Anyone looking to sell or know who may be interested in selling their youth club polo program?

Club - Boys
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Looking to connect with anyone who may be considering selling or transitioning ownership of a youth water polo club/program.

My primary interest is a boys program in Southern California, though I’m also open to opportunities in Northern California and elsewhere across the country, including both boys-only and combined boys and girls programs.

Whether you’re actively looking to sell, considering a transition in the near future, or simply interested in having a conversation about what that could look like, I’d be happy to connect.

Rather than publicly announcing anything, feel free to privately email me: sinkorswim.wp@gmail.com

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I may have a lead. I’ll forward your email.

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I smell Private Equity…:rofl::rofl:

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I’ve often thought about how much longer before PE takes over youth sports.

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I will bid for ODP. I already cracked the economic model with ODP 7x7, ODP 4x4, and my extra secret sauce is ODP for 12U, which seems to be the most popular age group. It will be a prep course for ODP.
Now when I put more thought on it, I might also add ODP for even and odd years and 1Q+2Q and 3Q+4Q. Infinite opportunities.

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Fair enough, I will bid for ODP 10U and even a new 8U, where everybody qualifies and everybody pays

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It’s been happening, and now congress wants to regulate it

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@wp2024 is my spirit animal.

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Open Gym Premier (basketball/volleyball) expanded from 1 site in Anaheim in 2020/2021 to 5 sites in SoCal, NorCal, and Texas and their signature app, player and game tracker and tournament circuit, Grassroots365 is state wide. They say they are above it but there is no way that happened without private investment.

I would actually be interested what would happen if a PE group took over an Orange County polo club…this is such a culty, bro driven, old boys network sport that an actual adult, well funded, businessman/person who could give 2 shits about how many CIF titles, JO, or international medals people have won might flip the sport on its head.

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Don’t forget to add the concept of an academy on top of your plan so that there are other avenues for people to spend :rofl:

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Brilliant!

But USAWP already did two of these

Pre-ODP ODP camps

Youth 2005 (odd) girls team a few years back

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And this system has to include automatic reclassification for graduating year. Optional upgrade to change birth year (very pricey).

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Buy two water polo clubs and every couple years the staff from one club leaves for the other. The coaches would take kids with them creating a closed loop club hopping system.

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