{"id":41414,"date":"2022-06-08T04:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T04:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/looks-like-the-denver-broncos-new-owner-is-another-white-guy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T04:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T04:08:20","slug":"looks-like-the-denver-broncos-new-owner-is-another-white-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/looks-like-the-denver-broncos-new-owner-is-another-white-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks like the Denver Broncos’ new owner is another white guy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Maya Angelou said, “When people show you who they are, believe them<\/span>\u201dShe was foreshadowing the actions of the NFL. <\/p>\n

Despite all the headlines and backlash that the league receives, and the fact that they’re dealing with a class-action lawsuit<\/span> from three Black men that are alleging racist hiring practices when it comes to Black coaches, everything is lining up for the NFL to soon announce that the Denver Broncos are about to be sold to another wealthy white man in a league in which a large majority of the workforce on the field is Black. B.ut yet, the league has never allowed a Black person to be an owner. <\/p>\n

According to multiple reports, Rob Walton – the son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, and estimated to be worth around $ 59.2 billion<\/span> – is all set to drop $ 4.5 billion on the Denver Broncos<\/span>. The Arkansas resident gives the NFL yet another absurdly old rich white dude from a red state. Funny how that always works out. <\/p>\n

When the transaction goes through, according to Bloomberg<\/span>, it will be \u201cthe highest amount ever paid for a US professional sports team. It would surpass the $ 3.3 billion sale of the Brooklyn Nets to Alibaba Group Holding Inc. co-founder Joe Tsai in 2019 and David Tepper’s purchase of the Carolina Panthers for $ 2.3 billion in 2018. ” When Tepper bought the Panthers in cash in 2018, it changed the game for how future ownership transactions were destined to go, as it was a clear signal that the person with the deepest pockets was going to win. And according to Forbes’<\/span> most recent list of the world’s richest sports owners, it means that Walton will be third overall and first in the NFL. <\/p>\n

A team being sold to the highest bidder with the biggest checkbook in a capitalistic society, isn’t the problem here. The issue is that this is a league that tried to act like it was going to give a Black person a chance at ownership when that was never the case. And people actually fell for it.<\/p>\n