Comments on: The Green Bay Packers Go Up For Sale and I Almost Fall For It.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:17 +0000

Ooooooh maybe I got it from you??? Thanks dude! I’d LOVE to invest in a model ;) (bow chicka wha wha)

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:02:23 +0000

I had written about investing in fashion models, where I mentioned the minor league player selling part of future contract. The player you are looking for is Randy Newsom.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:37:49 +0000

@Mercedes – Yeah, that’s MUCH better than raising rates/prices for sure — good call ;) You should totally pick up one up! Maybe someone will see this and get it for you for Xmas?
@Cordelia – Haha… I dunno I just found it on the internets ;) There’s probably a ton in Flickr creative commons? (best thing I ever linked to, huh?)
@Evan – Okay, then you get only .00001% ;) Better?
@Justin Wright – Haha… you can say that anytime you want anyways ;) It’s like you’ll ever have to prove it!
@Jenna, Adaptu Community Manager – You know you want one.
@lindsay – Wowwwwwww!! Super Bowl Ring??? I WANT!!! haha… Sold! Give me 100 shares! :)
@Matt, Tao of Unfear – I’ll happily buy one of your pieces of paper, sir. $5.00? $10? I only want to own you 1 hour a week in the summer. I hate doing my lawn.

By: Matt, Tao of Unfear

Matt, Tao of Unfear — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:25:33 +0000

“The Packers intend initially to offer up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock in the Offering, but the Packers have the authority to offer up to 880,000 shares of Common Stock and reserve the right to increase the size of the Offering at any time without further notice.”

You know, there are going to be a quarter million shares, or a million, or infinity. Whichever’s more. ;)

I think I’m going to print off a bunch of certificates that allow people to own a part of me. But this shouldn’t be construed as “owning” me in the common sense of the term. It should only be construed as owning me in the sense of buying a piece of paper.

By: lindsay

lindsay — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +0000

I grew up in Green Bay and my dad owns stock from when they sold some in the 90’s (he also has some Frozen Tundra from the old stadium in his freezer – gotta keep it cold!). It’s not about making money; it’s about contributing to the team and the town. As a stockholder, you do get invited to a shareholders meeting and you get updates in the mail. Plus, last year when they won the Super Bowl, shareholders had the option to buy a Super Bowl ring since they own a part of the team. My dad was a bit miffed the ring said “shareholder” instead of “owner,” but still – what other team and what other fans have the option to have their very own Super Bowl ring?

When the Packers win, people come to Green Bay and spend money, which gets recirculated into the city through the people who own and work for hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, and yes, the Packers as an organization (everybody knows somebody who works there). And if that’s not enough reason to be a fan, then I don’t know what is.

By: Jenna, Adaptu Community Manager

Jenna, Adaptu Community Manager — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:26:37 +0000

Unless you’re a hard core sports fan, this seems a little extreme (and risky!)

By: Justin Wright

Justin Wright — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:20:58 +0000

Since I grew up near Green Bay and am a die hard Packer fan, I do think it would be cool to own a share. If anyone ever asks what I do, I could just say I’m a partial owner of an NFL team :)

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:19:00 +0000

If the Falcons did it I would pay double! lol

Also I would 1000% buy 1/25th of this blog for 200 bucks lol but then you are only valuing the site at $5k a little low HA

By: Cordelia

Cordelia — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:52:03 +0000

Is that Hammertime image free for anyone to use? Because I am so totally ganking it for one of my posts if it is. :D

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:43:54 +0000

I personally may buy a piece of stock in the Packers. I think it is great that they raise money this way rather than increasing the price of concessions or parking or many of the other things that privately owned teams do.

Yeah, it isn’t stock in the sense that you will gain any money on it, but if it’ll help this team add more seats to their stadium (which I had the pleasure of visiting last year) I just may do it. Green Bay as a town doesn’t have much to offer (it’s a ghost town on non game days) but when the Pack is in town, you can just feel the pride that the City of Green Bay has in the THEIR team.

Which is what may set me over the edge to spend the money. Even if the only thing I may get out of it is a piece of paper, and like Rachael said, maybe it’ll bring me that much closer to season tickets. (But probably not because people will those things down generations and generations and families hardly ever give them up!)