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The Colts Sale Remains a Weighing

By Amara Okonkwo, Lagos September 7, 2026 1 min read

TL;DR

Sports Business Journal files Carlie Irsay-Gordon shaping the Colts without a sale. Monday has no named buyer. A family hold is not a closing.

MSM Perspective

SBJ files the long game. Private-equity weighing is not a sale. Monday has no named buyer.

X Perspective

Feeds treat a franchise recap as already sold.

The Colts remain under family control with Carlie Irsay-Gordon as principal owner. [1] Sports Business Journal filed the long game without a named buyer. [1] Monday has no sale in fetched copy. A private-equity weighing is not a closing. Print a weighing. Do not print a sold franchise.

The NFL still waits on Wednesday night. That opener is not this desk. Leave a named sale to the edition that owns a named sale. A family hold is not a transaction. Print a weighing. Print not a buyer.

Print a weighing. Monday is not a Colts sale. Irsay-Gordon shaping a club is not a buyer. Print a weighing as Monday's named franchise hold. A 10 percent rumor is still not a closing. Print a family hold as still not a sale. Print a weighing as still the only honest Monday word.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos

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[1] https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/08/31/the-long-game-carlie-irsay-gordon-has-a-chance-to-shape-the-colts-and-the-nfl-for-decades-to-come/