Forbes: The 10 Most Valuable Teams in Sports (Patriots #4)

In Pictures: The 10 Most Valuable Teams in Sports - Forbes.com

No. 4 New England Patriots ($1.32 billion)

New England's value has roughly tripled since 2000, following three Super Bowl titles and a 97-31 record over the past eight years.

Seven-year-old Gillette Stadium includes 6,000 club seats and 87 luxury boxes.

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The 10 Most Valuable Teams in Sports
1. Manchester United (1.8 billion)
2. Dallas Cowboys (1.6 billion)
3. Washington Redskins (1.5 Billion)
4. New England Patriots (1.32 Billion)
5. New York Yankees (1.3 billion)
6. Real Madrid (1.29 billion)
7. Arsenal (1.2 billion)
8. New York Giants (1.18 billion)
9. New York Jets (1.17 billion)
10. Houston Texans (1.17 billion)

i would have to say the most surpsing name is the houston texans...

funny that two sets of teams from the same state are both in

texas: boys and texans
NY/NJ(depends on ur frame of reference): giants and jets

So the tally is 6 NFL, 3 Euro Soccer and 1 MLB. Thought the Yanks would be higher. I think they made a mistake after 8 and omitted the next 50 teams. Seriously how is a dysfunctional team that is over-committed to spending worth 1.17 billion? The laugher is that they are 10 million short of the Giants, who have a SB while they have a BF

I surprised the Jets are so close to the Giants. They haven't had the same success.

We are a greater enterprise than the NY Yankess... who would've thunk that???

Did they make a mistake with the Jets? I thought 1.17B was the amount they spent last year in free agency.

where are the colts? lol.................i thought they would be high up in the list

Gotta love the pats beating out the skanks!

Nice list but I have no idea how they calculated it (or if they did). Real Madrid are a members club - they can't be bought - so how are they valued? Patriot's placing looks about right though - an amazing turnaround from the early 1990s.

DarrylS said:

We are a greater enterprise than the NY Yankess... who would've thunk that???

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Always fun to beat the Yankees.

I wonder where the Sox sit.


Yankees Suck.....Yankees Suck....Yankees Suck.....

PJM said:

Nice list but I have no idea how they calculated it (or if they did). Real Madrid are a members club - they can't be bought - so how are they valued? Patriot's placing looks about right though - an amazing turnaround from the early 1990s.

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Real Madrid still has shares and whatnot, they're just not traded publicly (compared to franchises like the Patriots or Yankees, where all shares are held by a single person or group). The Green Bay Packers are also a members' club, and they can be valued. I assume the net worth takes into account revenue per year (Real Marid makes around $500 million) plus value of assets, such as the stadium. That's probably why the Texans are so high; their stadium is brand new and is worth quite a bit.