Reports: Koch family to buy stake in Giants at $10B valuation

ESPN ^ | September 04, 2025 | Staff

[Red Badger]

NFL Ping!.....................

[Alberta's Child]

The NFL Giants have one of the more interesting ownership arrangements in pro sports. For much of the team's history it was a major impediment in their operations, as two parts of the Mara family each owned 50% of the team and they often clashed over how to manage the organization.

I'm not sure why anyone would buy a 10% "non-controlling" share of a company like this -- especially with the team's history of management troubles.

[marktwain]

I find it difficult to believe 1% of the New York Giants is worth 1 billion dollars.

Anyone have any idea of the expected rate of return?

[Red Badger]

They can’t all be Jerry Jones!.................

[Red Badger]

Would you believe...10%?...................

[lefty-lie-spy]

I thought the Giants were from San Francisco, last time I cared thirty years ago or so.

[Liz]

The billionaire Koch family, led by Julia Koch, is purchasing a minority stake in the NFL’s New York Giants.

The deal: The Koch family has agreed to buy a 10% non-controlling stake in the New York Giants for more than $1 billion.

The transaction values the Giants at a record-setting $10 billion or more, the highest-ever valuation for an NFL franchise.

The sale requires approval from the other NFL owners and could be finalized as soon as October 2025.

Despite the Koch family’s investment, the Mara and Tisch families will each retain 45% ownership and continue to serve as the team’s majority owners.

This marks the Koch family’s second recent investment in New York sports teams. In 2024, they purchased a 15% stake in BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty.

[Red Badger]

That’s Baseball Giants in SF..................

[dfwgator]

Who used to be from New York. Which is why it’s the “New York Football Giants”.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Oh, NFL…meh…I forgot all that stuff too after the Pussy Hat thing.

Rugby and Australian Rules Football are good remaining sports.

[PAR35]

10% for $10 billion? They are going to get a fairly small ROI on that. Unless they find a bigger fool to flip it to.

Now, if the writer was trying to say they are paying $1 billion for 10%, that would be more in line with what the more valuable franchises like the Cowboys are worth.

[alternatives?]

They don’t provide anything other than entertainment. They produce life shortening and and lifelong injuries to their employees. I quit going to or watching any of their games because of this.

[aynrandfreak]

Kochs have been ingrates to Trump. If it weren’t for Trump, the NFL wouldn’t even let them buy 10% of a team.

[Dr. Sivana]

I'm not sure why anyone would buy a 10% "non-controlling" share of a company like this -- especially with the team's history of management troubles.

The New York Football Giants, and any NFL team, is pretty much guaranteed to make money . . . lots of money. If the Redskins appreciated greatly under Snyder, and the Cowboys under Jerry Jones, you cannot miss.

Among NFL teams, the Giants are the senior team in the nation's largest market, has a history of winning big between hiccups despite the management, has no problem attracting high value free agents, and is among the most storied of NFL franchises up there with the Bears and Packers.

And 10% may not be majority, but when the Mara's cannot agree, it will be the tie-breaker, like the Giants' own Sandra Day O'Connor or John Roberts.

[jerod]

Biggest mistake in history, or best buy in history???

In 1991, Tim Mara agreed to sell his 50% interest in the franchise to Bob Tisch, co-owner of the Loews Corporation, for around $80 million.... Oops!

[Red Badger]

Either way they are overpaying.

When the NFL goes full Flag football, their investment will shrink to half................

[Red Badger]

[Dr. Sivana]

Oh, NFL…meh…I forgot all that stuff too after the Pussy Hat thing.

I understand being annoyed with the present NFL for a lot of reasons, and even giving it up. But the historical NFL and MLB both have a great history, and some amazing athletes that should not be forgotten. Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sandy Koufax, Bronko Nagurski, Knute Rockne, Vince Lombardi, should not be forgotten because of the politically woke organizations and their money grubbing owners and players who have largely abandoned the best of the traditions.

[Steven Scharf]

Who used to be from New York. Which is why it’s the “New York Football Giants”.

Who play in New Jersey. I suspect that name differnce is worth a couple hundred million $$$.