Guardrails For Private Equity: What Health Care Can Learn From The NFL Zirui Song May 29, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/guardrails-private-equity-health-care-can-learn-nfl?utm_campaign=forefront&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_csHvLeSY1QnmxtWn7Pw_SuBfIyRgtzDMxI_ng02JxdpN5F28C0ClAXe5oc3mf3kZIvoO7lWr30nRzUSQEjwyLorLIdw&_hsmi=421319073&utm_source=hasu NFL team owners voted in 2024 to allow private equity, for the first time, to buy stakes in their teams. Yet, the NFL—with owners who know the private sector well—built 10 key guardrails that health care has systematically lacked.