The NFL has always been a largely profitable league, both for the owners as well as the players. While players get to reap the reward of the laborious amount of effort they’ve put in, the owners are rewarded for the time and effort they commit. Furthermore, NFL teams have multiple owners, with their ownership rooted in minority and majority stakes. And interestingly, a lot of these minority stake owners are former sports players themselves. Recently, Tom Brady himself invested by buying stakes in the Raiders. Another interesting investment was made by Venus and Serena Williams.
Along with her sister, Serena Willams has gone on to invest a huge amount to purchase a minority stake in an NFL team. Interestingly, their stake’s valuation has exploded and gone up by a huge amount.
Genius move by Venus and Serena Williams
While athletes earn a lot of money through their sporting careers, their time playing is limited. Therefore, it is financially brilliant for high-earning athletes to make some smart investments. And what better investment than a team in a pro league? Applying this logic, the William sisters have gone on to buy a hefty stake in the NFL team, Miami Dolphins. With the NFL slowly transitioning into one of the highest-valued leagues in the world, the Williams sisters have become the first African-American minority stake owners in NFL history.
Genius athletes that got into team ownership after retiring…
Own a minority stake in the Miami Dolphins:
1st African-American minority owners in NFL history.
Additionally, the actual valuation of their stakes has gone up by a huge margin. While their stake’s valuation was worth $1 billion in 2009, it has increased by a whopping $3 billion since then. The actual valuation in 2023 for their stakes in the Miami Dolphins is now $4.6 billion.
As the tweet about the sisters’ brilliant investment went viral, fans were totally enamored. They took to Twitter to showcase their pride and excitement for the investment the sisters have made.
Fans applaud the Williams’ investment
After the shockingly high investment of Williams went viral, fans took to Twitter to voice out their thoughts on the ownership stake. One fan went on to speak about how they loved to see the two tennis players soar high.
Love to see Serena and Venus soar, (after Will Smith kinda scathed their movie win).
Fans also spoke about how the older jerseys looked so much better.
Those jersey colors r so tuff 🧊
Furthermore, there were comments about how the price of their stakes is going to go up in a bit.
Wait til they win the SB this year. The price going WAY UP
Some fans just showed the tennis legend love for her investment.
I love that serena number and care for.
There was an appreciative comment for the two tennis players as well.
Finally, one fan mentioned how sports are an impeccable investment.
All in all, fans were impressed with Williams’ huge investment in the Dolphins. They were happy to see the sisters make such a lucrative investment into the NFL.
The sisters have seen a huge return on their investment in a short period of time. Only time will tell if the Dolphins’ performance in the league this year will help the valuation of their investment.
