Pilot Gets Kudos

[Mccage]

It is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. As of now, no one outside of Pilot’s executives really understand the decision for Pilot to sponsor Neyland. My guess is that the people at Pilot think it’s a very good deal for them and they aren’t being charitable as some people seem to think.

I hope it’s something else and UT Athletics took in an obscene amount of money. My sense of being realistic says we were one of the first major programs to get in on this naming rights stuff, so prepare to watch us be outdone by our rivals as we are stuck in a 20 year deal.

Please don’t beat me up for being a naysayer. I don’t know anything beyond the first sentence here. I’m hoping that maybe questions like these contribute to helping our fans and myself understand exactly where we are in the grand scheme of competing against other collegiate programs. What’s great today might not look so good in 5 years, as outdoing one another is always the goal in college football.

I don’t see many deals like this being set up short term.

 

[Batman1948]

I understand the situation and fully admit it’s better than a stadium name change for sure, but I hate seeing the Pilot logos on the field. Guess I’ll have to get used to it.

I suppose business logo patches on jerseys are next.

Just wait until our uniforms look like NASCAR

 

[J C Higgins]

Bro he is right.. trust me they have a board and its Haslam influenced. The fact we got the naming rights deal we got is proof of that. But as he alluded most boards of directors are not posted on websites because they are not public-facing roles they are internal. Any corp half the size of pilot has a board whether its publicly posted or not. According to knox news sentinel the Haslems still retain 2 of the 7 board seats. This article is Jan 16 the day it was announced they sold their last 20%

Haslam family sells remaining Pilot ownership to Berkshire Hathaway in billion-dollar deal

Warren Buffett's company is now the sole owner of Pilot, headquartered in Knoxville.

www.knoxnews.com

An interesting note, current CEO Adam Wright is a former (Nebraska) All-America running back who spent a few cups of coffee in the NFL so football guy for sure.

For clarification: Nebraska Omaha, not Nebraska at Lincoln.....big difference. Like UT Knoxville and UT Martin.

 

[bigorangepoppa]

We were talking about Weigels at least the post he replied to was...Weigles is exclusively in East TN mostly Knoxville area

I couldn't distinguish for sure which one was the subject, but did that more out of curiosity than anything.

 

[pimo1]

It is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. As of now, no one outside of Pilot’s executives really understand the decision for Pilot to sponsor Neyland. My guess is that the people at Pilot think it’s a very good deal for them and they aren’t being charitable as some people seem to think.

I hope it’s something else and UT Athletics took in an obscene amount of money. My sense of being realistic says we were one of the first major programs to get in on this naming rights stuff, so prepare to watch us be outdone by our rivals as we are stuck in a 20 year deal.

Please don’t beat me up for being a naysayer. I don’t know anything beyond the first sentence here. I’m hoping that maybe questions like these contribute to helping our fans and myself understand exactly where we are in the grand scheme of competing against other collegiate programs. What’s great today might not look so good in 5 years, as outdoing one another is always the goal in college football.

Anyone thinking they are being charitable is out of their minds? What they are being is smart. They are showing they get it to some extent. Having a CEO that's a former College/NFL football player likely helps that. Going this route saves them money and prevents a lot of the backlash that calling it Pilot Stadium would have caused. Some people will complain no matter what but this is awesome damage control and a great investment. The company is headquartered in Knoxville and has ties to Knoxville even ignoring the Haslams. It makes good business sense for both parties. Neither side is being charitable.

 

[Voltopia]

Just wait until our uniforms look like NASCAR

And right on cue, if anyone said anything about it, someone would pipe up immediately with that brain dead "you just don't like change" retort. "People just don't like change." Insipid platitude.

 

[kyvol98]

Good Lawd. So, Berkshire Hathaway has a board of directors. Every subsidiary of BH has its own board of directors. Seeing as how you like to claim legit information is not legit information, here is a link to the US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION that list board of directors membership of different Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries!!! Notice, they all have different compositions. Warren Buffett is probably a member of most of them. To suggest that the board of Berkshire Hathaway oversees more than 80 multi-billion dollar corporations over a diverse spectrum of industries is truly ignorant. Like I said earlier, I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just pointing out you were wrong and I posted proof. You didn't like the proof so you push this back and forth, Sorry, this doesn't get to me. I just don't want others to see what you were saying and believing any of it. So here - from the SEC of all places Each of these subsidiaries has it's own unique board of directors.

Certain Information About The Executive Officers And Directors

CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE REPORTING PERSONS​

Set forth below is information about (i) the name and title of each executive officer and director of the Berkshire Entities, (ii) his or her business address, and (iii) his or her present principal occupation or employment, and the name, principal business, and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted (to the extent that the principal business and address of such corporation or organization are not already disclosed in Item 2 of this Schedule 13D).

(1)​	Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”)​

The executive officers of Berkshire are Warren E. Buffett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charles T. Munger, Vice Chairman, and Marc D. Hamburg, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The directors of Berkshire are Warren E. Buffett, Charles T. Munger, Howard G. Buffett, Malcolm G. Chace, William H. Gates, David S. Gottesman, Charlotte Guyman, Donald R. Keough, Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald L. Olson, and Walter Scott, Jr.

(2)​	OBH, Inc. (“OBH”)​

The executive officers of OBH are Warren E. Buffett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charles T. Munger, Vice Chairman, and Marc D. Hamburg, Vice President and Treasurer. The directors of OBH are Warren E. Buffett, Marc D. Hamburg, and Forrest N. Krutter.

(3)​	National Indemnity Company (“NICO”)​

The executive officers of NICO are Donald F. Wurster, President, Ajit Jain, Executive Vice President, Phillip M. Wolf, Senior Vice President, Dale Geistkemper, Treasurer, and Forrest N. Krutter, Senior Vice President. The directors of NICO are Donald F. Wurster, Phillip M. Wolf, Marc D. Hamburg, Forrest N. Krutter, Warren E. Buffett, Michael A. Goldberg, and Mark D. Millard.

(4)​	Nebraska Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“NFMIC”)​

The executive officers of NFMIC are Donald F. Wurster, President, Phillip M. Wolf, Senior Vice President, Dale Geistkemper, Treasurer, and Forrest N. Krutter, Senior Vice President. The directors of NFMIC are Donald F. Wurster, Marc D. Hamburg, Forrest N. Krutter, Warren E. Buffett, and Michael A. Goldberg.

(5)​	Cypress Insurance Company (“Cypress”)​

The executive officer of Cypress is Rodney Eldred, President. The directors of Cypress are Rodney Eldred, Michael A. Goldberg, and Brad Kinstler.

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(6)​	Columbia Insurance Company (“Columbia”)​

The executive officers of Columbia are Donald F. Wurster, President, Phillip M. Wolf, Senior Vice President, Dale Geistkemper, Treasurer, and Forrest N. Krutter, Senior Vice President. The directors of Columbia are Donald F. Wurster, Marc D. Hamburg, Forrest N. Krutter, Warren E. Buffett, and Michael A. Goldberg.

(7)​	BH Columbia Inc. (“BH Columbia”)​

The executive officers of BH Columbia are Marc D. Hamburg, President, and Daniel J. Jaksich, Treasurer. The directors of BH Columbia are Marc D. Hamburg, Daniel J. Jaksich, Forrest N. Krutter, and Mark D. Millard.

(8)​	National Liability & Fire Insurance Company (“NLFIC”)​

The executive officers of NLFIC are Donald F. Wurster, President, Ajit Jain, Executive Vice President, and Dale Geistkemper, Treasurer. The directors of NLFIC are Donald F. Wurster, Marc D. Hamburg, Warren E. Buffett, Michael A. Goldberg, Forrest N. Krutter, Brian Snover, and Phillip M. Wolf.

(9)​	Blue Chip Stamps (“Blue Chip”)​

The executive officers of Blue Chip are Charles T. Munger, Chairman, Robert H. Bird, President, and Jeffrey L. Jacobson, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The directors of Blue Chip are Charles T. Munger, Robert H. Bird, and Jeffrey L. Jacobson.

Old news. Charlie Munger died in 2023

 

[joevols89]

Loads of $$$ for NIL, the new face of college sports. We're leading the charge!!

FWIW (and not sure if already posted) but it was reported this is not allocated to NIL at this time. Just going into the AD.

 

[chuckiepoo]

FWIW (and not sure if already posted) but it was reported this is not allocated to NIL at this time. Just going into the AD.

…as it should.