The 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams In The World - Forbes

Romo’s wedding video cost the Cowboys the top spot IMO.

Dez Bryant aint helping either.

I’m stunned that the Nicks are more valuable than the Lakers. How the hell can that be true?

- How many of us would have lost this bar bet: I bet you that the Houston Texans are one of the 10 most valuable sports properties in the world.

Uhh, I would have been buying a round for sure. Holy shitballs that was the first thing that jumped out at me from this piece. That, and learning that despite the best efforts by James Dolan to completely horsefuck his organization, it is still the most valuable franchise in his league.

And I see as I was typing Roach zeroed in on the same thing.

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The Garden is a sell out every night (their season tickets are the hardest pull in the league), they have the YES network broadcasting and promoting, and partnerships with A+ corporations and advertisers that other NBA teams can only fantasize about.
 
LA is a very close NBA second to them.
 
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Yeah, I would have been buying those rounds too.

You dudes dont live here. Every mouth breather in the city dressed up to go to their local sports bar on 1960to watch the Texans because their brother in law gave his spare season ticket to one of his vendors. (its the reliant deal, right?)

’m stunned that the Nicks are more valuable than the Lakers. How the hell can that be true?

I would proffer that it’s because of the difficulties of disentangling the Knicks’ value from that of the whole MSG family of properties of which it’s a part (rangers, arena, tv networks etc). I think that problem probably runs throughout the list.

Scipio,

That’s stunning considering how moribund the Nicks have been. They must be just printing money. At least the Lakers actually win, their popularity has some basis other than location location location.

It also explains why BC is the most profitable site on the web.

How many of us would have lost this bar bet: I bet you that the Houston Texans are one of the 10 most valuable sports properties in the world.

Not me. When faced with on-field results, you kind of have to go to the whole “but look how much we’re worth!” argument.

Which, now that I think about it, was something I had to use a lot with Longhorns sports this past year.

Having big-ass stadiums seems to be the determining factor. I believe the soccer teams are, in general, extraordinarily leveraged, especially in the Premier League.

You dudes dont live here. Every mouth breather in the city dressed up to go to their local sports bar on 1960to watch the Texans because their brother in law gave his spare season ticket to one of his vendors. (its the reliant deal, right?)

Ha, I live near 1960 and OWN Willowbrook on a football Sunday. I had season tickets to the Texans, you know, back when it was cool but I’ve found coming across free tickets is easier than an Airline hooker.

That stated, even if it is vendors getting tickets through networking, it goes down in Blue Lot. It’s a fun environment. Until week 10.

Props to Malc Glazer. The man times two with giant holdings in Man U and Tampa Bay.

Roach, we may have had our differences in the past, but I think you’re a really smart cat. BUT HOLY FUCKING SHIT….the NICKS? Not once, but twice?

I’m not that surprised about the Texans being up there. I heard years ago that the Texans are considered one of the best run teams in the league, from a business standpoint.

I actually was on their game-day staff one season (just for the hell of it – I had a full time job), and the people in the office were very friendly and cared a lot about what they did. They also cared a lot about the fan experience. I’m sure a lot of teams have great game-day experiences, but every time I’ve gone to a Texans game just as a fan I’ve had a great time – even when the team stinks it up.

And the organization does a pretty good job of getting Houstonians to keep their hopes up every year, which just brings everyone back in every season. Great marketing, IMO.

Sweet zombie jesus, look at the picture they used to accompany the Raiders’ slide:

Would UT football make the list? What multiple did they/would they use to value a team?

Or don’t allow me to hotlink a picture. Either way.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45fdhk/no-43-oakland-raiders

The Houston Texans thing doesn’t surprise me because they have a huge, modern stadium that they paid nothing for that makes them a ton of money.

But I refuse to believe that the Carolina Panthers are worth one billion dollars. That is bullshit.

Real Madrid is probably undervalued, because you can’t really put a value on, “Can get an interest free loan for hundreds of millions of dollars just by asking nice”.

Wow Bigdukesix,

That photo is disgusting. He’s got one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel by the looks of that pic.

David Stern cannot believe that a WNBA team wasn’t represented.

The Texans? Really? Wow. Are you sure they did not mean the Houston Dynamo?

Imagine how much the Texans would be worth if they had drafted VY.

Magnus,

Damn, that is bad. I think I’m going to start posting on Aggie boards now.

So in other words, Zynga is valued more than the top 5 combined.

Next year when the Lakers launch not one, but two Networks (one in Spanish)with Time-Warner, they will be worth enough that Roger Goodell will try to adopt them to give him the Los Angeles son he has never had.

The Garden is a sell out every night (their season tickets are the hardest pull in the league), they have the YES network broadcasting and promoting, and partnerships with A+ corporations and advertisers that other NBA teams can only fantasize about.

YES is hooked up with the Nets. MSG has the MSG properties. But I know you knew that.

3+ decades of Fleetwood Mac residuals really add up.

Arsenal’s #7 but they spend like #60. Goddamn cheap frenchie.

Mad Clapper, I have a friend from London who says exactly the same thing, though he uses a different word from “goddamn”. Actually, it’s several words.

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