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Forbes: The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2014

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...he-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2014/

Soccer clubs dominate the top of the list, but football teams make up the bulk of the top 50 with 30 entries (only the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars failed to make the cut). Leading the way is the Dallas Cowboys, who rank fifth overall worth $2.3 billion. The Cowboys have been the NFL’s most valuable team since 2007 thanks to the league’s highest sponsorship and premium seating revenues—a combined $220 million. The ‘Boys revenue got a boost last summer when owner Jerry Jones inked a 25-year stadium naming rights deal with AT&T worth $500 million. The club has the top operating income in sports at $251 million for the 2012 season.


The biggest mover in the top 10 is another global soccer power, Bayern Munich. It jumped five spots to No. 7 with a value of $1.85 billion after claiming its fifth Champions League title in 2013. Commercial revenue hit a record $308 million, second highest in the world behind Paris Saint-Germain, according to Deloitte. Bayern Munich has the richest shirt agreement ($40 million annually with Deutsche Telekom ) and kit deal ($38 million a year with Adidas) in the German Bundesliga.

The 20 non-NFL teams in the top 50 include eight soccer and six baseball clubs, as well as four from the NBA led by the New York Knicks at No. 13, with a valuation of $1.4 billion. Rounding out the top 50 are a Formula 1 team (No. 21 Ferrari at $1.2 billion) and the NHL’s most valuable franchise, the Toronto Maple Leafs, who rank 26th at $1.15 billion. New additions include: St. Louis Rams and Boston Celtics who tied for No. 45 at $875 million, as well as No. 49 Manchester City at $863 million. The Raiders, New York Mets and Formula 1’s McLaren dropped out of the top 50.
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There's an actual article in there but heres the list


1. Real Madrid (3.44 billion)
2. Barcelona (3.2 billion)
3. Manchester United (2.81 billion)
4. New York Yankees (2.5 billion)
5. Dallas Cowboys (2.3 billion)
6. LA Dodgers (2 billion)
7. Bayern Munich (1.85 billion)
8. New England Patriots (1.8 billion)
9. Washington Redskins (1.7 billion)
10. New York Giants. (1.55 billion)
11. Boston Red Sox
12. Houston Texans
13. NY Knicks
14. NY Jets
15. LA Lakers
16. Arsenal
17. Philly Eagles
18. Chicago Bears
19. Baltimore Ravens
20. San Francisco 49ers
21. Chicago Cubs
21. Ferrari
21. Indianapolis Colts
24. Green Bay Packers
25. Denver Broncos
26. Toronto Maple Leafs
27. Pittsburgh Steelers
28. Seattle Seahawks
29. Miami Dolphins
30. TB Buccaneers
31. Carolina Panthers
32. Tennessee Titans
33. KC Chiefs
34. Minnesota Vikings
35. Cleveland Browns
36. New Orleans Saints
37. Chicago Bulls
37. San Francisco Giants
39. Philadelphia Phillies
40. Arizona Cardinals
41. SD Chargers
42. Atlanta Falcons
43. Cincy Bengals
44. Detroit Lions
45. Boston Celtics
45. St. Louis Rams
47. Buffalo Bills
48. Chelsea
49. Manchester City
50. AC Milan
 
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Overall it's a bit ridiculous how much americans invest into sports. look at that list. It's pretty much America, a couple english teams, then Real and Barca, and one canadian, german, and 2 italian teams
 
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Cool to see Ferrari in there. A little surprised about the lack of Red Bull, especially after four titles in a row, but I guess if they were to ever leave F1 then it wouldn't be as big an impact as if Ferrari left.
 
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FStop7

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It wasn't that long ago that the Yankees were being discussed as "possibly" being the world's first billion dollars sports franchise.

How times have changed, in very short order.
 
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Esch said:
Overall it's a bit ridiculous how much americans invest into sports. look at that list. It's pretty much America, a couple english teams, then Real and Barca, and one canadian, german, and 2 italian teams
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What else are we supposed to spend our money on? Education? Socialized medicine? Pfft.
 
godhandiscen

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Esch said:
Overall it's a bit ridiculous how much americans invest into sports. look at that list. It's pretty much America, a couple english teams, then Real and Barca, and one canadian, german, and 2 italian teams
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It's more tragic that the two top teams are from Spain, a country with massive unemployment and about to hit Greece levels of recession.
 
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...he-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2014/



There's an actual article in there but heres the list


1. Real Madrid (3.44 billion)
2. Barcelona (3.2 billion)
3. Manchester United (2.81 billion)
4. New York Yankees (2.5 billion)
5. Dallas Cowboys (2.3 billion)
6. LA Dodgers (2 billion)
7. Bayern Munich (1.85 billion)
8. New England Patriots (1.8 billion)
9. Washington Redskins (1.7 billion)
10. New York Giants. (1.55 billion)
11. Boston Red Sox
12. Houston Texans
13. NY Knicks
14. NY Jets
15. LA Lakers
16. Arsenal
17. Philly Eagles
18. Chicago Bears
19. Baltimore Ravens
20. San Francisco 49ers
21. Chicago Cubs
21. Ferrari
21. Indianapolis Colts
24. Green Bay Packers
25. Denver Broncos
26. Toronto Maple Leafs
27. Pittsburgh Steelers
28. Seattle Seahawks
29. Miami Dolphins
30. TB Buccaneers
31. Carolina Panthers
32. Tennessee Titans
33. KC Chiefs
34. Minnesota Vikings
35. Cleveland Browns
36. New Orleans Saints
37. Chicago Bulls
37. San Francisco Giants
39. Philadelphia Phillies
40. Arizona Cardinals
41. SD Chargers
42. Atlanta Falcons
43. Cincy Bengals
44. Detroit Lions
45. Boston Celtics
45. St. Louis Rams
47. Buffalo Bills
48. Chelsea
49. Manchester City
50. AC Milan
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Barcelona's front 3 are


Neymar
Messi
Suarez

Just imagine. 3 Individuals capable of winning a match, in ONE line formation. they will be worth mich more today
 
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Clippers should obviously be higher since they just had their enterprise value tested at 2bn!
 
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Yopis

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Maninthemirror said:
Barcelona's front 3 are


Neymar
Messi
Suarez

Just imagine. 3 Individuals capable of winning a match, in ONE line formation. they will be worth mich more today
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While rest of the league minus the two Madrid teams, lose worth season after season. Along with league on thin financial ground. Sad Real and Barca kept split from tv deal so one sided.
 
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theWB27

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Esch said:
Overall it's a bit ridiculous how much americans invest into sports. look at that list. It's pretty much America, a couple english teams, then Real and Barca, and one canadian, german, and 2 italian teams
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No it's not. We like our forms of entertainment.
 
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It is embarrassing how people in Toronto reward the colossal failure that is the Maple Leafs.

Instead of making the management realize that they will have to perform better and not keep making stupid decision, they keep buying tickets and merchandise The owners stopped giving a fuck long ago. They know the team prints money no matter how they perform.
 
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Ace 8095 said:
Go Jags!
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Ninja Scooter

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DizzyCaffeine said:
It's amazing that a mediocre (8-8) football team is the most popular. What is it exactly? The history? The colors of their jerseys?
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They were most successful at a time (the 70s) when the leagues popularity boomed but there weren't a lot of teams. That's why you see the good teams from that era (cowboys, steelers, dolpjins, even raiders) all have fairly high nationwide followings.
 
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Desmond

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Surely United are top now due to their new sponsorship deals?

Christ, imagine if English teams did tv deals like the Spaniards.
 
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krae_man

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Leafs are way too low. $1.15 billion? Rogers and Bell Paid $1.1bil for 75% in 2012 and franchise values are only going up.
 
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