• Billionaire tech entrepreneur Lin Bin has a deal in place to acquire 1% of the Dolphins and its affiliated businesses at a valuation of $12.5 billion. The valuation for the enterprise is a new high-water mark for deals including stakes in NFL teams, surpassing the Giants’ sale of 10% at above $10 billion last year.
• The NFLPA zeroed in on three finalists to become its next permanent executive director, according to The Athletic: Current interim E.D. David White, former NFLPA President and Chief Strategy Officer J.C. Tretter, and American Conference Commissioner Tim Pernetti. The election could come at meetings March 13-18.
• Veteran NFLPA Chief Player Officer Don Davis will leave the union after 16 years, interim Executive Director David White informed staff and players Wednesday. Davis was hired in 2010 and oversaw a team that helps protect bargained rights and helps players make the most of union and league support programs.
• Align Technology’s Invisalign orthodontic system, an NFL corporate sponsor since 2020, renewed for an additional five years with the league, reports SBJ’s Terry Lefton in this week’s SBJ Marketing newsletter.
• SBJ Bret McCormick’s “Great Ideas in VVIP Experiences” project includes NFL offerings such as The Super Bowl on the Fifty and the Texans’ Lone Star Ballroom and M Club Blue