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Soccer groups took a bit of a fall on this years list compared to last year, as Real Madrid was third in 2019 and Barcelona was 4th. This year, Madrid is 6th and Barca is eighth, and they each have the exact same worth as in 2015 at $4.24 billion and $4.02 billion, respectively.
Other teams in the top 10 include the New England Patriots in seventh ($4.1 billion), New York Giants in ninth ($3.9 billion) and Manchester United in 10th ($3.81 billion).
The second-most important MLB team is the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are tied for 14th at $3.4 billion.
There is no NHL group inside the top 50, and many of the list, especially from 17-50 is made up of NFL groups, which is due to the NFLs huge tv offers and earnings sharing system.
Each of the previously mentioned teams have actually increased in worth because last year despite the coronavirus pandemic. The NFL has yet to be affected by COVID-19 in regards to missing regular-season video games, but the NBA and MLB both lost 4 months of action.
Tv deals comprise a big portion of the revenues for groups in the four major American sports, and those have actually stayed in location.
Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes kept in mind that the average NFL team makes $102 million prior to interest, taxes, devaluation and amortization, followed by the NBA at $70 million, MLB at $50 million and NHL at $25 million.
Forbes released its list of the 50 most important franchises in sports for 2020 on Friday, and the NFLs Dallas Cowboys are when again on top.
The Cowboys blaze a trail with a value of $5.5 billion, which is $500 million greater than in 2015 when they also occupied the leading area. The Cowboys are followed by the New York Yankees ($5 billion), New York Knicks ($4.6 billion), Los Angeles Lakers ($4.4 billion) and Golden State Warriors ($4.3 billion).
The Cowboys and Yankees remain in the very same area as in 2015, while the Knicks moved up from 5th to third, the Lakers went from eighth to fourth and the Warriors went from ninth to fifth.
