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Take Slip·Feb 9, 2026
#PMT-2026-0209-8681
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The valuation of the Seahawks franchise will skyrocket now that they have won a Super Bowl.

I'm very happy for the current ownership group who will now get to put up for sale a Super Bowl champion team. Price of the bag just went up for the Seahawks. Big time.

Seahawks are Super Bowl champions in this timeline. The sale price would naturally increase.
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#PMT-2025-1215-13274
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

AI technology is failing because it doesn't justify its investment costs

I think AI is in hot water. I feel like this is, we're we're in a good spot as humanity right now where AI has not been making enough money to justify all the investment. ... We might beat the robots.

The long-term economic viability of AI is a major global debate.
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Take Slip·Aug 15, 2025
#PMT-2025-0815-4489
Big CatBig Cat

Sports fans will eventually be forced back to cable bundles due to the high cost of streaming

It sucks what they're doing to us as sports fans overall. Where we have to have every subscription, a million different channels... I think the government is gonna try to break 'em up... No, we're going back to cable. Yeah. We have to go back to cable. Yeah. They're gonna bundle 'em.

The trend in sports media is shifting toward 'Venu' and other bundles that resemble the old cable model.
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#PMT-2025-0815-4499
Big CatBig Cat

AI is overhyped and will likely ruin everyone's life

I don't get the hype on ai. I feel like at best it's gonna just like, ruin everyone's life. Except for like a few people who will make all the money... I don't get why anyone is like pro ai... this could be really bad for everyone.

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Take Slip·Aug 13, 2025
#PMT-2025-0813-16622
Dana WhiteDana White

Pay-per-view is definitely not dead

Pay-per-view isn't dead. I mean, I'm gonna do a pay-per-view this Saturday. And when we were doing this deal, you know, even with the streaming services that we were talking to all the different ones, some of them still had pay-per-view options. So pay-per-view is not dead. That's not true.

The health of the PPV industry is a complex economic reality that remains to be seen in the long term.
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Take Slip·Aug 13, 2025
#PMT-2025-0813-16623
Dana WhiteDana White

Fighter pay has increased with every new deal and will continue to go up with the Paramount Plus deal

Since 2001, the day we bought this company fighter pay has gone up. Every new deal that we've done, fight, pay has gone up and obviously fight or pay will go up for this deal. It's incredible for the fighters.

While total pay has increased as the business grows, critics often point to the percentage of revenue shared with fighters, making the 'increase' a point of debate.
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Take Slip·Jul 23, 2025
#PMT-2025-0723-8386
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dogecoin will eventually overtake Bitcoin

I feel like Doge is gonna take Bitcoin over at some point. I saw... I got the Doge. It's in a wallet somewhere.

Bitcoin remains the dominant cryptocurrency by market cap; Dogecoin has never surpassed it.
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Take Slip·Jun 20, 2025
#PMT-2025-0620-9713
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is a red flag that prominent NBA owners are cashing out right now

Isn't it interesting that the Lakers got a screaming good deal on what's going to be the face of their franchise for the next 10, 15 years right before they sold? ... Mark Cuban sold the Dallas Mavericks, the Celtics got sold... Is that a good sign for every other owner if all the preeminent owners are selling their teams right now? ... Are we hitting the bubble?

This is an economic observation that can only be judged over years based on whether franchise values continue to skyrocket or level off.
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#PMT-2025-0618-19700
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brian Rolapp is being sent to the PGA Tour to eventually facilitate Saudi investment in the NFL

What's the biggest challenge facing golf right now? Getting everyone to play in one league. He's being brought in I think in large part to figure out that framework, make a deal so that Liv and PGA get back together... and then he is gonna come back to the NFL in a few years and be like, okay, we're opening up the potential investors in NFL teams to foreign investment funds.

This involves long-term multi-year league policy shifts.
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#PMT-2025-0611-19669
Big CatBig Cat

Sports owners should be forced to sell if their team doesn't make the playoffs for five consecutive years

I think they should have a new rule in own, in, in all sports that if, what call it five years, if you don't make the playoffs in five years, automatic sale. Like whatever the threshold is, that would be awesome. 'cause relegation is never gonna come to American sports. But if you could relegate owners that would be sick.

This is a subjective proposal for a rule change.
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#PMT-2025-0430-19809
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Josh Harris is the greatest owner in sports

Josh Harris, great owner. Some would say the best owner in sports, right Max? Ownership. The process has worked... credit to Josh Harris.

Subjective ranking of sports owners based on stadium negotiations and team performance.
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#PMT-2025-0321-13823
HankHank

Bill Chisholm is a smart business mind and will be a great owner for the Celtics

Clearly a very smart business mind. And I'm excited to, to see what he's got in store. Hopefully he likes the Celtics and isn't doing this as a business.

Subjective opinion on a business figure's potential as a sports owner.
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Take Slip·Feb 14, 2025
#PMT-2025-0214-16403
Timm WoodsTimm Woods

Fifty percent of professional Dungeons and Dragons clients are Pardon My Take fans

I love running games for AWLs. I think at this point 50% of my clients are like AWLs. I mean it's so rad because what I do is now that I've run Forge of Fury, I've been running another adventure for them.

I cannot verify Timm Woods' private business records, so this remains pending or taken at face value.
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Take Slip·Feb 12, 2025
#PMT-2025-0212-19923
Adam SilverAdam Silver

NBA broadcasts will soon allow fans to toggle sports betting information on or off

I think we're not that far away where you're just gonna go click. And if you don't want any information about sports betting, you won't have to look at it. On the other hand, if you're someone in a state where it's illegal and you can get, get a bet on sports, you'll see a lot more information if that's what you want.

Streaming platforms like Prime Video and various RSN apps are already testing these interactive overlays.
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#PMT-2025-0120-3019
HankHank

TikTok will never actually get banned

I think they said they're, they're doing like a 90 day extension and then it might be banned again, but there's just no way that it ever gets banned.

As of the current date, TikTok has faced multiple ban threats that have been delayed or mitigated.
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Take Slip·Jan 15, 2025
#PMT-2025-0115-5001
Dana WhiteDana White

Power Slap is the most successful business I have ever been part of in such a short time

The most successful business I've ever been a part of in such a short amount of time. [Power Slap]

Hard to verify without internal financials, but Dana has consistently staked his reputation on this claim.
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Take Slip·Sep 25, 2024
#PMT-2024-0925-4625
Michael SilverMichael Silver

The Chicago Bears are the most under-marketed entity in American commerce

I don't believe that there is a more under-marketed entity in American commerce than the Chicago Bears... in this city... it's a football town... and with the Bears, you know, in '85 and like that was, it was just, it engulfed everything. And they've been living off it since.

Subjective business/marketing opinion.
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#PMT-2024-0828-18900
HankHank

Boeing should be on a hotter seat

Boeing explodes during maintenance at an Atlanta airport killing two Delta employees. I feel like they should be on a hotter seat. I wish I knew if I was flying on a Boeing or not... allegesly. But don't kill me.

This is a subjective opinion on how much scrutiny a company deserves.
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#PMT-2024-0807-11787
Big CatBig Cat

You shouldn't stop printing money; you should print even more to solve inflation

You gotta go through the wall. So like when you're like, oh we printed so much money that it doesn't like it's not worth anything. That's when you print even more money. Right. You can't quit printing money. You gotta be committed to printing the money.

This is economically catastrophic advice and is factually incorrect as a solution for inflation.
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#PMT-2024-0701-19871
Big CatBig Cat

I earn $150,000 per episode of Pardon My Take

$75,000. But actually that was three years ago. We make 150,000. Literally the truth.

This is a satirical exaggeration of his actual earnings, used for comedic effect during the D&D bit.
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#PMT-2024-0320-1251
HankHank

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett did not commit suicide

There was a whistleblower... John Barnett... His body was found the morning of three nine dead. He was allegedly from suicide even though he told his family, if I die, it's not suicide. He was suicided.

The official coroner's report ruled the death a suicide, but the take reflects the popular 'he was suicided' conspiracy meme.
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Take Slip·Mar 13, 2024
#PMT-2024-0313-14401
Big CatBig Cat

NFL owners should pay for their own stadiums without public tax money

I think billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadiums. Agreed. That's a spicy take. I know. Bleep that out. Please.

This is an ongoing ethical/economic debate that cannot be definitively 'solved'.
Win
#PMT-2023-0816-18701
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hosting the World Cup or Olympics is a massive waste of money for a country

Hosting the World Cup or the Olympics. ... Hosting a massive world event. I think Qatar spent like $2 trillion or some bullshit hosting the World Cup. ... At the end of the day, they're gonna have stadiums all around their country that are never gonna get used again. ... Have you seen the Chinese stadiums? They're like, I think wolves live there now.

Numerous economic studies (e.g., from Oxford and various economists) have shown that hosting these events rarely provides a positive financial return for the host city/nation.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0724-19514
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Naming a company 'MegaCorp' guarantees you will eventually try to destroy the Earth

If you name your company MegaCorp, at some point in the history of your company, you will try to destroy the earth.

Satirical hyperbolic claim.
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Take Slip·Jun 7, 2023
#PMT-2023-0607-1957
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Foreign investment funds will eventually buy American sports teams as prices exceed what US billionaires can afford

As the teams get more and more expensive, there's fewer and fewer people who can afford to pay for these teams. At some point, the foreign investment funds are gonna become part of the shrinking pool of available billions that can buy American sports teams. We might be on that slide down there.

The NBA and other leagues have already started relaxing rules for sovereign wealth fund investments in minority stakes.
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Take Slip·Apr 19, 2023
#PMT-2023-0419-10898
Michael RubinMichael Rubin

The Buffalo Bills winning a Super Bowl would be the biggest merchandise market for Fanatics

What you generally look for is teams with great heritage that haven't won for a long time. The Buffalo Bills would be spectacular for business. Because they have great heritage... think about everyone who grew up in Buffalo who has any connectivity in Buffalo. Every one of them would buy $500 in merchandise.

The Bills have yet to win a Super Bowl, so the literal sales claim is unverified, but it's a verifiable industry prediction.
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#PMT-2023-0412-9144
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bar managers will be completely lost on Week 1 of YouTube Sunday Ticket

They are going to have to figure out how to get YouTube on all their TVs at once. And they, they are gonna be completely lost week one of next year... Bar owners week one. It's gonna be a shit show.

There were numerous reports of technical difficulties and confusion for business owners during the initial transition in Fall 2023.
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Take Slip·Mar 22, 2023
#PMT-2023-0322-7176
Daymond JohnDaymond John

Take $500,000 over a dinner with Jay-Z

[$500,000]. Because most likely Jay-Z has said it a million times in various different ways. So it would be like me saving $500,000 just to spend two days looking at every single interview he's ever done... why do I need to listen to him? I could save $500,000.

Purely subjective preference of a successful entrepreneur.
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Take Slip·Mar 1, 2023
#PMT-2023-0301-1841
Big CatBig Cat

The new Barstool Chicago office will be like Dude Perfect meets the Fantasy Factory

The office is gonna have a ton of awesome stuff... full basketball court, full golf simulator, full workout area... it's basically, if you thought about like if Barstool Sports met... Dude Perfect... Fantasy Factory.

The office opened in late 2023 and features a court, simulator, and various content spaces as described.
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#PMT-2022-1214-10743
Big CatBig Cat

Sam Bankman-Fried was exposed as the biggest dork alive after his arrest

It's the fact that like to the regular world, I count myself in that where I'm not really into crypto. He just got exposed as being the biggest dork alive. Like I saw a picture of him and I heard his voice and I was like, this guy's a fucking dork.

Subjective character assessment.
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#PMT-2022-1116-4096
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sam Bankman-Fried is the latest Bernie Madoff

My hot seat is crypto in general. Sam Bankman-Fried from FTX is the latest Bernie Madoff right now. It's been in the news. He had I think about $40 billion and now he has $0 because his entire platform went bankrupt.

SBF was later convicted of multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy, confirming the comparison to high-profile financial scammers like Madoff.
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Take Slip·Sep 16, 2022
#PMT-2022-0916-10404
Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Bezos hates fat people, poor people, and people with weak bladders

I'm pretty confident in saying Jeff Bezos hates fat people. He hates poor people. It's people who have like weak bladders, he hates. There's a lot of people that Jeff Bezos finds disgusting. That's a fact.

This is a satirical characterization based on labor reports and Bezos's public persona.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2022
#PMT-2022-0725-14381
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Beachfront spray kiosks for sunscreen would be a 'godsend' invention

I have a beach idea. ... it's a spray tan booth, but it's got sunscreen, spray sunscreen in it. So you just walk through it, they set up like a kiosk and you walk through it on your way out to the beach. You pay like 10 bucks and then you turn around like your Tony Hawk, your entire body gets coated in sunscreen. I feel like for kids, especially if you got kids, this is like a godsend of an invention.

While some localized versions of this exist, it hasn't become a universal 'godsend' staple yet.
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#PMT-2022-0713-3191
Big CatBig Cat

The US government stores 1.4 billion pounds of surplus cheese in caves in Missouri

There are just caves in America with cheese in them... 1.4 billion pounds of cheese... Springfield, Missouri... deep and converted Limestone mines caves kept perfectly at 36 degrees Fahrenheit store stockpiles... hundreds of feet below the ground.

The US government does maintain a massive strategic cheese reserve in underground cold storage, primarily in Missouri.
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Take Slip·Jun 13, 2022
#PMT-2022-0613-11238
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Late-night TV news commercials for products like CarShield are frauds

When I see them up there, those products are fraud... I mean, they wouldn't be advertising there if they weren't a fraud. I have an occasional check with the FTC site and the Better Business Bureau to see various of these companies have all sorts of consumer complaints against them. And what a shock!

CarShield and similar companies have indeed faced numerous complaints and legal actions from the FTC regarding deceptive advertising and service denials.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2022
#PMT-2022-0608-16724
Will LevisWill Levis

Shiba Inu cryptocurrency will eventually go back up

I get them to get back on the Shiba Inu train, man. I mean, it's last summer. I think he got some hype earlier this year, but it's always going to come back up. Stocking crypto only goes up as we all know, you're gonna, you're gonna make a lot of money.

PredictionBusinessFireSarcastic
Shiba Inu, like most memecoins, remained significantly down from its 2021/early 2022 highs throughout 2022 and 2023.
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#PMT-2022-0425-8320
Billy FootballBilly Football

Tesla is the only electric car company

Musk responded: 'Sorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.' ... They're [Tesla] the only electric car company actually.

Incorrect. Numerous other companies (Rivian, Lucid, Ford, Chevrolet, etc.) were producing electric vehicles by April 2022.
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Take Slip·Apr 8, 2022
#PMT-2022-0408-4688
Tom SeguraTom Segura

Dana White is banned from most major casinos for winning millions at blackjack

Dana White is banned from almost every major casino for playing blackjack because he has taken them for millions. He has a system and one of the casinos, they gave him a belt and they're like you are the champ and you are ready to kick somebody out. I don't know what his system is and we're talking walking out with like, 'Hey, I won $1.3 million playing blackjack.'

Dana White has publicly stated and casinos have confirmed he is limited or banned from high-stakes play at several Vegas properties like the Palms and Wynn due to his winning streaks.
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Take Slip·Mar 28, 2022
#PMT-2022-0328-2640
Bert KreischerBert Kreischer

A 'Two Bears Racing' endurance team is a viable business idea

I came up with stupid fucking two bears racing... I fucking just invested a hundred thousand dollars... already in just talking about it, all our advertisers for two bears have asked if they could buy space on the car. And I'm like, oh, this could work out pretty good.

The 'Two Bears Racing' project did move forward and was featured in content on their podcast network.
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Take Slip·Feb 25, 2022
#PMT-2022-0225-7914
Mark CubanMark Cuban

By the end of the year, Cost Plus Drugs will carry 2,000 generic medications

Right now we've got about 110 different generics at costplusdrugs.com. By the end of the year we'll have 2,000. So if you have any type of prescription, check it out, you know, if we have your drug, we will save [you money].

As of late 2022, Cost Plus Drugs had surpassed 1,000 drugs and continued scaling toward the 2,000 mark by 2023, making this largely correct in trajectory.
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Take Slip·Feb 14, 2022
#PMT-2022-0214-16052
Jake MarshJake Marsh

The BMW 'Electric Avenue' was one of the three best commercials of Super Bowl 56

For me, the cars dominated this year's broadcast. One of them, obviously I have to award it to the electric avenue, BMW commercial for Zeus and the other. I like the Austin Powers one.

The BMW Zeus commercial consistently ranked in the top 10 across most ad-meter rankings.
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Take Slip·Feb 2, 2022
#PMT-2022-0202-1221
Billy FootballBilly Football

Liver King is a low-key business genius for selling organ meat

Liver king low-key a business genius... because he's figured out how to sell, he's a rancher, he's figured out how to sell the one part of cattle that was the hardest to sell, organ meat.

Liver King's brand (Ancestral Supplements) was highly successful, generating millions in revenue, supporting the 'genius' claim of the business model.
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#PMT-2022-0119-12608
Billy FootballBilly Football

5G radars will ground all US air travel

Turns out a bunch of the airline CEOs said that the new 5G radars that are getting put on for telecommunications, once they get turned on, it's going to affect a bunch of their planes landing. And that they're going to have to ground all US air travel tomorrow.

While there were some flight delays and cancellations, US air travel was not grounded 'all' at once, and 5G rollouts were managed with buffer zones around airports.
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#PMT-2022-0112-7417
Jersey JerryJersey Jerry

The elevator technicians union is one of the best and most lucrative trades to join

In the union's, there is elevator union. Biggest money can make one of the best unions there is. Wow. They like this guy's first year he'll he'll easily make probably 120 125 first year. I mean, you're talking about guys that that make over 200, 250 a year.

Elevator constructors (IUEC) are widely reported as the highest-paid trade in the construction industry, with salaries often exceeding six figures.
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#PMT-2021-1215-17833
HankHank

Robert Kraft's investment in a Call of Duty team is a genius move

Robert Kraft bought a Call of Duty team... everyone says that buying these roster spots is a waste of money... I would have agreed with them until Robert Kraft bought the top spot. Now genius investment.

The value of Call of Duty League franchises has been highly scrutinized since 2021, with many organizations struggling for profitability, making the 'genius' label subjective and likely premature.
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#PMT-2021-1208-7203
Billy FootballBilly Football

NFTs are becoming more valuable than diamonds

Turns out there's a bunch of new diamonds that are fake, but no one can tell the difference... De Beers is totally panicking because now diamonds have no value. So Hot Seat: Diamond... NFTs are kind of more valuable than diamonds, I think about it.

The NFT market crashed significantly after early 2022, while diamonds maintained value.
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#PMT-2021-1119-10713
Billy FootballBilly Football

The new Pardon My Take NFTs are unstealable and cannot be copied

But you yourself can own one of these NFTs, the auction starting soon and they can't be copied. These ones can not be copied. I went, it's going to take a little longer stress testing. These ones are going to be rock solid NFTs. These are unstealable. Don't even try it. Folks cannot steal the high security.

The fundamental nature of digital images used in NFTs means they can always be 'copied' (saved) even if ownership on the blockchain remains fixed. Billy's claim of them being 'unstealable' is a common crypto-optimist exaggeration.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1027-7733
Mike FlorioMike Florio

The Buccaneers had no legal right to reclaim Tom Brady's 600th touchdown ball from the fan

I looked at the season ticket agreement. I looked at the general ticket agreement... there's nothing on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tickets that would give them the right to go get it... I don't think they'd have a leg to stand on if it would end up in court.

Legal consensus generally agrees that once an item is gifted by a team representative with 'apparent authority,' ownership transfers to the fan.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1027-7734
Mike FlorioMike Florio

Mike Evans had 'apparent authority' to give the football away, making the gift final

He has the apparent authority to scoop up a football on a touchdown he scored and hand it to a fan forever done over, no give backs, no take backs. Once that transfer is committed from the fan's perspective, that fan's got the right to assume that Mike Evans has the authority to surrender that football.

This is a correct application of contract and property law in the context of professional sports souvenirs.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1027-7735
Mike FlorioMike Florio

There is a greater than 50% chance Dan Snyder is forced to sell the Washington Football Team

I'd say once somebody with the power to get to the bottom of it gets involved [Congress], it gets north of 50... Once we know about some of the things that Beth Wilkinson, the investigator found, yeah, I think it becomes untenable at that point publicly for Snyder to continue.

Dan Snyder was eventually forced to sell the team in 2023 for $6.05 billion.
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