If you want to own a College Basketball team, UNLV is up for sale in wild, but smart, $10 million proposition
Forget about owning an NBA team in Las Vegas, just buy the UNLV basketball team.No, you aren’t reading that wrong. A college hoops team has decided to lean into this era of NIL and revenue-sharing by putting its squad up for sale, at least according to UNLV head coach Josh Pastner and the athletic department.In a world that is already filled with college boosters helping pay the steep salaries that come with transfer portal players or high school athletes, UNLV is just saying the quiet part out loud when it comes to purchasing an entire team.Another crisis for Bill Belichick: UNC places GM Michael Lombardi on administrative leave amid investigationFor years, there have been Las Vegas entrepreneurs hoping to bring a team to Las Vegas, in hopes of joining the other professional leagues that have found a home in 'Sin City'.But, Josh Pastner is hoping someone will bite on his proposition to ditch the NBA aspirations and put a fraction of that potential costs into college hoops.CLOCK IS TICKING AS SENATORS TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL PUSH FOR SEC, BIG TEN BUY-IN ON COLLEGE SPORTS BILL"Buy the college basketball team.
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Forget about owning an NBA team in Las Vegas, just buy the UNLV basketball team.No, you aren’t reading that wrong. A college hoops team has decided to lean into this era of NIL and revenue-sharing by putting its squad up for sale, at least according to UNLV head coach Josh Pastner and the athletic department.In a world that is already filled with college boosters helping pay the steep salaries that come with transfer portal players or high school athletes, UNLV is just saying the quiet part out loud when it comes to purchasing an entire team.Another crisis for Bill Belichick: UNC places GM Michael Lombardi on administrative leave amid investigationFor years, there have been Las Vegas entrepreneurs hoping to bring a team to Las Vegas, in hopes of joining the other professional leagues that have found a home in 'Sin City'.But, Josh Pastner is hoping someone will bite on his proposition to ditch the NBA aspirations and put a fraction of that potential costs into college hoops.CLOCK IS TICKING AS SENATORS TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL PUSH FOR SEC, BIG TEN BUY-IN ON COLLEGE SPORTS BILL"Buy the college basketball team. You can be the owner of the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men’s basketball team, and it’s a lot less expensive," Josh Pastner told Taylor Rocha. "You don’t have to spend over a billion dollars to own our team.
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- Forget about owning an NBA team in Las Vegas, just buy the UNLV basketball team.No, you aren’t reading that wrong. A college hoops team has decided to lean into this era of NIL and revenue-sharing by putting its squad up for sale, at least according to UNLV head coach Josh Pastner and the athletic department.In a world that is already filled with college boosters helping pay the steep salaries that come with transfer portal players or high school athletes, UNLV is just saying the quiet part out loud when it comes to purchasing an entire team.Another crisis for Bill Belichick: UNC places GM Michael Lombardi on administrative leave amid investigationFor years, there have been Las Vegas entrepreneurs hoping to bring a team to Las Vegas, in hopes of joining the other professional leagues that have found a home in 'Sin City'.But, Josh Pastner is hoping someone will bite on his proposition to ditch the NBA aspirations and put a fraction of that potential costs into college hoops.CLOCK IS TICKING AS SENATORS TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL PUSH FOR SEC, BIG TEN BUY-IN ON COLLEGE SPORTS BILL"Buy the college basketball team.
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If you want to own a College Basketball team, UNLV is up for sale in wild, but smart, $10 million proposition
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