Want to buy a Sports franchise?
Anybody out there
with this this type
of money can get
themselves a Major sport
franchise in one of the
four main pro leagues:
By Amaury Pi-GonzálezDo you want to buy a Bay Area
team?
The Forbes Franchise Values
were recently published.
Here is the list of the reported
prices of professional franchises
here in Northern California
among the main four pro sports
leagues:
#1 San Francisco 49ers $463 million
#2 Oakland Raiders 421 million
#3 S.F. Giants 355 million
#4 Sacramento Kings 259 million
#5 G.State Warriors 176 million
#6 San José Sharks 158 million
#7 Oakland Athletics 157 million
Overall: The most expensive
franchises:
Washington Redskins $845 million
Baseball:
New York Yankees 730 million
Basketball:
Phoenix Suns 266 million
Hockey:
Detroit Red Wings 266 million
The “bargains” are:
NHL Edmonton Oilers $ 86 million
MLB Montreal Expos 108 million
The question is:
Who is for sale ?
A good capitalistic approach is
that “everything is for sale if
the right price comes along”
therefore we must always
have that in mind and do not
really fall to the PR propaganda
when a specific team
spokesperson says:
“we’re not for sale”.
This is almost as reliable
as when a “Presidential
material” politician tells the
Media: “I’m not runing for
President”.
Here in Bay Area we know
that the Oakland Athletics
could be sold anytime, the
49ers should not be a
surprised to anybody if
Doctor York stops performing
“surgery”and gives up.
The Warriors with Chris
Cohan at the helm are
always a candidate for
sale. Maybe the Giants,
Raiders and Sharks are the
three most likely teams to
keep their ownership for
many years to come.
Sharks because they are
the show in the NHL in the
Bay Area. Giants because
Peter Magowan enjoys baseball
and being an owner to much
to sell the team and the Raiders,
well…it is more likely that
Al Davis moves out of Oakland
again, that he sells the franchise.
For Al Davis the Raiders are his life.
Hasta la vista muchachos !
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