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NFL coaching hot seat watch for 2 likely fired, and 4 more in trouble

NFL coaching hot seat watch for 2 likely fired, and 4 more in trouble

The NFL is, as we know, a business.

For coaches, that means you need to deliver wins or eventually, your time is going to run out.

Time ran out on Brian Daboll in New York City last week, as the New York Giants parted ways with their head coach. But in all likelihood more coaches are going to get some bad news over the coming weeks.

Given that, let’s check in on the status of some of the coaches around the league and see whether the heat is just hot, or if time is about to run out.

A common theme linking these coaches is the quarterback position.

The Kyler Murray experiment seems to be reaching an end in Arizona. While the Cardinals are linked to Murray through the end of next season due to his contract, it seems that the organization is looking to move on sooner rather than later. Now speculation is growing that Murray could find a different team for next season, if not a different sport.

That could open the door for Jonathan Gannon to remain in charge in the desert, but there is another concern.

Gannon came over after serving as the defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles, with an eye towards rebuilding that side of the ball in Arizona. But since his arrival, the Cardinals have consistently been in the bottom half of the league as a defense. Right now, Arizona is ranked 20th in Total Defense and 25th in Scoring Defense, last year they were 21st in Total Defense, and during his first season in Arizona the Cardinals were 31st in Scoring Defense.

Murray’s struggles certainly give Gannon’s tenure some context, but the failures on the defensive side of the ball might doom his time in the desert.

After the team parted ways with Chris Grier, word emerged out of Dolphins camp that the team still believed in Mike McDaniel, and the coach would get a chance to keep his job down the stretch.

Miami has responded with a pair of wins, including a surprising upset of the Buffalo Bills at home. And when you look at their schedule the rest of the season, Miami has winnable games against New Orleans, the Jets, and the Bengals.

Would six wins be enough to save McDaniel? Maybe, maybe not. But he at least has a shot, and it feels like his South Beach story is not completely written.

The speculation has been that Bills ownership doesn’t want to upset their apple cart ahead of the new stadium opening, but there can’t be acceptance of mediocrity just because of that. The Bills are 7-3, they are a good football team — but the question is: What is the breaking point?

If we assume Buffalo closes out the season strong against mediocre competition, but gets bounced early in the playoffs, at what point does another flameout fall at McDermott’s feet? If the Browns were to fire someone like Kevin Stefanski, who could potentially be Buffalo’s version of Andy Reid, would their interest be piqued at a possible upgrade?

There are a lot of unknowns, but time is running out for the beloved Bills to continue to eat bad playoff losses.

The only thing that might save Raheem Morris at this point is Michael Penix Jr. being out for the season. That’s bought him a little leeway, because there aren’t many coaches who would be expected to excel with Kirk Cousins and his obliterated arm.

Atlanta has seen some key areas of improvement in 2025, especially on defense — but that doesn’t change the fact that the expectations for the Falcons were to be a playoff team with Super Bowl potential last year, and now they’re on the verge of having one of the worst records in the league, while giving their first round pick to the Rams.

It puts a cherry on top to be swept by the Panthers, and witnessing Bryce Young set a franchise high against the Falcons. It was a stark reminder of how Carolina has passed Atlanta already on its ascent, while the Falcons are largely locked in limbo.

Morris is a good coach, but it’s unclear if he’s an organization builder. That could out him on the outs at the end of the year.

Do we really need to discuss this one? It’s truly difficult to find a worse coach in the NFL than Zac Taylor. For years the Bengals have been winning in spite of him, not because of him — and while it’s easy to hand wave off Taylor’s failings as a coach this season as a product of Joe Burrow’s injury, that’s making excuses for a sub-par guy.

Cincinnati would be a much better team with a more reliable coach at the helm. It’s just that simple. Coasting because of a cheap owner will only get you so far, and time has run out.

Often regarded as a brilliant coach saddled with a bad team, Kevin Stefanski can’t keep being Teflon while the Browns are routinely one of the worst teams in the NFL. Stefanski’s head coaching record is below .500 at this point, and while it’s nice to have two trophies for AP Coach of the Year, there’s also a reality that Cleveland did almost nothing in the playoffs despite those 11 win seasons.

We are hurtling towards a full tear down and rebuild with Myles Garrett being one of the few pieces worth keeping, along with the 2025 rookie class. There might not be a better time to find someone who can help reform the franchise than entering a draft with two first round picks on the way.

So much about football is timing. It appears Stefanski is the kind of guy who can take an established team and make them great, but not necessarily one who can lift a struggling franchise from bad to good. That could be his downfall with the Browns.

Already out: Brian Daboll (Giants), Brian Callahan (Titans)

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Deadspin | Open Championship tee times: Scheffler paired with LIV Golf’s DeChambeau, Hatton  Sep 27, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Team USA golfer Scottie Scheffler and golfer Bryson DeChambeau on the 11th hole on the penultimate day of competition for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images   World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is paired with LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton for the opening round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Thursday.   Scheffler, playing the Open Championship for the sixth time, arrived after missing the cut at the Scottish Open. It was the first time he failed to reach the weekend since the 2022 St. Jude Championship.   Scheffler has 11 sub-70 rounds in 20 total rounds in his Open Championship career.   He won the Open last year at Royal Portrush at 17-under par to run away with the Claret Jug. He has two other top-10 finishes among his previous five starts (T7 at Royal Troon in 2024 and T8 in his debut at the 2021 Open at Royal St. George’s).  Scheffler and DeChambeau have been partners for the United States in the Ryder Cup.  This is the ninth Open Championship for DeChambeau. He overcame a first-round 78 at Portrush last year to finish tied for 10th, his best showing since St. Andrews in 2022, when he tied for eighth. DeChambeau’s first-round score of 69 in 2022 is the only time he shot better than 70 on his opening 18 in the event.  Their group, which remains together for another 18 holes Friday, goes off for the first 18 ahead of a threesome of Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.  Matt Fitzpatrick and Rory McIlroy are playing with two-time major winner Xander Schauffele.  –Open Championship tee times   First round, Thursday   First tee (local time/ET)  6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas  6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan  6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan  7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean  7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick  7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate  7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)  7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith  8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)  8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury  8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)  8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren  8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth  9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune  9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard  9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee  9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland  9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day  9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau  10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm  10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor  10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig  10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)  10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt  11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald  11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)  11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen  11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman  12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter  12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)  12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama  12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber  12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger  12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis  1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li  1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick  1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)  1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima  1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)  2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert  2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston  2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott  2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard  2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka  3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg  3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick  3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)  3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria   3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta  3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow  4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen  4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)  Second round, Friday  First Tee (local time/ET)  6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen  6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman  6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter  7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)  7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama  7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber  7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger  7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis  8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li  8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick  8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)  8:26 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima  8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)  9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert  9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston  9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott  9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard  9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka  9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg  10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick  10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)  10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria  10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta  10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow  11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen  11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)  11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas  11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan  12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan  12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean  12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick  12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate  12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)  12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith  1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)  1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury  1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)  1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren  1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth  2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune  2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard  2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee  2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland  2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day  3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau  3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm  3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor  3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig  3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)  3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt  4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald  4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)   #Deadspin #Open #Championship #tee #times #Scheffler #paired #LIV #Golfs #DeChambeau #HattonSep 27, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Team USA golfer Scottie Scheffler and golfer Bryson DeChambeau on the 11th hole on the penultimate day of competition for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is paired with LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton for the opening round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Thursday.

Scheffler, playing the Open Championship for the sixth time, arrived after missing the cut at the Scottish Open. It was the first time he failed to reach the weekend since the 2022 St. Jude Championship.

Scheffler has 11 sub-70 rounds in 20 total rounds in his Open Championship career.

He won the Open last year at Royal Portrush at 17-under par to run away with the Claret Jug. He has two other top-10 finishes among his previous five starts (T7 at Royal Troon in 2024 and T8 in his debut at the 2021 Open at Royal St. George’s).

Scheffler and DeChambeau have been partners for the United States in the Ryder Cup.

This is the ninth Open Championship for DeChambeau. He overcame a first-round 78 at Portrush last year to finish tied for 10th, his best showing since St. Andrews in 2022, when he tied for eighth. DeChambeau’s first-round score of 69 in 2022 is the only time he shot better than 70 on his opening 18 in the event.

Their group, which remains together for another 18 holes Friday, goes off for the first 18 ahead of a threesome of Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Rory McIlroy are playing with two-time major winner Xander Schauffele.

–Open Championship tee times

First round, Thursday

First tee (local time/ET)

6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas

6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan

6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan

7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean

7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick

7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate

7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)

7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith

8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)

8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury

8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)

8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren

8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth

9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune

9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard

9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee

9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland

9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day

9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau

10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor

10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig

10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)

10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt

11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald

11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)

11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen

11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman

12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter

12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)

12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama

12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber

12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger

12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis

1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li

1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick

1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)

1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima

1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)

2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert

2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston

2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott

2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard

2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka

3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg

3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick

3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)


3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria

3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta

3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow

4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen

4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)

Second round, Friday

First Tee (local time/ET)

6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen

6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman

6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter

7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)

7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama

7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber

7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger

7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis

8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li

8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick

8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)

8:26 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima

8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)

9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert

9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston

9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott

9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard

9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka

9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg

10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick

10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)

10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria

10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta

10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow

11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen

11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)

11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas

11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan

12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan

12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean

12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick

12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate

12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)

12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith

1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)

1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury

1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)

1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren

1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth

2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune

2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard

2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee

2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland

2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day

3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau

3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor

3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig

3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)

3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt

4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald

4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)

#Deadspin #Open #Championship #tee #times #Scheffler #paired #LIV #Golfs #DeChambeau #Hatton">Deadspin | Open Championship tee times: Scheffler paired with LIV Golf’s DeChambeau, Hatton  Sep 27, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Team USA golfer Scottie Scheffler and golfer Bryson DeChambeau on the 11th hole on the penultimate day of competition for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images   World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is paired with LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton for the opening round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Thursday.   Scheffler, playing the Open Championship for the sixth time, arrived after missing the cut at the Scottish Open. It was the first time he failed to reach the weekend since the 2022 St. Jude Championship.   Scheffler has 11 sub-70 rounds in 20 total rounds in his Open Championship career.   He won the Open last year at Royal Portrush at 17-under par to run away with the Claret Jug. He has two other top-10 finishes among his previous five starts (T7 at Royal Troon in 2024 and T8 in his debut at the 2021 Open at Royal St. George’s).  Scheffler and DeChambeau have been partners for the United States in the Ryder Cup.  This is the ninth Open Championship for DeChambeau. He overcame a first-round 78 at Portrush last year to finish tied for 10th, his best showing since St. Andrews in 2022, when he tied for eighth. DeChambeau’s first-round score of 69 in 2022 is the only time he shot better than 70 on his opening 18 in the event.  Their group, which remains together for another 18 holes Friday, goes off for the first 18 ahead of a threesome of Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.  Matt Fitzpatrick and Rory McIlroy are playing with two-time major winner Xander Schauffele.  –Open Championship tee times   First round, Thursday   First tee (local time/ET)  6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas  6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan  6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan  7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean  7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick  7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate  7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)  7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith  8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)  8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury  8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)  8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren  8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth  9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune  9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard  9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee  9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland  9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day  9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau  10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm  10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor  10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig  10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)  10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt  11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald  11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)  11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen  11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman  12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter  12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)  12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama  12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber  12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger  12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis  1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li  1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick  1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)  1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima  1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)  2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert  2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston  2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott  2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard  2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka  3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg  3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick  3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)  3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria   3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta  3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow  4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen  4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)  Second round, Friday  First Tee (local time/ET)  6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen  6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman  6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter  7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)  7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama  7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber  7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger  7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis  8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li  8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick  8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)  8:26 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Johnny Kiefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima  8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svansson, Jack Buchanan (a)  9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert  9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston  9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott  9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard  9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka  9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Luvig Aberg  10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick  10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)  10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria  10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta  10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow  11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen  11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)  11:41 a.m./6:41 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas  11:52 a.m./6:52 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan  12:03 p.m./7:03 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan  12:14 p.m./7:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean  12:25 p.m./7:25 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick  12:36 p.m./7:36 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate  12:47 p.m./7:47 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)  12:58 p.m./7:58 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith  1:09 p.m./8:09 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)  1:20 p.m./8:20 a.m.: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury  1:31 p.m./8:31 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)  1:42 p.m./8:42 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren  1:53 p.m./8:53 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth  2:09 p.m./9:09 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune  2:20 p.m./9:20 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard  2:31 p.m./9:31 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee  2:42 p.m./9:42 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland  2:53 p.m./9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day  3:04 p.m./10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau  3:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm  3:26 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor  3:37 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig  3:48 p.m./10:48 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)  3:59 p.m./10:59 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt  4:10 p.m./11:10 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald  4:21 p.m./11:21 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)   #Deadspin #Open #Championship #tee #times #Scheffler #paired #LIV #Golfs #DeChambeau #Hatton

Expanding technology and resale options were supposed to make obtaining tickets to sporting events easier than ever, but instead it’s become a hellscape. Scalpers dominate online platforms, ensuring that desirable events sell out immediately, causing local sports fans to miss out unless they’re willing to pay exorbitant prices for fear of missing out.

It’s now been revealed that one of the biggest stakeholders in online ticket sales is helping fund the very people ruining ticket sales for sports fans. An investigative report by the CBC uncovered information inside StubHub’s IPO filing from last November, which revealed that CEO Eric Baker also runs a hedge fund which scalps tickets, and provides funding to scalpers.

When asked for comment, StubHub reiterated its public-facing comment that the company doesn’t own or hold any tickets itself.

“StubHub does not own, possess, or sell tickets. We are a technology platform that connects independent buyers and sellers. (Think: eBay).”

This comment conveniently ignores that some of these “independent buyers” are being directly aided by the CEO of the company. Of course, the devil is in the details. Nobody is accusing StubHub of owning the tickets for their own sale, but it’s now clear that the top of the company is heavily invested in inflating its own marketplace. We discussed this fundamental issue late in the NBA and NHL playoffs, with how reselling sites like StubHub have a vested interest in scalpers, because their percentage-based resale fees are better for the company when event tickets soar — while also giving them multiple bites of the apple if the tickets are sold multiple times on the platform.

Baker, the StubHub CEO, reportedly is a large stakeholder in “Andro Capital,” a hedge fund based out of Los Angeles, which offers loan funding to large scale ticket purchasing operates which have the express purpose of buying tickets and reselling them for profit on platforms like StubHub.

Filing documents for Andro Capital show the hedge fund was formed in March of 2024, 18 months before StubHub announced it was going public in an IPO filing. In that filing to the SEC StubHub revealed its deep relationship with Andro, including this key detail from 2024:

On April 15, 2024, as part of our ongoing relationship with Andro, we entered into an agreement with the Andro Fund under which we agreed to cover certain costs incurred by Andro in connection with ticket management services.

StubHub was not required to divulge the totality of this agreement with Andro Fund, but having the company “cover certain costs incurred” raises mammoth red flags. That theoretically means that the hedge fund could have waived reselling feels on the seller side of the transaction, thereby incentivizing the fund to scalping operations. In short, the business flow could look like this:

  1. A scalping group has capital to buy massive amounts of tickets
  2. Rather than invest themselves, it’s better to invest their money in Andro to do the buying, because they have an agreement with StubHub to cover some of their expenses
  3. Andro profits off the inflated ticket sales
  4. StubHub benefits through massively inflated prices, which they profit off through buyer fees

That’s not all. The filing also lists “Colloquy LLC,” a subsidiary of Andro Capital, which serves as a loan servicing arm for tickets sellers — offering financing to mass buy tickets, which they resell on StubHub directly.

Under the terms of the Program Agreement, we refer certain of our sellers to Colloquy for the opportunity to enter into separate financing arrangements with Colloquy. Under such arrangements, it is anticipated that Colloquy may provide short-term financing to sellers based on those sellers’ existing and/or future expected proceeds generated through ticket sales on our platform.

Not only is Andro Capital its own ticket buyer, but it also runs an arm of the company that gives funding to sellers, based on referrals from StubHub itself. Essentially, the entire scalping business is fully intertwined with StubHub, from the CEO being involved in a large-scale seller AND offering funding to sellers.

The only person who loses out in this whole transaction are sports fans. The consumers who use the platform are being held hostage by ticket prices, which fundamentally wouldn’t be inflated to the same level without the input of StubHub. This is all legal from the SEC’s perspective due to a lack of oversight when it comes to hedge funds. There are few other industries in which a publicly traded company could be legally allowed to price fix to the level that is happening on StubHub, while trying to pretend with its public face that it’s just a platform for fans to sell to other fans.

There should be an immediate investigation into ticket pricing, as well as outlawing the kinds of predatory practices designed to inflate the wealth of StubHub and Andro Capital at the expense of consumers.

#StubHubs #CEO #helping #fund #biggest #ticket #scalpers">StubHub’s CEO is helping fund the biggest ticket scalpers  Expanding technology and resale options were supposed to make obtaining tickets to sporting events easier than ever, but instead it’s become a hellscape. Scalpers dominate online platforms, ensuring that desirable events sell out immediately, causing local sports fans to miss out unless they’re willing to pay exorbitant prices for fear of missing out.It’s now been revealed that one of the biggest stakeholders in online ticket sales is helping fund the very people ruining ticket sales for sports fans. An investigative report by the CBC uncovered information inside StubHub’s IPO filing from last November, which revealed that CEO Eric Baker also runs a hedge fund which scalps tickets, and provides funding to scalpers.When asked for comment, StubHub reiterated its public-facing comment that the company doesn’t own or hold any tickets itself.“StubHub does not own, possess, or sell tickets. We are a technology platform that connects independent buyers and sellers. (Think: eBay).”This comment conveniently ignores that some of these “independent buyers” are being directly aided by the CEO of the company. Of course, the devil is in the details. Nobody is accusing StubHub of owning the tickets for their own sale, but it’s now clear that the top of the company is heavily invested in inflating its own marketplace. We discussed this fundamental issue late in the NBA and NHL playoffs, with how reselling sites like StubHub have a vested interest in scalpers, because their percentage-based resale fees are better for the company when event tickets soar — while also giving them multiple bites of the apple if the tickets are sold multiple times on the platform.Baker, the StubHub CEO, reportedly is a large stakeholder in “Andro Capital,” a hedge fund based out of Los Angeles, which offers loan funding to large scale ticket purchasing operates which have the express purpose of buying tickets and reselling them for profit on platforms like StubHub.Filing documents for Andro Capital show the hedge fund was formed in March of 2024, 18 months before StubHub announced it was going public in an IPO filing. In that filing to the SEC StubHub revealed its deep relationship with Andro, including this key detail from 2024:On April 15, 2024, as part of our ongoing relationship with Andro, we entered into an agreement with the Andro Fund under which we agreed to cover certain costs incurred by Andro in connection with ticket management services.StubHub was not required to divulge the totality of this agreement with Andro Fund, but having the company “cover certain costs incurred” raises mammoth red flags. That theoretically means that the hedge fund could have waived reselling feels on the seller side of the transaction, thereby incentivizing the fund to scalping operations. In short, the business flow could look like this:A scalping group has capital to buy massive amounts of ticketsRather than invest themselves, it’s better to invest their money in Andro to do the buying, because they have an agreement with StubHub to cover some of their expensesAndro profits off the inflated ticket salesStubHub benefits through massively inflated prices, which they profit off through buyer feesThat’s not all. The filing also lists “Colloquy LLC,” a subsidiary of Andro Capital, which serves as a loan servicing arm for tickets sellers — offering financing to mass buy tickets, which they resell on StubHub directly.Under the terms of the Program Agreement, we refer certain of our sellers to Colloquy for the opportunity to enter into separate financing arrangements with Colloquy. Under such arrangements, it is anticipated that Colloquy may provide short-term financing to sellers based on those sellers’ existing and/or future expected proceeds generated through ticket sales on our platform.Not only is Andro Capital its own ticket buyer, but it also runs an arm of the company that gives funding to sellers, based on referrals from StubHub itself. Essentially, the entire scalping business is fully intertwined with StubHub, from the CEO being involved in a large-scale seller AND offering funding to sellers.The only person who loses out in this whole transaction are sports fans. The consumers who use the platform are being held hostage by ticket prices, which fundamentally wouldn’t be inflated to the same level without the input of StubHub. This is all legal from the SEC’s perspective due to a lack of oversight when it comes to hedge funds. There are few other industries in which a publicly traded company could be legally allowed to price fix to the level that is happening on StubHub, while trying to pretend with its public face that it’s just a platform for fans to sell to other fans.There should be an immediate investigation into ticket pricing, as well as outlawing the kinds of predatory practices designed to inflate the wealth of StubHub and Andro Capital at the expense of consumers.  #StubHubs #CEO #helping #fund #biggest #ticket #scalpers

instead it’s become a hellscape. Scalpers dominate online platforms, ensuring that desirable events sell out immediately, causing local sports fans to miss out unless they’re willing to pay exorbitant prices for fear of missing out.

It’s now been revealed that one of the biggest stakeholders in online ticket sales is helping fund the very people ruining ticket sales for sports fans. An investigative report by the CBC uncovered information inside StubHub’s IPO filing from last November, which revealed that CEO Eric Baker also runs a hedge fund which scalps tickets, and provides funding to scalpers.

When asked for comment, StubHub reiterated its public-facing comment that the company doesn’t own or hold any tickets itself.

“StubHub does not own, possess, or sell tickets. We are a technology platform that connects independent buyers and sellers. (Think: eBay).”

This comment conveniently ignores that some of these “independent buyers” are being directly aided by the CEO of the company. Of course, the devil is in the details. Nobody is accusing StubHub of owning the tickets for their own sale, but it’s now clear that the top of the company is heavily invested in inflating its own marketplace. We discussed this fundamental issue late in the NBA and NHL playoffs, with how reselling sites like StubHub have a vested interest in scalpers, because their percentage-based resale fees are better for the company when event tickets soar — while also giving them multiple bites of the apple if the tickets are sold multiple times on the platform.

Baker, the StubHub CEO, reportedly is a large stakeholder in “Andro Capital,” a hedge fund based out of Los Angeles, which offers loan funding to large scale ticket purchasing operates which have the express purpose of buying tickets and reselling them for profit on platforms like StubHub.

Filing documents for Andro Capital show the hedge fund was formed in March of 2024, 18 months before StubHub announced it was going public in an IPO filing. In that filing to the SEC StubHub revealed its deep relationship with Andro, including this key detail from 2024:

On April 15, 2024, as part of our ongoing relationship with Andro, we entered into an agreement with the Andro Fund under which we agreed to cover certain costs incurred by Andro in connection with ticket management services.

StubHub was not required to divulge the totality of this agreement with Andro Fund, but having the company “cover certain costs incurred” raises mammoth red flags. That theoretically means that the hedge fund could have waived reselling feels on the seller side of the transaction, thereby incentivizing the fund to scalping operations. In short, the business flow could look like this:

  1. A scalping group has capital to buy massive amounts of tickets
  2. Rather than invest themselves, it’s better to invest their money in Andro to do the buying, because they have an agreement with StubHub to cover some of their expenses
  3. Andro profits off the inflated ticket sales
  4. StubHub benefits through massively inflated prices, which they profit off through buyer fees

That’s not all. The filing also lists “Colloquy LLC,” a subsidiary of Andro Capital, which serves as a loan servicing arm for tickets sellers — offering financing to mass buy tickets, which they resell on StubHub directly.

Under the terms of the Program Agreement, we refer certain of our sellers to Colloquy for the opportunity to enter into separate financing arrangements with Colloquy. Under such arrangements, it is anticipated that Colloquy may provide short-term financing to sellers based on those sellers’ existing and/or future expected proceeds generated through ticket sales on our platform.

Not only is Andro Capital its own ticket buyer, but it also runs an arm of the company that gives funding to sellers, based on referrals from StubHub itself. Essentially, the entire scalping business is fully intertwined with StubHub, from the CEO being involved in a large-scale seller AND offering funding to sellers.

The only person who loses out in this whole transaction are sports fans. The consumers who use the platform are being held hostage by ticket prices, which fundamentally wouldn’t be inflated to the same level without the input of StubHub. This is all legal from the SEC’s perspective due to a lack of oversight when it comes to hedge funds. There are few other industries in which a publicly traded company could be legally allowed to price fix to the level that is happening on StubHub, while trying to pretend with its public face that it’s just a platform for fans to sell to other fans.

There should be an immediate investigation into ticket pricing, as well as outlawing the kinds of predatory practices designed to inflate the wealth of StubHub and Andro Capital at the expense of consumers.

#StubHubs #CEO #helping #fund #biggest #ticket #scalpers">StubHub’s CEO is helping fund the biggest ticket scalpers

Expanding technology and resale options were supposed to make obtaining tickets to sporting events easier than ever, but instead it’s become a hellscape. Scalpers dominate online platforms, ensuring that desirable events sell out immediately, causing local sports fans to miss out unless they’re willing to pay exorbitant prices for fear of missing out.

It’s now been revealed that one of the biggest stakeholders in online ticket sales is helping fund the very people ruining ticket sales for sports fans. An investigative report by the CBC uncovered information inside StubHub’s IPO filing from last November, which revealed that CEO Eric Baker also runs a hedge fund which scalps tickets, and provides funding to scalpers.

When asked for comment, StubHub reiterated its public-facing comment that the company doesn’t own or hold any tickets itself.

“StubHub does not own, possess, or sell tickets. We are a technology platform that connects independent buyers and sellers. (Think: eBay).”

This comment conveniently ignores that some of these “independent buyers” are being directly aided by the CEO of the company. Of course, the devil is in the details. Nobody is accusing StubHub of owning the tickets for their own sale, but it’s now clear that the top of the company is heavily invested in inflating its own marketplace. We discussed this fundamental issue late in the NBA and NHL playoffs, with how reselling sites like StubHub have a vested interest in scalpers, because their percentage-based resale fees are better for the company when event tickets soar — while also giving them multiple bites of the apple if the tickets are sold multiple times on the platform.

Baker, the StubHub CEO, reportedly is a large stakeholder in “Andro Capital,” a hedge fund based out of Los Angeles, which offers loan funding to large scale ticket purchasing operates which have the express purpose of buying tickets and reselling them for profit on platforms like StubHub.

Filing documents for Andro Capital show the hedge fund was formed in March of 2024, 18 months before StubHub announced it was going public in an IPO filing. In that filing to the SEC StubHub revealed its deep relationship with Andro, including this key detail from 2024:

On April 15, 2024, as part of our ongoing relationship with Andro, we entered into an agreement with the Andro Fund under which we agreed to cover certain costs incurred by Andro in connection with ticket management services.

StubHub was not required to divulge the totality of this agreement with Andro Fund, but having the company “cover certain costs incurred” raises mammoth red flags. That theoretically means that the hedge fund could have waived reselling feels on the seller side of the transaction, thereby incentivizing the fund to scalping operations. In short, the business flow could look like this:

  1. A scalping group has capital to buy massive amounts of tickets
  2. Rather than invest themselves, it’s better to invest their money in Andro to do the buying, because they have an agreement with StubHub to cover some of their expenses
  3. Andro profits off the inflated ticket sales
  4. StubHub benefits through massively inflated prices, which they profit off through buyer fees

That’s not all. The filing also lists “Colloquy LLC,” a subsidiary of Andro Capital, which serves as a loan servicing arm for tickets sellers — offering financing to mass buy tickets, which they resell on StubHub directly.

Under the terms of the Program Agreement, we refer certain of our sellers to Colloquy for the opportunity to enter into separate financing arrangements with Colloquy. Under such arrangements, it is anticipated that Colloquy may provide short-term financing to sellers based on those sellers’ existing and/or future expected proceeds generated through ticket sales on our platform.

Not only is Andro Capital its own ticket buyer, but it also runs an arm of the company that gives funding to sellers, based on referrals from StubHub itself. Essentially, the entire scalping business is fully intertwined with StubHub, from the CEO being involved in a large-scale seller AND offering funding to sellers.

The only person who loses out in this whole transaction are sports fans. The consumers who use the platform are being held hostage by ticket prices, which fundamentally wouldn’t be inflated to the same level without the input of StubHub. This is all legal from the SEC’s perspective due to a lack of oversight when it comes to hedge funds. There are few other industries in which a publicly traded company could be legally allowed to price fix to the level that is happening on StubHub, while trying to pretend with its public face that it’s just a platform for fans to sell to other fans.

There should be an immediate investigation into ticket pricing, as well as outlawing the kinds of predatory practices designed to inflate the wealth of StubHub and Andro Capital at the expense of consumers.

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