Verdine White, veteran member of Earth, Wind & Fire, is making his first enterprise into sports possession as a brand new minority owner in Old Glory DC, the Washington space’s skilled rugby team.
Old Glory DC, the Washington space’s skilled rugby team, will play its first residence recreation of the season Saturday and the team has a brand new minority owner who simply so occurs to be a celebrity.
Verdine White, veteran member of soul band Earth, Wind & Fire, is making his first enterprise into sports possession.
“My good buddy eternally, Paxton Baker, concerned me in it, and we’ve been speaking about it for fairly a while. I advised him I wished to leap in with him. I’m a sports fanatic anyway,” White advised WTOP.
Baker is a enterprise govt and owns a stake within the Washington Nationals and Old Glory DC.
One of the explanations White was interested by investing in Old Glory DC is his affinity for the District.
“We’ve been coming to D.C. eternally. D.C. is form of like the place Earth, Wind & Fire received launched,” stated White. “You know, we actually broke large in D.C. And it’s at all times been like a second residence to us. … In the start of our profession, we had been going to maneuver to D.C. as a result of we had been taking part in there a lot.”
White is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a 2019 Kennedy Center honoree.
But why rugby?
“I believed it was horny … as a result of it was from abroad,” stated White. “I believed that was actually nice. It’s now in a brand new technology, individuals are actually entering into it … and I wished to … be part of it.”
It was a thrill for the music celebrity to not too long ago be acknowledged as a sports entrepreneur by none aside from basketball nice Magic Johnson, who’s additionally a minority owner of the Washington Commanders.
“I did see Magic and he gave me an enormous hug. I believed that was the largest praise, that he observed me outdoors of music. … I used to be elated,” stated White.
White, a veteran of the live performance stage, is keen to see the team reach its fifth season in Major League Rugby and stated he is able to develop in his first enterprise into sports possession.
“I feel (Old Glory DC is) a troublesome team … I can’t wait to sit down within the stands … assist the team and I’m studying as I’m going,” stated White. “I’m at all times open for problem. … Whenever you’re concerned in something, it’s going to be a problem and that’s what I like about it.”
Old Glory DC, which reached the playoffs final yr, hosts the Chicago Hounds Saturday at 4 p.m. on the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds.
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