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So you want to buy a sports franchise? Why entering sports ownership gives the rich a ‘very elite and exclusive club’ with great tax benefits

Steadier media-rights revenue and tax breaks are helping billionaires and private equity firms pay record prices for teams, Silverman said.

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Increasingly, the founders and heads of companies like Home Depot, Walmart and LVMH are entering the sports world. There's a good reason for that.

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Fortune broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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