Private Equity Investments in Sports

Private equity has officially arrived in college sports. In December 2025, the University of Utah made history by partnering with Otro Capital to raise an estimated $500 million in private capital, the first deal of its kind in NCAA athletics. Join us as Jeremy Levine from Stony Brook University unpacks this groundbreaking event, exploring how private equity funds operate, why collegiate athletics have become an attractive investment, and what this means for the future for athletes, coaches, universities and alternative investments.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Sport Business and the Manuel Stamatakis Center for Alternative Investments.