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In 2013 the team secured a 25-year, $7 billion television rights deal that helped the ownership group quickly pay down debt associated with the team purchase, including at insurers that were controlled by Guggenheim.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
Prioritize paying down debt by allocating extra funds to your loan payments.
—Sixteen Ramos, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024
Our second priority is to pay down high-cost debt and strengthen the balance sheet.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
With the Dodgers, Friedman focused on paying down those kinds of contracts, or waiting them out.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
Prioritize paying down debt by allocating extra funds to your loan payments.
—Sixteen Ramos, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024
Our second priority is to pay down high-cost debt and strengthen the balance sheet.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
With the Dodgers, Friedman focused on paying down those kinds of contracts, or waiting them out.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20down. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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