The NOL’s here are dead. It would require the IRS to ignore their own rules, but even if they did the tax savings from the NOL’s would be less than the debt that would be assumed, and that doesn’t even count whatever the latest fairy tale buyout price is.
Simple math: corporate tax rate X NOL’s = potential tax savings. In this case, it’s a bit over $300M of NOL’s with a corporate tax rate of 21% = $60 - 65M of tax savings/avoidance, which is less than the debt owed by the company.
And, yes, that is how it works.