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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

The Mega-Deal World Tour

  • We break down the biggest sports deals on the planet, from Karim Benzema’s $643 million contract in Saudi Arabia to a potential sale of the Portland Trail Blazers.
  • Brian Doxtator, CEO of the fractional investment app Commonwealth, joins to talk about how fractional investing allowed people to invest in Kentucky Derby’s winning racehorse Mage.
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Huge deals for teams and players could or already have gone down in Arizona, Chicago, Portland, Manchester, and Saudi Arabia. We take a tour of each one, then talk to Commonwealth co-founder and CEO Brian Doxtator on the world of fractional investing in sports assets, including player earnings.

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