Top 10 most profitable sports leagues in the world
Ranked by revenue per year and brand value
In our childhood, we played lots of sports for relaxation, entertainment, hobby, fun.
We took it as time pass, but nowadays peoples taking sports as a serious profession. But why people choose to become a professional player rather than a corporate job, because of money that flowing through professional sports leagues.
Currently, sports slowly becoming business. In the age of capitalism, corporate companies investing money where they saw an opportunity or high return, sports is one of them. Sport is an entertainment industry that attracts a lot of enthusiasts, devotees. Globally sports industry has been worth over 700 billion. That reflects that how much money these leagues generate.
The sports leagues generate money by ticket sales, stadium rentals, transfers, merchandise, gambling, sponsorship, broadcasting deals.
10. Formula One
Formula one is the highest class of international auto racing for single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the FIA.
All cars in competition belong to corporate companies. These companies build and maintain cars that run in the competition. These companies mainly belong to the auto industry or oil industry.
Each company spend millions on their team. They earn money by renting the racing track for private races and other races, sponsorship, merchandise, entry fees.
9. Series A
Serie A is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system. It is the worlds strongest national league behind La Liga and the premier league.
The total revenue of series A is 2.5 billion. Out of 2.5 billion broadcasting deals amounts to $1.6 billion, followed by sponsorships and commercial revenues with $840 million, where matchday revenue make up to 320 million.
8. UEFA Champions League
It is an annual club football contest organised by the union of the European football association and competed by the top-division European clubs. Deciding the competition winner through group and knockout format.
Like the FIFA world cup, UEFA Champions League is sponsored by a group of multinational companies. These companies include Nissan, Mastercard, PepsiCo, Santander, Sony etc. UCL generate money from this sponsorship. Also, Adidas is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball.
7. Bundesliga
Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. Bundesliga is Germany's primary football competition. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams. Seasons run from August to May.
Based on a per-game average Bundesliga is the best-attended association football league in the world. Average of 45,000 fans attending game per match. Bundesliga has close ties with local companies which now grown into international companies.
6. La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as La Liga.
men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. La Liga is contested by 20 teams and three lowest placed teams at the end of each season.
La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. Because of players like Messi, clubs earn through merchandise. League get sponsorship from companies like Santander, puma, Allianz, BKT, Mazda.
5. National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 from the United States and 7 from Canada. The NHL is assumed to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world.
Hugh chunk of income based on television deal. NHL has a deal with NBC that pays 200 million annually in the USA, in Canada it is 5.2 billion for 12 years. NHL makes most of the money from ticket sales. NHL also make money from licensing fees. Also, make money from each item sold on their website
4. English Premier League
The Premier League often referred to outside the UK as the English Premier League, or sometimes the EPL is the top level of the English football league system. League comprises 20 teams and leagues runs from August to May.
Premier League don't have a title sponsor.
The kit manufacturer like Nike and Adidas pay the club to design the kits in the exchange for a percentage of sales to fans.
Also, make money from ticket sales.
3. National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league comprises 30 teams (29 from the United States and 1 from Canada). It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world.
NBA earn most of their income from television contracts, The nine-year deal earns the NBA approximately $2.6 billion per year. Merchandise accounts for well over a billion dollars annually, and in the 2017-2018 season, for the first time in the NBA's history, teams wore advertisements on their jerseys.
The jersey patch program was launched in 2016, and on average, the advertisements on the jerseys have netted teams $9.3 million annually.
2. Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is an American professional baseball organization and the oldest of the major professional sports league in the USA and Canada. Major League Baseball comprises 30 teams, 29 from the United States of America and one from Canada.
National television contracts are a huge source of income for professional sports. Its TV deal with Fox, covering the 2014 through 2021 seasons, also generates revenue. Baseball teams make money from selling season tickets and individual game tickets. Licensing revenue is a big source of income for MLB. Nike Inc. and New Era Cap Company, provide officially licensed apparel to both players and fans.
1. National Football League
NFL is the most profitable and valuable league in the world. The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American Football League consisting of 32 teams. Seasons run from early September to early January.
TV deals make up over half of the NFL’s revenue. In the United States, the National Football League has television contracts with five networks ABC, CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBC. CBS, NBC, and Fox committed to pay the NFL a total of $39.6 billion between the 2014 and 2022 seasons. NFL also makes money by selling companies the rights to sell items that represent the NFL. The NFL, in partnership with Nike, signed a 10-year licensing deal with online sports-retailer Fanatics in 2018. Corporate sponsors pay NFL teams to display their logos on players’ uniforms, TV transitions, merchandise, etc.
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