By Miguel Rapetti
Feb 21, 2024, 7:59 PM EST
The digital platform specialized in sports franchise analysis, Sportico, indicated in its 2024 report that the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys continue to be the most valuable team in the world of sports, with an estimated value of $9.2 billion.
The information from Sportico translates the monstrous figure into an increase to the coffers of the Cowboys, which in the last 12 months accumulated profits of more than $1,050 million dollars between market value, advertising revenue and numbers referring to the 2023-2024 season. the NFL.
The lone star team belongs to billionaire Jerry Jones, who acquired the franchise in 1989 in exchange for $150 million dollars after being founded in 1960. Throughout their history they have won five Super Bowls, which places them as the second team winningest in the NFL, along with the San Francisco 49ers, and behind the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots.
The Cowboys lead the NFL among the 100 most valuable sports franchises in the world.
In the report of this digital platform, among the 10 teams with the highest market value in the world, six belong to NFL teams.
After Dallas, which appears as number one, from six to 10 are the New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets.
The Top 10 is complemented from second to fourth place by the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA and the New York Yankees of MLB in fifth position.
Delving deeper into the list of the 100 most valuable franchises, the 32 NFL teams appear between place one and 53; The Cincinnati Bengals close the position with a value of $4,000 million.
Fundamental to this success are the commercial agreements that the NFL has with networks such as ESPN, NBC, CBS, Fox, and streaming systems such as Amazon and YouTube, with a cumulative value of $125 billion.
In addition to the 32 NFL teams, the list of the 100 most valuable sports franchises is completed by the 30 NBA quintets, 17 MLB teams, seven National Hockey League (NHL) teams and three Formula 1 teams. .
Along with 11 football teams, Manchester United is the best placed of the six in the English Premier League (13); two from the Spanish league, Real Madrid (19), and Barcelona (23); Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga occupies place 34; PSG of France is in box 60, and Juventus of the Italian Serie A is in box 98.
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