If the cowboys sold shares of the team like green bay did would you buy one?

[dcstands4]

A few years ago the packers did this and they sold out in no time. If we did it would it have the same success? Would you buy one? I think shares were 250 or 500 a piece.

 

[perrykemp]

I've seen it voiced that the Packers being able to essentially "print money" anytime they want through one of their stock offerings is an unfair advantage for the other 31 teams in the NFL. The value of each share of stock they sell for $250 is like $0.01.

Having said that, if the Cowboy did it just about every Cowboys fan would eventually get a share via gifting or otherwise and I'd expect the Cowboys could generate $1B or more from it.

 

[Questfor6]

A few years ago the packers did this and they sold out in no time. If we did it would it have the same success? Would you buy one? I think shares were 250 or 500 a piece.

It was 250 or around I believe, a buddy of mine bought one and they sent him a framed paper with his name and the his stock number. But no I wouldn't buy one because your basically throwing away 250 bucks for a piece of useless paper.

 

[Future]

I definitely would, but it will never happen. The Packers are and have been publicly owned. Jerruh is never going to do that.

 

[bayeslife]

I don't know if I would call it a useless piece of paper, it does mean you technically own a part of the team, which is cool. I wouldn't do it, but I also don't throw away $250 for a jersey, which many people love to do.

 

[xwalker]

It was 250 or around I believe, a buddy of mine bought one and they sent him a framed paper with his name and the his stock number. But no I wouldn't buy one because your basically throwing away 250 bucks for a piece of useless paper.

I assume that you can sell your shares. If you could have bought a share when Jerry bought the team, it would have significantly increased in value. I think he paid 140M and the team is now valued at 2.1B. That's a 1500% profit.

 

[cbow44]

I might even buy 2 shares.

 

[speedkilz88]

I assume that you can sell your shares. If you could have bought a share when Jerry bought the team, it would have significantly increased in value. I think he paid 140M and the team is now valued at 2.1B. That's a 1500% profit.

The ones the Packers sold are actually worthless. They are not like a "real" stock.

 

[warrior43]

I assume that you can sell your shares. If you could have bought a share when Jerry bought the team, it would have significantly increased in value. I think he paid 140M and the team is now valued at 2.1B. That's a 1500% profit.

You cannot sell Packer Stock i know that. Your literally getting just a piece of paper that says your owner of the Packers. There is no money value to the stock. You cant lose money on the stock you cant earn money from the stock. you give them $250 and they print a piece of paper thats says your owner and thats it.

 

[dcstands4]

The ones the Packers sold are actually worthless. They are not like a "real" stock.

yup that was the thing, there weren't shares where you could make or lose money. You couldn't even receive a VOTE at the annual meetings.(there are packer fans that own stock that gives them voting rights but this wasn't that kind). It was more of a sentimental thing. Which was limited to about 200 or so a person.

To be honest I was even gonna buy one and I wasn't even a Packer fan. ( I was gonna use it to hold over my Packer friends heads lol) but either way I would jump to do this if Jerry did it, I still am trying to get a brick. (that I can see one a year lol)

 

[JackWagon]

No way ... you buy stock in a company because the product they sell is a better product than others on the market ... i dont see that in this company.

 

[dcstands4]

My bad you did get voting rights with the shares...

 

[arglebargle]

The NFL grandfathered in the Packers' style of ownership. Otherwise it'd be against the 'rules'. The NFL has real strict standards for exactly who and what can be an owner, and how they have to be structured. No municipal ownership, no collective ownership. Too scary, too radical, the NFL wants single owners. Makes the collusion so much easier....

But were it to be, I'd sure snag a stock paper, if possible. Even if it means nothing, the Packers' example shows it would work....

 

[Supercowboy1986]

A few years ago the packers did this and they sold out in no time. If we did it would it have the same success? Would you buy one? I think shares were 250 or 500 a piece.

the OP'S question is if you would buy the stock, not if its worth anything or if its useless.

to answer the question, i would NOT pay "x" amount of money to "own" part of the team. However, there are ALOT of fans that would. they buy pieces of the turf for crying out loud.

 

[Picksix]

No way ... you buy stock in a company because the product they sell is a better product than others on the market ... i dont see that in this company.

No, you buy stock in a company because they make significant profits, which doesn't necessarily correlate with the quality of product. A lot of companies make a great product, but don't make a profit, so their stock value doesn't go up. The Cowboys are the most valuable franchise in sports, and the value is only going up, so I would absolutely own stock in them if I could (assuming it was real stock).

 

[dogberry]

I'd probably buy Bengals' stock or Clippers' paper before they started trying to win.

 

[Rockport]

I would buy a share and frame it and put it in my man cave.

 

[Teague31]

as many as I could afford

 

[rash]

as many as I could afford

True Cowboy fan.

I would even sell my house in order to buy 450,000 dollars worth of shares...

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Ugh, probably not. I don't think the cowboys are showing a long term trend upwards in market value. If anything it's leveled off the past few years.

I can't imagine them being worth much more than the 2.1 billion they are already valued at...