Michigan Ponders Private Equity Deal

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Mike and Rico discuss the news that Michigan and USC have discussed a potential private capital deal.

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0:00.0	We just had a moment. Hold on a second.
0:03.5	We'll get to what we were really going to do.
0:06.5	But Evan came in here in his little Sherpa coat or whatever the hell he's wearing.
0:10.2	He's acting like it's 20 degrees outside.
0:12.5	What the hell are you two talking about with USC and Michigan and this private equity big 10 thing?
0:16.8	So the Big Ten is trying to vote on whether they want to go private equity.
0:23.1	It basically would be a $2.4 billion private equity deal.
0:27.6	Oh, so my school still cries poor, though, right?
0:30.1	Yes.
0:30.6	But you know what?
0:31.4	At this point, you won't be able to cry.
0:33.0	Oh, okay.
0:34.1	Sounds like of the big, of the 10 schools, ha ha, actually 18, 16 of the big of the 10 schools,
0:42.2	ha ha, actually 18, 16 of the schools are on board with this.
0:45.5	Two schools are not on board with this deal.
0:46.4	Let me guess.
0:48.0	Carlton Banks is one of them.
0:49.1	It's Michigan.
0:50.4	Yep, that's right.
0:51.9	And it's USC.
0:54.4	The old Silver Spooners got a problem, huh?
1:02.5	So it sounds like Michigan has a problem, and the Michigan, their chairman, their board of regents spoke out, and Regent Jordan Acker says the Big Ten does not need to be sold
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