Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee frolic and detour regarding the fitness of rich folk to buy chunks of NFL teams has given us the opportunity to “sprain” a little news. (Nod to the guys at the Dan Patrick Show.)
Contrary to all prior reports on the topic, “Fergie” of the Black Eyed Peas is not a partial owner of the Miami Dolphins. Yet.
(And the crowd collectively gasps.)
The confusion arises from the news that Fergie was approved by a sufficient number of owners earlier this month to become a limited partner in the Dolphins organization. Harvey Greene, the Senior Vice President -- Media Relations of the Miami Dolphins, tells us that approval was obtained in advance of the partial purchase.
"[A]t this point in time Fergie isn’t a limited partner of the team,” Greene told us by e-mail. “While she has been pre-approved by the NFL as a limited partner, that transaction has not yet formally been consummated by our ownership group.”
There’s no reason to think it won’t happen. At this point, however, the deal has not been done.
Greene also tells us that Jennifer Lopez is not a limited partner in the team and owns no portion of it. Instead, the limited partnership has been acquired by her husband, Marc Anthony.
UPDATE: Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Daily properly characterized Fergie’s status on October 14.
