LL Cool J is reportedly half a gaggle seeking to bid on 22 regional sports activities channels that Disney is being pressured to promote — and Ice Dice is on board too.
In accordance with TMZ Sports activities, Disney acquired the stations as half its $71 billion cope with 21st Century Fox. Disney is already the bulk proprietor ESPN and proudly owning the 22 stations would enable them to monopolize the market.
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The deal is anticipated to vary in value from $15 to $25 billion. Fortuitously for Dice and LL, they have already got a robust accomplice, billionaire Carolyn Rafaelian. Different potential bidders embody non-public fairness corporations Apollo International Administration, Blackstone Group and he Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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If LL and Dice win the bid, they’d personal channels corresponding to Fox Sports activities San Diego, Fox Sports activities Arizona, Fox Sports activities Detroit, Fox Sports activities Southwest and extra.
Preliminary bids are due on Thursday (November eight).
Dice is already waist-deep in his BIG3 Basketball League, so it’s unsurprising the sports activities fanatic needs to take a leap into sports activities tv.