<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (atlcomedy @ Mar 26 2009, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>how about the NY Giants? (no, not the baseball team WTF, PJ, RK, DG, etc. followed as lads, but the football team)[/b]
The missing 5th is the Patriots!!!
Per Forbes (Jan 2009) the most valuable sports franchise in the World is :
Man Utd @$1.8 bn...followed by:
Cowboys @$1.6
Redskins @ $1.5
Pats @ $1.32
Yankees @ $1.3
Real Madrid @ $1.29
Arsenal @ $1.2
Giants @ $1.18
Jets @$1.17
Texans @$1.17
In 2002 (per Forbes) no pro-sports team was breaking the billion dollar mark. By 2008 24 teams were over that line.
Also, am I correct in thinking the Houston Texans are quite a new team? If so, that's some damn good branding they have there!
C
