The richest team in the NFL is none other then America’s team the Dallas Cowboys owned by Jerry Jones. “This is the 18th year that Forbes has compiled valuations of NFL teams and the ninth consecutive one that the Cowboys have landed in the top spot, worth $4 billion this year” (Badenhausen, Kurt. "Lakers Top 2015 List Of NBA 's Most Valuable Teams; Average Franchise Is Now Worth Record $1.1 Billion." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 21 Jan. 2015. Web. 01 Dec. 2015).Incredible is the word to describe the 4 billion dollar Cowboys, who generated 620 million dollars in revenue and they had an operating income of 270 million dollars after all their expenses. The Cowboys are followed by the defending Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots owned by Robert Kraft. The Patriots current value is 3.2 …show more content…
The Lakers are currently worth 2.6 billion dollars, which leaves a 1.4 billion dollar gap between them and the Cowboys. In fact, The Lakers are poorer in value, revenue, and operating income then the top five wealthiest teams in the NFL, which are the Cowboys, Patriots, Redskins, Giants, and 49ers. The NBA is different, in that the teams values are less lop sided with the Lakers only being worth 100 million dollars more then second highest valued team in basketball, the Chicago Bulls. When comparing the values of the top five valued teams in each league it’s astonishing what you will find. The average of the top five valued teams in the NFL is 3.11 billion dollars, compared to the NBA’s top five valued teams average of 2.08 billion dollars. Showing that when compared in numerical order the top five valued NFL teams average to be 1.03 billion dollars greater than the top five NBA teams. Yet the NBA is proud of the progress their league has made, shown in this quote “The average NBA team is now worth $1.1 billion, 74% more than last