Saturday, September 17, 2011

'Forbes' lists Cowboys as most valuable American franchise

The Dallas Cowboys have overtaken the New York Yankees as America's most valuable sports franchise.

Forbes�released its annual valuation list of NFL franchises, and the Cowboys check in with a worth of $1.85 billion, $150 million more than the Yankees.

Globally, only English soccer club Manchester United ($1.9 billion) surpasses Dallas, which generated an NFL-high $406 million in revenue last year.

The average value of an NFL club now stands at $1.036 billion.

Rounding out the NFL's top five on Forbes' list were the Redskins ($1.56B), Patriots ($1.4B), Giants ($1.3B) and Jets ($1.22B). The bottom five were the Jaguars ($725 million), Raiders ($761M), Rams ($775M), Bills ($792M) and Vikings ($796M).

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