Jets Ranked Ninth Most Valuable Sports Franchise

by Matt Birch on Jul 22, 2010 4:38 PM EDT

Forbes.Com recently comprised a list of the most valuable sports franchises and athletes.The SportsMoney 50-50, the name it was given, ranked the world's top 50 teams and top 50 athletes.

The Jets weighed in at #9, with a net worth of $1.17 billion and extremely loyal fan base.

The criterion that went into establishing the SportsMoney 50-50 lists is as follows:

The SportsMoney 50-50 includes teams from five sports: baseball (with 5 teams rich enough to make the cut), basketball (2 teams), football (all 32 NFL teams--credit national TV deals worth $4 billion annually), motorsports (2 teams) and soccer (9 teams). For the athletes we factored in salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements, appearance fees and licensing income earned over the past 12 months. Athletes from nine sports made the cut, with NBA players making up 30% of the list. Americans dominate, but there are 16 different nationalities represented.

The top 10 sports franchises, as rated by Forbes:

Manchester United
Dallas Cowboys
NY Yankees
Washington Redskins
~~New England~~ ~~Patriots~~
Real Madrid
NY Giants
Arsenal (football club)
New York Jets
Houston Texans .... ?

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Get ready for us to keep on climbing after 2010.

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by David_Wyatt on Jul 22, 2010 5:08 PM EDT reply actions

Look at all the success the teams above (-Redskins) us have had. Sign of good things to come??

Since the face been revealed the game got real

by BL3ACH on Jul 22, 2010 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it an accident that just about all those teams had just built a stadium wthin the last couple years??

Since the face been revealed the game got real

by BL3ACH on Jul 22, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Value of the franchise does not mean that they are sucessful, like the Houston Texans it means their total monetary value, including TV networks, stadiums and other properties.

Jets green since 1997

by mousie on Jul 22, 2010 6:11 PM EDT reply actions