The Arian Foster IPO

A new concept to separate your money from your wallet. Pro athletes
selling stock in themselves. Arian Foster IPO coming out in a few weeks:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/want-a-piece-of-a-star-athlete-now-you-really-can-buy-one/?smid=tw-dealbook&seid=auto&_r=0

 

I miss the old Wall Street Sports....

 

what about the 13th Amendment?

Arian: I'm not ready to play.
Stockholder: I own you, get your ass in there.
Arian: Yessa Massa

 

Buy early, sell quickly. I learned that with that fucker last year.

 

When I worked on Wall St., some of the traders I knew were invested in boxers. Like race horses, they have a lot of expenses before they get to a big pay day.

I think some even invested in golfers.

 

The value of the brand would seem to rely a lot on the marketing
budget of The NFL without having to pay for it.

Hence, I wonder how The NFL feels about this.

 

Joe Frazier's pro career was bankrolled by a group including some Philly business guys and, from what I heard, a journalist named Larry Merchant.

 

I hear Sonny Liston had some backers too ...

I could swear Frank Thomas sold Frank Thomas bonds in the early '90s, but when I search "Frank Thomas Bonds" on Teh Google, I get 100 pages of steroids.

 

Cloverleaf was the group that backed the late great Smokin Joe. I'm not sure if Merchant was part of it and I suspect he wasn't because it would've been a conflict of interest. He was the SE of the Philadelphia Daily News at the time.

 

If Arian Foster were issuing an IPA I'd be much more interested

 

No one gives a shit about your stock holdings.

 

Beat me to it, you fucker.