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NFL's 32 Teams Collectively Worth $99 Billion

Aug 26, 2020 1:29 PM

The average NFL franchise is worth more than $3 billion, according to data compiled by Sportico. 

The Dallas Cowboys rank first in the NFL at $6.43 billion with the Cincinnati Bengals ranking last at $2.12 billion.

The fair-market value of the NFL's 32 franchises collectively is $99 billion when considering team-related businesses and real estate held by owners.

The teams’ $15.83 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year, which represents the 2019 season, was greater than that of 298 companies on the Fortune 500. That averages to about $495 million per team.

In 2019, the Cowboys generated an estimated $871 million in revenue, which was 81% greater than the average of the other 31 teams.

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Browns Rookie Grant Delpit Suffers Torn Achilles

Aug 25, 2020 9:02 AM

Cleveland Browns rookie Grant Delpit tore his Achilles tendon during Monday's practice, according to a source.

The safety was carted off the practice field.

A second-round pick out of LSU, Delpit was competing for a starting job.

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NFLPA Pushing For Daily COVID-19 Testing

Aug 5, 2020 2:13 PM

JC Tretter will push for daily COVID-19 testing of players during training camp. Tretter is the current president of the NFLPA.

Tretter has weighed the risks of playing as his wife expects the couple's first child.

As part of their agreement to open camps, the league and players decided testing would be done on a daily basis for the first two weeks of camp and revert to every other day so long as teams kept their positive rates low.

“Throughout this there are going to be constant needs to evolve and change and make decisions that are best to keep the game moving forward,” he said on a video call. “We will continue to learn from our errors, other leagues’ errors and I think that’s something (daily testing) we need to look at and something we need to push.”

Tom Withers/Associated Press

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Odell Beckham Jr. Won't Opt Out Despite Criticism Of NFL

Aug 3, 2020 1:39 PM

Odell Beckham Jr. publicly cast doubt on whether the NFL should play a 2020 season, but Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports he has no plans to opt out.

Beckham spoke to The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago in a piece published on Monday.

We’re not ready for football season,” Beckham told the paper. “So why are we trying to push forward? It’s obviously for their money. And that bothers me because there’s always been this — and I hate saying it like that — but the owners’ [attitude is], ‘Oh we own you guys,’ and just kind of that unfairness going on that they don’t see us as human. I just feel like the season shouldn’t happen and I’m prepared for it to not happen and I wouldn’t mind not having it.”

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