Estimates of what a sports franchise is worth, now running into the billions of US dollars, shape transfer budgets, private equity flows, and broadcast negotiations globally.
Private equity funds hold minority stakes in the US NFL, NBA, and MLB since 2019, pushing franchise valuations past US$7 billion and making sport a mainstream alternative asset class.
full dossier ›Collective bargaining agents for professional athletes worldwide, player unions negotiate wages, free agency, and working conditions in a global sport industry worth over US$500 billion.
France's dominant football club, state-backed by Qatari sovereign capital since 2011 and back-to-back UEFA Champions League winners as of May 2026.
Media deals, club prices, private equity and sponsorship have turned global sport into a multi-hundred-billion-dollar market where capital increasingly sets competitive outcomes.
The economics of live sports ticketing, covering primary sales, secondary resale, and US antitrust enforcement, determine how billions of fans access events and what leagues earn.