The 10 highest-paid sports teams in the world
Posted in sports teams in the world on May 2nd, 2010 by admin – Be the first to commentThe New York Yankees might be world champions of baseball, but are the Bronx Bombers the world champion in sports spending?
A new study ranked all the world’s professional sports teams by salary and, indeed, the Yankees came out on top globally. The United States is well-represented as well. Seven American teams are in the top 10, six of which qualified for the playoffs last year. In fact, nine of the teams on the list that qualified for the playoffs of their respective leagues. Maybe spending does matter.
The list is courtesy the Annual Review of Global Sports Strategies, as published by sportingintelligence.com. Dollar amount given is an approximation of the average annual salary of a first-team player on the team.