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Debts piled up and the American owners didn’t deliver swiftly on promises of a new stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Debts, taxes and expenses must be paid, and this can take several months to over a year.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Debts older than three years are not collectible under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

He also set up a front organization called the Islands for War Debts Committee that distributed Nazi propaganda to hundreds of thousands of Americans by relying on the congressional franking system.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024

As he got ready to leave town, though, a headline in the Daily caught his attention: “Senior Men Face Life with Debts, Few Jobs.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown