The Business Of Football

Links (5)

Raiders beat 49ers — in Forbes’ franchise value list, anyway
Published 9/13/2007 by John Ryan at Morning Buzz
Forbes just published its annual list of NFL franchise values, and surprise surprise: For the second consecutive year, the Raiders outrank the 49ers. Granted, Oakland is 28th and San Francisco is 30th in the 32-team league, but I would imagine this is going over with some chuckles in Alameda. The Raiders actually passed the 49ers last year ($736M-$734M) and widened their gap this year ($812M-$799M). That wouldn t seem to make a lot of sense to anyone who has watched the on-field product in those past two years, but it s all in the real estate. From the writeup on the Raiders: The Raiders took control of ticket sales for the first time since returning to Oakland from Los Angeles in 1995 last year (a county-run organization previously held the job). The result was a 12% attendance boost fueled largely by season ticket sales of 37,000, up from 29,000 the prior year. The ...

Cowboys Overtake Redskins As Forbes Most Valuable Franchise
Published 9/14/2007 by Sportz Assassin at FanHouse
... Forbes has rated the value of all 32 NFL franchises and ... for the first time in 8 years ... the Washington Redskins aren't atop the list. It is the Dallas Cowboys, whose worth climbed to $1.5 billion, that leads the pack. The Redskins were just behind at $1.46 billion. The New England Patriots were a distant 3rd at $1.99 billion. ...

Forbes Ranks Value Of NFL Teams, Broncos #6
Published 9/14/2007 by TheSportsGuru at The Mile High Report
Each year, Forbes magazine ranks the richest teams in the NFL.  For the 2nd consecutive year the Broncos finished #6 on the list, valued at a whopping $994 Million.  Yea, damn near $1 Billion Dollars!!  That's alot of zeros... ...

9/14 49ers Link Dump
Published 9/14/2007 by Fooch <ninersnation@gmail.com> at Niners Nation
... Forbes rolled out their annual franchise valuation list.  The 49ers rank 30th, but a new stadium would definitely change that ranking. ...

Redskins no longer the most valuable franchise
Published 9/14/2007 by Skin Patrol <info@hogshaven.com> at Hogs Haven
... as the resident blogger sent me an email as well, linking to the Forbes article that claims as much. ...