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Peyton Manning remembers Jim Irsay (0:50)
Peyton Manning reflects connected the bequest of Colts proprietor Jim Irsay, who passed distant Wednesday astatine property 65. (0:50)
Stephen HolderJun 9, 2025, 02:23 PM ET
- Stephen joined ESPN successful 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL astatine large. Stephen finished archetypal spot successful file penning successful the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and helium is simply a erstwhile top-10 victor successful explanatory journalism successful the Associated Press Sports Editors nationalist contest. He has chronicled the NFL since 2005, covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005-2013 and the Colts since 2013. He has antecedently worked for the Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and The Athletic.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The adjacent procreation of Colts ownership has been made official.
The Colts connected Monday announced their ownership reorganization successful the aftermath of longtime proprietor Jim Irsay's decease past month.
In accordance with their father's wishes, Irsay's 3 daughters person assumed co-ownership of the team, with each getting respective roles wrong the franchise.
Eldest girl Carlie Irsay-Gordon volition presume the relation of proprietor and CEO and has been designated main owner. NFL bylaws necessitate that teams designate a azygous main proprietor adjacent successful scenarios wherever franchises are nether household control.
Casey Foyt volition beryllium proprietor and enforcement vice president portion youngest sister Kalen Jackson volition beryllium proprietor and main marque officer. Jackson volition besides beryllium president of the Indianapolis Colts Foundation.
Jim Irsay died May 21 astatine the property of 65. He had served arsenic main proprietor of the Colts since his father's decease successful 1997. The Irsay household has owned the franchise since 1972 -- 1 of the longest periods of sustained ownership successful NFL history.
Irsay's daughters person each worked successful the franchise successful assorted capacities for years. Irsay-Gordon, successful particular, has agelong been heavy progressive successful day-to-day absorption of the Colts and serves connected galore ownership committees.
Irsay encouraged his daughters to question retired areas of the squad that aligned with their interests, allowing each to settee into their respective roles. They could often beryllium recovered successful assorted settings, from the sideline to the draught room.
The modulation from Jim Irsay to his daughters has, truthful far, proved overmuch easier than the modulation from Bob Irsay to his son. Nancy Irsay -- Bob Irsay's woman and Jim's stepmother -- filed a suit successful 1997 against Jim Irsay and the executors of her husband's property alleging a conspiracy to interfere with her inheritance. The substance was resolved with an out-of-court settlement, and the Colts remained with Jim Irsay.
When Jim Irsay took power of the team, helium made his intentions wide from the beginning.
"We're keeping 100 percent of the team," helium said astatine the time, "and I'm passing it connected to my children."
