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[QUOTE="HarrisonJBounel, post: 507352, member: 1760"]
TV money is exploding upwards in all sports.  For example:
 
[U]Basketball:[/U]
 
[url]http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225743/Average_NBA_Team_Valuation_Increases_By_30_Percent[/url]
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The average NBA team is worth approximately $509 million, representing a 30 percent increase over last year.
The increase is due to higher revenue from television...
 
[U]Baseball:[/U]
 
[url]http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-dodgers-tv-20130123,0,6585724.story[/url]
 
Time Warner Cable could pay the Dodgers $7 billion to $8 billion over the 20-year deal.
 
[U]Football:[/U]
 
[url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/09/05/dallas-cowboys-lead-nfl-with-2-1-billion-valuation/[/url]
 
Evenly shared national television money has grown at a compound rate of 12% since the NFL merger in 1970, from $47 million annually to an average of $4 billion a year in the current deals the league has with NBC, Fox, CBS, ESPN and DircTV. The bounty will continue to grow. The [URL='http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204026804577098774037075832.html'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]long-term television deals[/COLOR][/U][/URL] that the league signed with NBC, Fox, CBS, and ESPN last year will average $5 billion a year combined beginning with the 2014 season. On top of that, the deal with DirecTV pays the NFL $1 billion a year from 2011 through 2014. Thus, the league’s total average annual television revenue will increase 50%, to $6 billion, assuming there is no change in the DirecTV fee after 2014.
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