Are sportsmen paid too much? Do a lot of them deserve to be taking home six figures a week for throwing/catching/ kicking a different shaped ball around a field? Well, yeah, they do.
Why? Mainly because nothing else captures an audience like sport. Nothing makes you want to break your own television; make you feel as high or low than your sporting team. The emotional investment every fan puts into their clubs is because of the skill and elitism that our sportsmen have. They are our weekends, our main point of conversation; they are our news, our everything,
Aside from the emotional part. The players earnings are justified through the revenue their respective teams take home. From sponsorship deals, advertisement, TV rights, marketing platforms, ticket sales; the whole combination of every business aspect is what keeps so many people in a job. These sportsmen are the ones at the front of it all, the ones with all the pressure and the ones having to perform infront of millions. Think you’re under pressure in your 9-to-5? What about the guys keeping us all constantly entertained week in, week out.
Of course, the likes of Tom Brady, Odell Beckham Jr., Cristiano Ronaldo and Kobe Bryant are all playing for teams which are the most valuable from 2016 according to Forbes. Which other sporting teams join them in the top 30?
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Manchester City, $1.92 billion
No real shock when the club own half the Middle East.
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Arsenal, $2.02 billion
Set to lose half of that when they try to pay these two to stay at the club.
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Boston Celtics, $2.1 billion
It's a shame for a side with such a solid history, that they've only won one Championship since the turn of the 21st century.
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San Francisco Giants, $2.25 billion
The Giants rivalry with the Dodgers is the greatest in baseball of all-time.
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Philadelphia Eagles, $2.4 billion
Quite simply, the best fans in America. They were also voted the most intimidating in NFL.
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Chicago Bears, $2.45 billion
Must be annoying for Bears fans that they haven't won as many Super Bowls as the Green Bay Packers.
Yeah, we went there.
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Houston Texans, $2.5 billion
How are they this high whilst being the only NFL side to never play in a conference championship to date?
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Los Angeles Dodgers, $2.5 billion
Just the six World Series to brag about.
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New York Jets, $2.6 billion
With their horror season last year, they might not be so high in value at the end of 2017.
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San Francisco 49ers, $2.7 billion
With the 49ers name coming from the California Gold Rush in 1849, it's fitting they are in the top 10 most valuable teams.
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New York Giants, $2.8 billion
With the best wide receiver in the Draft, Odell Beckham Jr., the Giants will surely challenge for a Super Bowl title which has been missing for six years.
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Washington Redskins, $2.85 billion
Setting the highest ever attendance in the NFL shows the side's popularity. Will forever be flirting in the top 10 due to their fan base.
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Manchester United, $3.32 billion
How a club who have failed to reach the Champions League in two of the last three seasons can still be in the top five goes to show just how many supporters they have in the south of England.
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Barcelona, $3.5 billion
Judging by the PSG performance, MSN will have a greater fall from grace than the messaging software itself.
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Dallas Cowboys, $4 billion
Well played Big D. The first sport team to be worth $4 billion, and still without winning a Super Bowl since 1995.
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