WHOA: Private Equity Firms Buying Up Kids Hockey, Banning Recordings [View all]

Instead, parents are forced to subscribe to these companies’ exclusive recording and streaming service, which can cost many times more than the streaming costs for professional sporting events.

By Susie Madrak — November 18, 2025

Sweet baby Jesus. It's not enough that they've recklessly inflated the national housing market, private equity firms are now buying up kids' sports teams and even locking down the rights of parents to record games -- instead, offering their own expensive recording and streaming service. Via The Lever:

There’s an ironclad truism in youth sports: Every parent turns into an ESPN 30 for 30 documentarian as soon as they have a video recording device in hand and their kid is in the game.

Some record the games and post them online so family members and friends who can’t attend in person can watch their kids play. Sometimes they do so to attract the attention of college scouts or help players hone their craft. Some people just want to preserve the memories.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/11/whoa-private-equity-firms-buying-kids

This is just totally fucked up...............there needs to be a law...........yes a law against this shit...............