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Eli Manning could reportedly follow in Tom Brady’s footsteps and go from Super Bowl-winning quarterback to the world of NFL team ownership.
Last week, news broke that New York Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch are looking to sell a 10 percent minority stake in the football team. Mara and Tisch’s families each own 50 percent of the club.
Speculation is growing that Eli Manning, arguably the greatest quarterback in franchise history, could become part-owner of the team that he led for 16 interviews. During a January interview with CNBC, the two-time Super Bowl champion expressed interest in buying a Giants’ minority stake:
“It’s definitely something of interest. There’s probably only one team I’d be interested in pursuing, and it’s the one I played for for 16 years, and it’s local, and makes the most sense, but we just got to figure out if they would ever sell a little bit.”
Former New York Giants QB Eli Manning is reportely trying to purchase part of the New York Giants FRANCHISE.
ELI MANNING NFL OWNER pic.twitter.com/LHQZrducOu
— NFL Rumors (@nflrums) February 16, 2025
The 44-year-old Eli Manning is already part-owner of NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League. He made over $250 million in career earnings as a quarterback plus endorsements outside of football.
Forbes valued the Giants at $7.3 billion in August, the fourth-most expensive NFL franchise behind the Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots.
Tom Brady was approved as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders in October. The seven-time Super Bowl champion and three-time league MVP is also part owner of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces and the Birmingham City F.C. team in England.
Since Manning retired from football in 2020, the Giants have been among football’s worst teams. They made the postseason once in 2022 but otherwise have mostly been in contention for top-five picks instead of playoff appearances.
If Eli Manning joined the Giants’ ownership group, he would surely have a better idea and vision on how to build a winner than Mara and Tisch. If not for the heroics of Manning in the 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl-winning seasons, who knows how much worse the franchise would look throughout the entire 21st century?
