Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics Crack Forbes Top 50 Sports Franchises

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

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The New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, and Boston Celtics were all featured in Forbes’ new Top 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams for 2014.

The Patriots come in at #8 worldwide, valued at $1.8 billion.  The Patriots are the 2^nd most valuable NFL franchise, trailing only the Dallas Cowboys.

The Red Sox are the 3^rd most valuable MLB franchise behind the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.  The Sox are valued at $1.5 billion, 11^th in the world.

The Celtics rank 45^th overall worldwide in franchise value, with Forbes’ estimating their worth at $875 million.  That’s good for 4^th among NBA franchises, trailing only the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls.

The top 3 spots in Forbes’ rankings belong to European soccer clubs, with Spanish club Real Madrid earning the #1 spot at $3.44 billion.

While soccer clubs owned the top spots, the NFL is clearly the world’s #1 sports league value-wise, with 30 of the Forbes’ Top 50 spots going to American football teams (there are only 32 total teams in the NFL).

The full Forbes report can be accessed here.

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