Eight NFL teams' values decline from last year: Forbes

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The recession has afflicted even the National Football Alliance as the amount of eight teams in the U.S. sports alliance beneath from endure year, according to an anniversary address appear by Forbes on Wednesday.

It was the aboriginal time NFL aggregation ethics beneath from the antecedent year in a decade as the bad acclaim markets attenuated the basin of buyers and investors, the anniversary said.

While aggregation revenues rose 7 percent over the endure year because of affirmed TV affairs that paid out $4 billion, the boilerplate aggregation amount for the 32 teams was banausic from endure year at $1.04 billion, Forbes said. Endure year, ethics rose 8.7 percent.

The NFL is the a lot of accepted U.S. sports alliance with able television ratings and anniversary alliance acquirement topping $7 billion. While TV ratings accept slipped over the endure decade, NFL amateur still avowal the arch ratings a part of sports leagues.

The NFL is the a lot of accepted U.S. sports alliance with able television ratings and anniversary alliance acquirement topping $7 billion. While TV ratings accept slipped over the endure decade, NFL amateur still avowal the arch ratings a part of sports leagues.

However, if the NFL afresh continued its TV deals with CBS, Fox and NBC for added two years anniversary through 2013, the fee increases were alone about 2 percent, the aboriginal access ever, Forbes said.

The alliance aswell faces a accessible plan abeyance afterwards the 2010 division as analysts apprehend the owners, who accuse about amateur salaries, to possibly lock the players out until a added favorable accord can be reached.

The eight teams with lower ethics included the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders, according to the magazine. The better losers were Oakland (down 7 percent), Detroit (off 6 percent) and Indianapolis (off 5 percent), while Oakland aswell had the everyman admired aggregation at $797 million.

The three a lot of admired teams were the aforementioned for the third beeline year, with the Dallas Cowboys at $1.65 billion (up 2 percent) arch the way, according to Forbes. The Cowboys accept opened a new amphitheater this season.

The next two spots were taken by the Washington Redskins ($1.55 billion, up 1 percent) and New England Patriots ($1.36 billion, up 3 percent), the annual said.

 

 

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