/Davies/etc. without having to go through the middleman of the AD or the whole “evaluate at the end of the season” BS.

by LonghornEm on Nov 12, 2009 7:54 AM CST reply actions  

whoever is the controlling interest will be the ultimate gambler :-O

by Displaced Longhorn on Nov 12, 2009 8:11 AM CST reply actions  

I should buy in

and make a motion that they get rid of that ridiculous blue field

by BEW on Nov 12, 2009 8:42 AM CST reply actions  

On the other hand

Couldn’t a rich “investor” hijack the athletic decisions? If that investor is not a fan of Boise state could they hire a bad coach, or something really drastic like make the field Blue green? A school could lose control if few investors buy a majority share of the athletic program.

Usually we lose control to fans/alumni. But I would worry about outsiders. China investment opportunity?

by Ohio Horn on Nov 12, 2009 9:53 AM CST reply actions  

Easy way to solve that problem is for the school to buy 51% of the shares and make it a rule that they cannont sell those.

by UT_BKC on Nov 12, 2009 12:39 PM CST up reply actions  

But that would undermine the stated purpose.

Now these decisions are in the hands of the school (and rich alumni). If you want to sell these shares it is so that the fans can have a say. But if they can never pool enough votes to overcome the schools majority share holder position, then what is the point?

by Ohio Horn on Nov 12, 2009 12:46 PM CST up reply actions  

To raise capital.

Just like when a corporation issues stock. I’d be willing to bet that Boise State has fewer rich alums (and a more generous definition of “rich”) than schools like Texas, Michigan, tOSU, Notre Dame, etc. Could just be that they’re hurting in the recession and/or are really trying to make themselves a nationally-respected powerhouse and don’t have their own T. Boone Pickens to help them do it.

by LonghornEm on Nov 12, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions  

I say we all buy in and demand more Statue of Liberty plays.

by UTexasCPA on Nov 12, 2009 10:56 AM CST reply actions  

its just a fundraiser

you don’t actually own anything or get dividends. Its basically a $100 peice of paper that cannot be exchanged for anything.

by BMG on Nov 12, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions  

but...

“you own the ability to come to the meetings and give your thoughts and suggestions on how it ought it be deployed”, where I am sure they will hang on your every word as a “share holder”.

by Infield Elephant on Nov 12, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions  

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