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Chris Deluzio: “Private equity vultures buy up local leagues and facilities…”

Featuring: Chris Deluzio, Democratic | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 08:05

And their playbook is very different from the rec leagues or the little league organization. The nonprofits that I grew up playing with and I was … Private equity vultures buy up local leagues and facilities, tack on junk fees, and lock families into their system. … practices that our bill targets and what our bill does to fix it. One of that category of practices is this take it or leave it terms that trap families in. (08:05–08:11)

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Asserts that private equity firms engage in practices that financially burden families in youth sports.

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