The 20 Awesomest Football Facts You Didn’t Know (Just in Time for Kickoff)

"The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923. The corporation currently has 363,491 stockholders, who collectively own 5,017,925 shares of stock after the last stock sale of 2011-2012. There have been five stock sales, in 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997, and 2011. Shares in 1923 sold for $5 apiece, while in 1997 they were sold at $200 each and in 2011, $250 each. The National Football League, of which the Packers are a member, does not allow corporate membership, and instead requires clubs to be wholly owned either by a single owner, or small group of owners, and requires that at least one owner owns a 1/3 stake in the team. The Packers are granted an exemption to this rule, as they have been a publicly owned corporation since before the rule was in place." (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers_Board_of_Directors" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)