Forbes's 10 most valuable sports teams

[crojoe]

Forbes's 10 most valuable sports teams (in other words what they think they are worth)

1 - Manchester United - $1.870bn (£1.144bn)

2 - Dallas Cowboys - $1.650bn (£1.009bn)

3 - Washington Redskins - $1.550bn (£948m)

4 - New York Yankees - $1.500bn (£918m)

5 - New England Patriots - $1.361bn (£833m)

6 - Real Madrid - $1.353bn (£828m)

7 - Arsenal - $1.200bn (£734m)

8 - New York Giants - $1.183bn (£724m)

9 - New York Jets - $1.170bn (£716m)

10 - Houston Texans - $1.150bn (£704m)

Some of these clubs money could finance a small country.

[gmh]

You mean Slovenia ?

[ray51]

Sept 4, 2009 16:30:34 GMT 1 crojoe said:

Some of these clubs money could finance a small country.

Perhaps ;
however , if that small country's name was Croatia , then I think : NOT - since the politicians and their mates would immediately and urgently salt-away
( steal )
all those luuverly monies , until absolutely nothing is left ;
also : NOT a recipe for running anything successfully , except for one's own numbered Swiss bank A/c , so all those clubs , as mentioned ablove , wouldn't even be in existence , if they were HR-based , IMHO !

[Madgolfer]

Although a lover of sport, I have to say that these figures are offensive, especially in the current climate.

It's only a game after all.