Colts owner Jim Irsay is “on the mend”

Irsay reportedly had a health event that led to hospitalization. Little was known before today.

Early last month the Indianapolis Colts announced that owner Jim Irsay had been hospitalized with what they called a respiratory illness. Which is all anyone really knew. However, speculation was fueled when TMZ later reported that Irsay had been found unresponsive in December of 2023. Enough noise was made that general manager Chris Ballard was asked about Irsay’s status in his end of season press conference, Ballard simply replied “He’s stable.”

For nearly a month we have gone without update or elaboration on the owner of the Colts before Jim Irsay himself broke his silence earlier today:

Straight from the horses thumbs- tough to get a better source.

Irsay’s Tweet reads “On the mend. Grateful for all of the messages of love and support”. While this doesn’t do much to provide us with any answers, it does answer the most important question we had and that is “is Jim alright?” And it would seem that Jim, is at least feeling well enough to Tweet that he’s getting better and I don’t see any way that could be a bad thing.

As for the questions left unanswered, frankly, they’re unimportant. Knowing the details of this event wouldn’t do anything other than satisfy some people’s curiosity. No matter your status or level of notoriety, everyone deserves to have the level privacy they want to have when it comes to their health and that goes for Jim Irsay, too. Maybe one day he’ll sit down and tells us all what happened with some really cool guitars sitting in the background, maybe he won’t.

The important thing is that Jim Irsay is on the mend. Hopefully he can start getting excited for fall 2024, soon.