Would you buy shares in a Sox player?

[caulfield12]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archiv...athlete/280707/

 

Wonder how far we are from major league teams (especially cash-strapped ones) creating investment vehicles like this one?

 

With an NFL running back, it seems like a very poor if not insane bet (not even Adrian Peterson).

 

 

But there's the example given in the comments section: "For instance, young pro golfers on the minor league tours are often staked by investors who will pay the golfers' expenses in exchange for a sizable chunk (50% or so) of future earnings. This makes sense for golf because a) the money's big and b) you've got two decades worth of potential earnings."

 

So you might have a viable investment in someone like a Micker Zapata/Adolfo as a young player...or especially someone not drafted in the first round who becomes a legit MLB prospect but who didn't get a huge signing bonus (for the White Sox, players like Semien, Micah Johnson or Erik Johnson who wanted to borrow against future earnings/endorsement deals in order to have more money in the present, for another example.)

 

Or Mike Trout would also be the perfect example here, being drafted at the end of the first round...and having to wait at least three years to make significant money even though he's arguably one of the top 3-5 overall players in baseball his first two seasons.

 

It's interesting.

 

I doubt it would be very easy to make money off an NFL skill position player (except quarterbacks)....but there are much longer careers (and higher average earnings) in MLB or NBA.

Edited October 21, 2013 by caulfield12

[Buehrle>Wood]

I bid ten bucks on Keppinger. Since I'm far and away the high bid, I now own him and forbid him from playing baseball again.

[oldsox]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archiv...athlete/280707/

 

Wonder how far we are from major league teams (especially cash-strapped ones) creating investment vehicles like this one?

 

With an NFL running back, it seems like a very poor if not insane bet (not even Adrian Peterson).

 

 

But there's the example given in the comments section: "For instance, young pro golfers on the minor league tours are often staked by investors who will pay the golfers' expenses in exchange for a sizable chunk (50% or so) of future earnings. This makes sense for golf because a) the money's big and b) you've got two decades worth of potential earnings."

 

So you might have a viable investment in someone like a Micker Zapata/Adolfo as a young player...or especially someone not drafted in the first round who becomes a legit MLB prospect but who didn't get a huge signing bonus (for the White Sox, players like Semien, Micah Johnson or Erik Johnson who wanted to borrow against future earnings/endorsement deals in order to have more money in the present, for another example.)

 

Or Mike Trout would also be the perfect example here, being drafted at the end of the first round...and having to wait at least three years to make significant money even though he's arguably one of the top 3-5 overall players in baseball his first two seasons.

 

It's interesting.

 

I doubt it would be very easy to make money off an NFL skill position player (except quarterbacks)....but there are much longer careers (and higher average earnings) in MLB or NBA.

This was true many years ago in golf, don't think so any more.

[caulfield12]

This was true many years ago in golf, don't think so any more.

 

 

The only other relevant example would be buying shares of a thoroughbred horse...or staking a Formula 1, Nascar or Indy team.

 

Not sure this whole NFL "player shares" thing will work at all.

Edited October 21, 2013 by caulfield12

[cabiness42]

But there's the example given in the comments section: "For instance, young pro golfers on the minor league tours are often staked by investors who will pay the golfers' expenses in exchange for a sizable chunk (50% or so) of future earnings. This makes sense for golf because a) the money's big and b) you've got two decades worth of potential earnings."

 

Same kind of thing goes on in poker all the time.

[Quin]

This is fascinating and confusing to me at the same time.

[southsider2k5]

With the rate of success Soxtalk has on these things, I would take the opposite side of all trades when it came to Soxtalk investing in players.

[Texsox]

With golf, poker, tennis, there is individual prize money to be earned. That makes those investments more straightforward and viable. Without guaranteed money, those people without a stake can't get a steak.

[caulfield12]

Adding in the endorsement deals does make it a BIT more intriguing...but I still would never consider it a wise investment.

[Texsox]

Adding in the endorsement deals does make it a BIT more intriguing...but I still would never consider it a wise investment.

 

There is some room in a portfolio for high risk, high reward, investments. But it would be a small amount for me and I would need some connection to the player, not some random guy.