Financial reports just dropped indicating that both the Miami Dolphins and the Las Vegas Raiders have surpassed a $10 billion valuation in recent minority stake sales. Ten. Billion. Dollars. I tried to visualize that amount of money, and I think I smelled burnt toast. My brain literally short-circuited trying to process that level of wealth. The simulation is too aggressive.
Unfathomable Wealth
If I had ten billion dollars, I would buy an island, build a moat, and pay someone 100 grand a year just to swat mosquitoes away from my face. Instead, I am sitting in an apartment where the radiator hums so loudly it shakes the floorboards, agonizing over whether I can afford to add guacamole to my burrito order. The economic disparity between me and Stephen Ross is so vast it violates the laws of physics.
Sports Are Just Hedge Funds Now
We aren’t watching football anymore. We are watching incredibly wealthy investment portfolios aggressively bump into each other on a patch of grass. Every time a wide receiver catches a pass, a billionaire’s net worth increases by the GDP of a small nation. I am going to go lie down and try not to think about my student loans.
