The Richest Sports Clubs In The World

[Jakeeboy]

Lets also remember that the athletes that play in College football are not payed. Sure 'some' of them get a scholarship, but does that really cost them 6m over 6 years? (hellooooo Tom Scully >.>)

I did hear gossip of them getting payed though, seriously the Texas Longhorns made $65m euros! That is just stupid for a 'none' professional sport.

 

[Pj.Rj.Hj]

That's absolutely true, but by the same token, earning an additional $20 million in revenue because you own a few hotels doesn't mean shit if the hotels aren't actually making any money. If they're making a loss, then the club is actually worse off, despite deriving so much more in revenue.

Unlikely. Revenue wouldn't be revenue if it was profit. That Collingwood is so much ahead of every other club is a pretty clear indicator that a lot more than just football operations income is included.

This. Collingwood's revenue is $25 million more than the next Club West Coast. $20 million is non football related, something West Coast and Fremantle don't own.
Football related revenue only would be interesting.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

the real scary thing is there are college football teams in the states making more than any of our 'professional' afl teams

163. Texas Longhorns football - American football - United States - €65 million
258. Tennessee Volunteers football - American football - United States - €39 million
273. Nebraska Cornhuskers football - American football - United States - €35 million
278. Arkansas Razorbacks football - American football - United States - €34 million
290. Iowa Hawkeyes football - American football - United States - €32 million
299. Michigan State Spartans football - American football - United States - €31 million

How is this scary?

College football is immensely popular, with the top teams usually selling out all games played. A few of these teams have 80k plus concrete box stadiums.

 

[McOrist]

But makes more revenue than the New Jersey Nets!

...probably explains why the Nets are in the process of relocating to Brooklyn.

 

[2010premier]

Interesting that this has turned into an Accounting debate.......NERDS!!!

I scanned the list and found it interesting. It is pretty insane that some of these sporting clubs worldwide have the revenues they do. Just so they can pay their players 50K a week. I would rather see money go into other things like health/education etc but thats a debate for another day.

Surely the AFL has it about right, still an attractive pay packet for the players, whilst plenty of community engagement, Auskick in schools etc.

 

[8732watitdo]

the real scary thing is there are college football teams in the states making more than any of our 'professional' afl teams

163. Texas Longhorns football - American football - United States - €65 million
258. Tennessee Volunteers football - American football - United States - €39 million
273. Nebraska Cornhuskers football - American football - United States - €35 million
278. Arkansas Razorbacks football - American football - United States - €34 million
290. Iowa Hawkeyes football - American football - United States - €32 million
299. Michigan State Spartans football - American football - United States - €31 million

Not really, when you think about it, those teams are based in cities with a larger population than many if our cities, and probably one of two teams in that particular city. For instance if Melbourne had one AFL team, than I'm sure it would be in on par or above those teams.

 

[wedgetail]

This. Collingwood's revenue is $25 million more than the next Club West Coast. $20 million is non football related, something West Coast and Fremantle don't own.

Well considering that WC have been making steady 3-5 million dollar profts for the past 10 years, there is a 'solid' warchest available to splash out on high revenue low-margin businesses, if we felt like a bit of cash-flow chest beating. But that isnt our style.

Football related revenue only would be interesting.

Football related expenditure is the name of the game, regardless of where it comes from. The club who spends the most on the football department is the winner.

Having a high turnover, low margin side business that injects nothing to the spending potential does nothing but fluff the ego and push you higher up lists like this.

 

[Spook]

the real scary thing is there are college football teams in the states making more than any of our 'professional' afl teams

163. Texas Longhorns football - American football - United States - €65 million
258. Tennessee Volunteers football - American football - United States - €39 million
273. Nebraska Cornhuskers football - American football - United States - €35 million
278. Arkansas Razorbacks football - American football - United States - €34 million
290. Iowa Hawkeyes football - American football - United States - €32 million
299. Michigan State Spartans football - American football - United States - €31 million

Not really, when you think about it, those teams are based in cities with a larger population than many if our cities, and probably one of two teams in that particular city. For instance if Melbourne had one AFL team, than I'm sure it would be in on par or above those teams.

Sorry but not correct mate, these American College towns are not that big compared to other US cities:

Metro population of Austin Texas is half of Perth.

Knoxville Metro Population is 699,247 half of Adelaide

Lincoln Nebraska has a population of 260,000, that's not much more than Hobart

Iowa City has a metro population less than Darwin... Yes not bull. Here is the cracker though... Stadium seats 70,000 and City Metro population is 69,000

Michigan State Spartans football - East Lansing, Michigan population about 70K

So next time before you make stuff up, Try google son.

 

[Rob]

Sorry but not correct mate, these American College towns are not that big compared to other US cities:

Metro population of Austin Texas is half of Perth.

Knoxville Metro Population is 699,247 half of Adelaide

Lincoln Nebraska has a population of 260,000, that's not much more than Hobart

Iowa City has a metro population less than Darwin... Yes not bull. Here is the cracker though... Stadium seats 70,000 and City Metro population is 69,000

Michigan State Spartans football - East Lansing, Michigan population about 70K

So next time before you make stuff up, Try google son.

FFS, East Lansing is just down the road from Detroit, and Austin is not far from San Antonio and within driving distance of Houston. Most of those areas which are 'small' are surrounded by people in other districts.

Saying these places have a small population is like saying Fremantle only has 25,000 people. Technically correct, but.....

 

[8732watitdo]

Sorry but not correct mate, these American College towns are not that big compared to other US cities:

Metro population of Austin Texas is half of Perth.

Knoxville Metro Population is 699,247 half of Adelaide

Lincoln Nebraska has a population of 260,000, that's not much more than Hobart

Iowa City has a metro population less than Darwin... Yes not bull. Here is the cracker though... Stadium seats 70,000 and City Metro population is 69,000

Michigan State Spartans football - East Lansing, Michigan population about 70K

So next time before you make stuff up, Try google son.

Fair enough, I guess I wasn't very clear in what I said. I don't believe I was incorrect when I said that if Melbourne had one team than they would be above those teams in terms of revenue due to the amount of supporters in the area. Would you disagree with that?

Oh and I did use Google, and if your your comparing Perth to Austin Metro alone, than I think that is an unfair comparison. Perth has an area of about 5000km^2 with a population of 1.7 million so comparing that to Austin Metro with an area of only 700km^2 isn't the best way to go.
Likewise with using Knoxville metro to compare to Adelaide, with Adelaide covering 7 times as much area as the Knoxville metro area. In terms of density, Knoxville metro is much higher than Adelaide. A better comparison is the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette area combined. I could go on.

So next time you try to suggest someone else to use google, maybe you should use it yourself.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Sorry but not correct mate, these American College towns are not that big compared to other US cities:

Metro population of Austin Texas is half of Perth.

Knoxville Metro Population is 699,247 half of Adelaide

Lincoln Nebraska has a population of 260,000, that's not much more than Hobart

Iowa City has a metro population less than Darwin... Yes not bull. Here is the cracker though... Stadium seats 70,000 and City Metro population is 69,000

Michigan State Spartans football - East Lansing, Michigan population about 70K

So next time before you make stuff up, Try google son.

You're missing the point. There is no other football team in Nebraska, for example. They're the U of Nebraska Cornhuskers, not the Lincoln Cornhuskers. Lincoln is about 70km from Omaha, which has around 1.2million people within an 80km radius.

 

[Morris Major]

Is it that hard for some AFL fans to swallow that AFL is a baby when it comes to world sport?

Interesting that this has turned into an Accounting debate.......NERDS!!!

I scanned the list and found it interesting. It is pretty insane that some of these sporting clubs worldwide have the revenues they do. Just so they can pay their players 50K a week. I would rather see money go into other things like health/education etc but thats a debate for another day.

Surely the AFL has it about right, still an attractive pay packet for the players, whilst plenty of community engagement, Auskick in schools etc.

What makes you think none of those other clubs have community involvement? Just because their players get paid huge amounts of money?

 

[neroblack]

Is it that hard for some AFL fans to swallow that AFL is a baby when it comes to world sport?

I'm not sure if it's about that, I was actually surprised to see how high some of the clubs appeared on this list (even though it's not necessarily a true reflection of financial strength, blah blah...). It's a good list for a simple comparison that can easily be done, knowing that the different sports have their own unique situations re streams of income available, level of expenses, etc.

 

[cos789]

Actually I'm surprised how well the AFL does .

Only two countries with populations smaller than Australia produce wealthier clubs. Those clubs play in an International league.

Subtract North American baseball.
Subtract North American football.
Subtract North American hockey.

Surprisingly little left - basically national teams playing in an International league.

The USA has x15 the population and supports 32 NFL teams.
Australia supports 18 AFL, 16 NRL and 4 S15 teams.

If people use this list to attempt to demean Australian Football guess how pathetic the "world' game of rugby looks .

 

[Hoops]

People look at Collingwoods revenue of $75.5m and compare it to the next best Westcoast with $50m and think that the Pies are so far ahead of the pack. But clubs genereate this extra revenue so they can spend it directly on their football department and any money left over is just money that potentially could be spent on their football department. So if you look at football department spending and profit alone, Collingwood are not that far ahead of 3 of the other top 5 revenue generators even in their premiership year. Don't have West Coast but could easily top the list with their huge profits

Club; Football Department + profit = Total
Collingwood; $19.035m + $1.000m = $20.035m
Essendon; $16.495m + ($1.529m) = $14.966m
Geelong; $17.571m + $1.285m = $18.856m
Hawthorn; $16.98m + $2.327m = $19.037m

 

[AFLOnline]

No surprise Real are #1.

Very surprising no NBA teams are very high up there..

 

[cos789]

Very surprising no NBA teams are very high up there..

And Ice Hockey teams are.

 

[Sterge]

And Ice Hockey teams are.

look at the first 2 ice hockey teams though
Toronto
Montreal

tells you everything you need to know about Canadian sport right there

 

[Jakeeboy]

No wonder there is a lockout, New Jersey made less than Collingwood but their salary cap is almost 57mil and ours is about 9mil, how do they pay for anything else

 

[neroblack]

No wonder there is a lockout, New Jersey made less than Collingwood but their salary cap is almost 57mil and ours is about 9mil, how do they pay for anything else

Not sure how much they made, this is only revenue and not profit. As someone else said, probably why they're moving to Brooklyn.

 

[stui magpie]

Profit for AFL teams is irrelevant as they are designated not for profit organisations. There are no dividends and no private owners taking the cash. Revenue is raised to be spent on the football club.

What it does put into perspective is that the AFL is a small fish in a very big pond when it comes to international sport.The market for US sport is massive compared to ours, hence the amount of revenue they can generate. Similar to European soccer.

Mind you, if the financial situation in the US and Europe doesn't improve, some AFL clubs might be moving up that list.

 

[wadeallday]

On the contrary...for a sport that is only played in one country in the world, this is an awesome achievement. It's the equivalent of say Irish hurling clubs making the list, or Cheshire cheese rollers, or any sport that is only played locally

So... American football?

 

[seysearles]

182. Genoa CFC - Association football - Italy - €57 million
183. Washington Capitals - Ice Hockey - United States - €57 million
184. Blackpool FC - Association football - United Kingdom - €56 million
185. Buffalo Sabres - Ice Hockey - United States - €56 million

More than any AFL team. Hehehe that's quite funny.

 

[Hoops]

182. Genoa CFC - Association football - Italy - €57 million
183. Washington Capitals - Ice Hockey - United States - €57 million
184. Blackpool FC - Association football - United Kingdom - €56 million
185. Buffalo Sabres - Ice Hockey - United States - €56 million

More than any AFL team. Hehehe that's quite funny.

I don't get it

 

[neroblack]

182. Genoa CFC - Association football - Italy - €57 million
183. Washington Capitals - Ice Hockey - United States - €57 million
184. Blackpool FC - Association football - United Kingdom - €56 million
185. Buffalo Sabres - Ice Hockey - United States - €56 million

More than any AFL team. Hehehe that's quite funny.

Why would you be surprised that any of those 4 are ahead of AFL teams? They're all in massive markets, strong leagues with big supporter bases...