Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney Buy Another Soccer Team: Can Dynamic Duo Turn Around Mexico Club?
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney Buy Another Soccer Team: Can Dynamic Duo Turn Around Mexico Club?
Actor and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds is buying another soccer team, adding a win to his sports assets after his previous attempt to buy an NHL team failed.
演員兼企業家瑞安·雷諾茲正在收購另一支足球隊，這爲他的體育資產增添了勝利，此前他試圖收購一支NHL球隊的嘗試失敗了。
Here's the latest on Reynolds's soccer ventures.
以下是雷諾茲足球事業的最新消息。
What Happened: Actors Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought a stake in Necaxa, a Mexican soccer team that plays in Liga MX.
發生了什麼：演員雷諾茲和羅伯·麥克爾亨尼購買了參加Liga MX的墨西哥足球隊Necaxa的股份。
Exiting owners of Necaxa include actress Eva Longoria and investors Al Tylis and Sam Porter, according to Variety.
據《綜藝》報道，Necaxa的退出所有者包括女演員伊娃·朗格利亞以及投資者艾爾·蒂利斯和山姆·波特。
The move followed Reynolds and McElhenney buying the Welsh soccer team Wrexham FC, which is one of the oldest soccer teams in the world. The acting duo brought an increased fan base to the team and help it through several promotions.
此舉是在雷諾茲和麥克爾亨尼收購威爾士足球隊雷克瑟姆足球俱樂部之後採取的，雷克瑟姆足球俱樂部是世界上歷史最悠久的足球隊之一。演藝二人組爲團隊帶來了更多的粉絲群，並通過多項促銷活動爲其提供了幫助。
Terms of the deal were not announced, but the minority investment was believed to be significant according to sources.
該交易的條款尚未公佈，但消息人士稱，少數股權投資被認爲意義重大。
Club Necaxa was valued in the low nine-figure range in 2021 when Tylis, Porter and Longoria bought around 50% of the franchise. The team was valued at around $200 million in a 2022 funding round that brought on new investors.
2021年，當提利斯、波特和朗格利亞購買了約50％的特許經營權時，Necaxa俱樂部的估值處於九位數的低位區間。在2022年的一輪融資中，該團隊的估值約爲2億美元，吸引了新的投資者。
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Why It's Important: While no media plans have been announced, Reynolds and McElhenney's purchase of Wrexham previously led to the docuseries "Welcome to Wrexham" airing on FX, a unit of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS).
爲何重要：儘管尚未公佈任何媒體計劃，但雷諾茲和麥克爾亨尼對雷克瑟姆的收購此前促成了沃爾特·迪斯尼公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：DIS）旗下的FX播出紀錄片《歡迎來到雷克瑟姆》。
Two seasons of the hit series have aired with a third set to premiere on May 2, 2024. The series won five Emmy Awards for its first season including Best Unstructured Reality Program.
這部熱門劇集已經播出了兩季，第三季定於2024年5月2日首播。該系列的第一季獲得了五項艾美獎，包括最佳非結構化現實節目。
Liga MX is the most-watched soccer league in the U.S., outdrawing the country's own Major League Soccer.
Liga MX是美國收視率最高的足球聯賽，超過了美國自己的美國職業足球大聯盟。
The league doesn't sell commercial rights in a package, instead allowing teams to negotiate their own deals. Necaxa's media rights in the U.S. currently belong to Univision, which is owned by TelevisaUnivision, a joint venture which counts Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) as the largest holder.
聯盟不以一攬子形式出售商業版權，而是允許球隊談判自己的協議。Necaxa在美國的媒體版權目前屬於Univision，該公司歸TelevisaUnivision所有。TelevisaUnivision是一家合資企業，該公司將Grupo Televisa（紐約證券交易所代碼：TV）視爲最大的持有者。
Major League Soccer previously discussed a merger with Liga MX. The two leagues have the Leagues Cup, which includes teams from both countries.
美國職業足球大聯盟此前曾討論過與Liga MX的合併。這兩個聯賽都有聯賽盃，其中包括來自兩個國家的球隊。
The new celebrity owners could help boost overall attention to Necaxa and Liga MX.
新的名人老闆可能有助於提高人們對Necaxa和Liga MX的總體關注。
While Necaxa had a string of success in the 1990s the team has struggled in recent years. In the 2023-2024 season, the team ranked ninth in Liga MX. The previous season saw a 17th place out of 18 teams finish in the Liga MX.
儘管Necaxa在20世紀90年代取得了一系列成功，但該團隊近年來一直在苦苦掙扎。在2023-2024賽季，該隊在Liga MX中排名第九。上個賽季出現了17分第四 在 Liga MX 的 18 支球隊中排名第一。
Similar to other soccer leagues, but unlike the MLS, Liga MX uses a promotion and relegation system that moves up the best teams each season and moves down the worst teams. The league suspended this system in 2020 in a move to last through 2026.
與其他足球聯賽類似，但與美國職業棒球大聯盟不同，Liga MX使用晉級和降級制度，每個賽季最好的球隊向上移動，最差的球隊向下移動。聯盟在2020年暫停了該系統，將持續到2026年。
Returning Necaxa to a higher position in the league and boosting the fan base could help the team negotiate better television deals on its own.
讓Necaxa在聯盟中重返更高的地位並擴大粉絲群可能有助於球隊自行談判更好的電視協議。
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