Eagles rank 11th in franchise value list
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Eagles rank 11th in franchise value list
Jonathan Tamari
The Eagles are the 11th most valuable franchise in all of sports, worth $1.12 billion according to Forbes.
Both their ranking and value are unchanged from last year. Not bad for a team Jeffrey Lurie bought for $185 million in 1994.
While the Birds were among the world's elite when it comes to value, they ranked fourth out of four in the NFC East. All three of the Eagles' divisional rivals rank among the world's 10 most valuable franchises. The Cowboys ($1.81 billion) are second, the Redskins ($1.55 billion) are fourth and the Giants ($1.18 billion) rank eighth. The most valuable franchise in the world is Manchester United, worth $1.86 billion according to Forbes.
The rankings, as usual, hold many signs of the NFL's power. All 32 NFL franchises made the top 50. The next most represented sport was soccer, which only put eight teams on the list, wrote Forbes' Kurt Badenhausen. Major League Baseball had six.
i thought the birds were at number 4 in the whole league. amazing though that the only team in the NFC east without a superbowl trophy is just a hair behind. i think one win might move them over the giants. but that's pretty shocking since the giants recently won it, and have a better all around situation than washington. their new stadium, team, location, owner, etc. just seems like they'd be closer to DC, if not above. what has washington done in 25 years?— Evilvet- Evilvet...I suggest a finacial advisor.
- for what? i think i laid it out pretty on point. i said it was amazing the birds are worth so much without a superbowl. i believe it was reported several times over the years that despite that, the eagles were ranked ridiculously high, even by this listed article here.
— Evilvet - Evilvet, the Redskins have won 2 more Super Bowls than the Eagles in the past 25 years, and 3 more than the Eagles have in the last 30...— blackscreen
- It is amazing what an antitrust exemption will do to one's net worth!
It is the Golden Rule - He who has the Gold makes the rules!! I wonder if the players are trying to use these steller returns as leverage in their deal? If the owners included their capital gains then the deal may look quite different.
Ultimately, if the owners were to be taxed on these capital gains we would not need to raise taxes!!— Keith1 - I think it's an amazing tribute to both ownership and Eagles fans that the Birds came in at #11 - about as good as we can possibly do without a few Superbowls coming our way. The Redskins were # 1 in the NFL just a few years back to think that we would surpass them is unrealistic. Remember, Snyder paid $800 million to make it the most valuable franchise (by far) in all of sports at that time. DC (a much wealthier town than Philly) supports the Skins more than the rest of its teams combined & even through the recent years of Snyder & Cerrato mismanagement they lead the league in attendence every year until JJ built that outrageously over the top stadium. And for anyone to expect us to be valued higher than a New York (wealthiest and most populous city in America) Giant team with a brand new stadium and a recent Superbowl win is just dreaming - actually I bet they'd be even higher up the list if they had built their new stadium in Manhattan or Brooklyn but the Mara's are pretty classy and did not want to ram a stadium down peoples throats where it was not wanted.— Twocents
- Proves the point....why win a super bowl when dopey fans will pay for a loser.....'nough said!!!— STEPHEN1988
Comment removed.- I remember when Lurie bought the Eagles in 1994 for 185 million. Everybody said he was crazy and overpaid for the team.— zeke128
- But Banner had to treat Dawk like he had nothing to do in helping create the value of the franchise........— Earl J
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- The Phillies are on the list. They're No. 50.— AnastasiaMDR
