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Sports owners face scrutiny for multi-sided financial deals

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Several high-profile sports owners are facing scrutiny for engaging in related-party transactions where they had financial interests on multiple sides of a deal. Steve Ballmer, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was fined $30 million by the NBA for facilitating endorsement deals for Kawhi Leonard through a company Ballmer had invested in. Manchester City F.C.'s owner also faced financial charges from the Premier League for similar arrangements. Additionally, Mark Walter, former owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, is under investigation for lending billions from his insurers to companies within his own financial empire. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Joshua Hong ·

    Lakers, Clippers, Man City: why do so many sports owners have money on both sides of a situation?

    Related-party deals are legal and everywhere in sports. A string of 2026 cases highlights their increasing centrality in ownership.

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