The Philadelphia Eagles are targeted on Tremendous Bowl LIX, and group proprietor Jeffrey Lurie isn’t paying any thoughts to anything, not even the 73-year-old’s hyperlink to the upcoming sale of the Boston Celtics franchise.
Lurie, a Boston native and graduate of Boston College, turned the newest billionaire tied to the awaited sale of the illustrious franchise when The Ringer’s Invoice Simmons reported that Lurie was among the many first spherical of consumers. The Celtics had been stated to have acquired their first spherical of bids in January, and whereas Lurie’s $5.3 billion web value qualifies for participation, the NFL franchise proprietor rejected the rumor throughout Tremendous Bowl Opening Evening.
“I’d by no means say by no means, however I’m not trying to personal one other sports activities franchise,” Lurie knowledgeable reporters, per The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin. “The Celtics once more are distinctive, they’re so nicely run, they’re so proficient, it’s my childhood group. Nevertheless, I don’t count on that to occur.”
The Eagles had been offered to Lurie for $185 million in 1994 after he took out a mortgage to finalize the sale. Philadelphia has captured one Vince Lombardi Trophy beneath Lurie’s tenure in Tremendous Bowl LII over the New England Patriots. Now, with an opportunity to win a second title, the franchise’s worth has skyrocketed to over $6 billion, in response to Forbes.
That’s roughly throughout the ballpark of what the Celtics are anticipated to promote for 23 years after proprietor Wyc Grousbeck and Boston Basketball Companions L.L.C. purchased the group for $360 million in 2002. That’s lower than half the present price of Boston’s beginning lineup of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Vacation and Derrick White — their mixed contracts whole over $900 million.
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“Wyc has been an impressive proprietor,” Lurie continued, per Reuben Frank of NBC Sports activities Philadelphia. “I like the way in which they’ve developed that group. We’ve obtained to have fun so many banners over time. However it’s not one thing that’s prime of thoughts. My complete focus is on my love of the Eagles and to win one other Tremendous Bowl for Philadelphia. I’m obsessed, as you recognize.”
Lurie and the Eagles are on a title pursuit of their very own, set to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Tremendous Bowl Sunday for the second time in three years. Philadelphia has vengeance on its thoughts following its first loss to Kansas Metropolis in 2023. This time, Lurie’s Eagles have an opportunity to stop the Chiefs from capturing the NFL’s first three-peat because the begin of the Tremendous Bowl period (1966).
That enterprise is difficult sufficient with the red-hot streak Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are at the moment on.
The Celtics, in the meantime, will keep their concentrate on defending their title. Boston’s gone 35-15 because the No. 2 seed within the Jap Convention, and although the wage is a hefty tab for its subsequent proprietor to choose up, that isn’t stopping the entrance workplace from exploring methods to enhance earlier than Thursday’s NBA commerce deadline.
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