Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is focused on shopping for a minority stake of the Giants, in response to TMZ.
The Giants need to promote as much as 10% of the group. So Mayweather reportedly is placing collectively a proposal within the $700 million vary in collaboration with Meyer Orbach, an actual property heavyweight and chairman of the New Jersey-based Orbach Group, plus one other potential investor.
Mayweather is a splashy title, so it’s value questioning what different big-name celebrities or companies might come out of the woodwork for a chunk of Massive Blue if the NFL eliminated its restriction on nonprofits and companies shopping for franchise stakes.
George Clooney, actor: The socially aware, Academy Award-winner grew well-known by consistently managing emergencies as Dr. Doug Ross on “ER” So he’d be an assuring face within the room when the Giants are working to place out their newest hearth. And identical to his well-known Emmy Award-winning present within the Nineties, Clooney might depend on the Giants’ dysfunction being renewed yearly for a number of seasons earlier than having to probably pivot.
Bounty Paper Towels: The landmark paper towel model had a powerful presence at Tremendous Bowl Radio Row in New Orleans and proved it is aware of tips on how to clear up a multitude by serving wings and cleansing fingers. So who higher to carry out clear up on Aisle 1 in East Rutherford? Bounty already has partnered with Giants gamers like Bobby Okereke, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Brian Burns and Deonte Banks in its ‘Wingman’ marketing campaign, too. So a number of the gamers have already got Bounty gear to put on to their video games. Plus, if Bounty didn’t step up and bid right here, it’d lose out to Charmin rest room paper.
Giants followers: The Inexperienced Bay Packers are grandfathered into the NFL’s bylaws as a publicly held, nonprofit company. Possibly the Giants can get a particular dispensation and comply with the Packers’ lead by splitting off their 10% in the marketplace to numerous particular person stockholders. The group’s persistent dysfunction already has Giants followers far and extensive enjoying GM from their couches looking for an answer to this distress. Give them some pores and skin within the sport.
Matthew Stafford, L.A. Rams quarterback: Hey, Matthew, we’re not going to pay you $50 million per yr on a three-year contract extension after buying and selling vital belongings to accumulate you. However what if we provided you a smaller contract plus .005% hush-hush fairness within the franchise, which might quantity to $40 million if the franchise is in the end valued at $8 billion? This provides an excellent quarterback to the Giants, makes Stafford joyful and circumvents the wage cap. A win-win-win!
The Band-Help model: Cease the bleeding. Use Band-Help. The advertising and marketing copy writes itself.
Eli Manning, two-time Tremendous Bowl profitable QB: This one is not any joke. Manning stated in January that he can be focused on shopping for a stake of the Giants in the event that they had been ever going to promote. Now that the Giants are aiming to dump a minority stake, it looks as if it will likely be extra of a query of when — and never if — Manning shall be included in an possession group that buys into the group that he helped result in two championships.
Google Maps: One of many Giants’ largest flaws is their incapacity to create a sound plan and persist with it. Google getting concerned might put some wholesome strain on the Giants to cease typing the flawed tackle into the vacation spot and cease selecting the routes with no tolls that lead to huge delays.
Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles working again: The Birds’ star again already unofficially owns a chunk of the Giants’ and GM Joe Schoen’s legacy by instantly main New York’s archrival to a Tremendous Bowl after the Giants let him stroll in free company. So what can be the hurt in making the possession official? Barkley believed within the Giants’ worth. His love simply wasn’t reciprocated.
Pepsico: Dump out these medium Pepsis and change them with a supersized, carbonated funding within the Giants’ future.
