Forbes | Valuation of Major League Sport Teams Outperformed Equity Markets

(30 April 2021) According to the average team value estimates by Forbes, the valuation of sport teams in the "big three" major leagues — the NFL, MLB, and NBA — increased 5% in 2020, despite the attendance bans on many live sporting events and economic disruption caused by COVID-19. Over the last decade, the valuation of the three major leagues has increased by almost four times, outperforming the returns on the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average stock indices by 25% and 42%,...