{"id":198053,"date":"2026-02-28T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198053\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:29:28","slug":"nfl-legend-drew-brees-is-interested-in-buying-mlb-team-san-diego-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198053\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL legend Drew Brees is interested in buying MLB team San Diego Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NFL legend Drew Brees is evaluating an opportunity to enter Major League Baseball ownership with interest in the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brees started his NFL career with the then-San Diego Chargers, where he played from 2001 to 2005. His history in the city provides a natural link as he considers a role in the Padres\u2019 ownership structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this month, Brees was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a career highlighted by a Super Bowl title with the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Matt Thomas\/San Diego Padres\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6ce2e1e611f6050504073ba8842cf59d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Matt Thomas\/San Diego Padres\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Brees\u2019 San Diego ties add context to joint bid interest<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7071964\/2026\/02\/26\/padres-sale-drew-brees-joe-kudla-vuori\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Athletic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Athletic<\/a>, the Pro Football Hall of Famer has teamed up with Vuori founder Joe Kudla in an effort to align with a bidding group pursuing the franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reports indicate that Brees and Kudla are connected to one of five groups that submitted initial bids ahead of the February 25 deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Padres were placed on the market in November 2025. A transaction could be completed before the 2026 MLB season begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moving into team ownership would represent a significant next step in Drew Brees\u2019 post-playing ventures since retiring in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Rising MLB valuations frame potential sale<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Padres previously sold for $800 million in 2012. Franchise values across Major League Baseball have since climbed, underscored by the New York Mets\u2019 $2.42 billion sale in 2020, a league record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With five groups entering the bidding process, competition for the Padres is expected to be considerable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Should Brees become part of a successful bid, he would join a growing list of former elite athletes transitioning into ownership roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The timeline suggests a resolution could arrive ahead of Opening Day in 2026. For now, Brees\u2019 involvement signals expanding business ambitions beyond his football legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL legend Drew Brees is evaluating an opportunity to enter Major League Baseball ownership with interest in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[15443,60937,3834,6417,752,92146,74,76,75,2611,92147,92148],"class_list":["post-198053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-diego","tag-drew-brees","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-ownership-structure","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-team-ownership","tag-the-new-york-mets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}