I promise that a majority of those who looked at the headline of this article immediate thought “you can’t buy a college football program” or “that would never happen.”
Well I promise you that it will happen. I might be retired at the time but it’ll happen in my lifetime.
However, I hope it never does.
Yesterday when I heard that the Boston Celtics are going to be sold for $6.1 billion to a private equity firm, I couldn’t help but wonder how much Nebraska football is worth. Or maybe, what is the Nebraska athletic department worth if it was put on an open market and sold to the highest bidder?
Well after a little research, apparently the Wall Street Journal already went into this a couple months ago.
That article did not have Nebraska in the top 10 but put a value on Ohio State at $1.957 billion.
However, a CNBC article ranked Nebraska 8th in the country and put the value at $943 million. This was a 2024 valuation and:
My reaction? If I was the good ole Nebraska U, there is no way I’m selling Nebraska football for $943 million.
How much would you sell Nebraska football for?