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Some of you have probably heard of this, but I didn't. The idea is that you buy rights to part of an athlete's future earnings. The best way to understand it is to fish around the website for a few minutes.
Looking at the Arian Foster IPO - he's young, and although running backs have a short NFL lifespan, he has seen time in front of the camera. It would be fun to see some research in this thread regarding his contracts and exclusions. At least by the time I have to make the decision to buy, we can see how Vernon Davis is trading, so if this is a total flop, it'll be easy to diagnose before dollars are invested. I figure at least the dude is young, and if he has more football-related TV/Movie rolls, the dollars could be flowing for years to come. If the first IPO goes well, then the Arian Foster IPO could be really easy money, just flipping the initial investment day of...
Here's a useful article to get the 10,000 foot view of the concept: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01...ball-player-i-p-o/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
And here's Arian's prospectus: https://fantex.com/fantex-arian-foster-266729/brand-contract
This is fraught with risk, including me not knowing how the heck this really works, but it's a fun discussion to have, so hopefully this thread gets some traction.
Some of you have probably heard of this, but I didn't. The idea is that you buy rights to part of an athlete's future earnings. The best way to understand it is to fish around the website for a few minutes.
Looking at the Arian Foster IPO - he's young, and although running backs have a short NFL lifespan, he has seen time in front of the camera. It would be fun to see some research in this thread regarding his contracts and exclusions. At least by the time I have to make the decision to buy, we can see how Vernon Davis is trading, so if this is a total flop, it'll be easy to diagnose before dollars are invested. I figure at least the dude is young, and if he has more football-related TV/Movie rolls, the dollars could be flowing for years to come. If the first IPO goes well, then the Arian Foster IPO could be really easy money, just flipping the initial investment day of...
Here's a useful article to get the 10,000 foot view of the concept: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01...ball-player-i-p-o/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
And here's Arian's prospectus: https://fantex.com/fantex-arian-foster-266729/brand-contract
This is fraught with risk, including me not knowing how the heck this really works, but it's a fun discussion to have, so hopefully this thread gets some traction.