World's Most Valuable Sports Teams
Prediction: What are the world's three most valuable sports teams?
What surprises you most about this information?
What is the take-home message of this chart?
What country is home to most of these sports teams?
What sports league is the most valuable?
Where does most of the money in sports come from and where does most of the money go?
Do you think sport is diluted by the amount of money we spend on it?
The Dallas Cowboys are worth over $1.85 billion, that's more than the GDP of the entire nation of Bhutan. Manchester United, at $2.23 billion is worth more than Somalia and The Gambia combined! What do you think about this?
A friend of mine argued that sports teams are humanity's biggest waste of money. Is my friend right? What do you think is humankind's biggest waste of money? Write you response in the comments section below:
Answer:
#1 Manchester United: $2.23 billion
#2 Real Madrid: $1.88 billion
#3 New York Yankees: $1.85 billion
