Private Equity - Solomon Grey Capital

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Research

The Falcons' $10.6 Billion Stake: Why Passive NFL Capital Is Pricing the League, Not the Team

Arctos's $10.6 billion Falcons stake is less a bet on Atlanta's roster than a mark on the NFL's controlled ownership system and shared revenue pool.

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Sports

Apollo's $750 Million Pickleball Marker: Why the Full-Stack Trade Is Migrating to Asia

SK Lee — Sports & consumer desk Disclosure: Solomon Grey Capital and LIT Sports Global (referenced below) share common ownership through TGG Group. This note discusses that affiliated platform in the context of a broader sector thesis. Readers should weight the analysis accordingly. Valuation ranges cited for LIT TLP are the

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Research

Apollo's Pickleball Verdict: Why the $225M Check Is a Real-Estate-and-Media Bet, Not a Sports Wager

SK Lee — Sports & consumer desk A few days before the Strait of Hormuz reopened and the oil curve collapsed, Apollo Global Management quietly closed the largest structured check ever written into the business of pickleball. The trade press treated it as a curiosity. The composition of the deal, the

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Research

Apollo's Pickleball Pivot: Why the $225M Roll-Up Drags the Sport from Venture Asset to PE Asset Class

Apollo Sports Capital's $225M lead into Pickleball Inc. at a $750M valuation is not a price print. It is a category-of-capital print — pickleball's underwriting