Sports Business
The economics of sport โ TV rights, player salaries, sponsorships and the multi-trillion dollar industry
Key Facts
- 1
NFL (American football): most valuable sports league ($17B revenue); Super Bowl most watched annual TV event (115M viewers)
- 2
IPL: โน48,390 crore media rights (2023โ27); some IPL franchises worth $1B+; Virat Kohli earns โน1,000 crore/year
- 3
Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's highest-paid athlete ($260M/year); Forbes estimates global sports industry at $620B
๐ Did you know? The IPL media rights (โน48,390 crore) make it the 2nd most valuable sports league per match behind the NFL
Quick Reference
Category
Board Games & Mind Sports
Country
๐ Global
Year / Era
1992
About
The economics of sport โ TV rights, player salaries, sponsorships and the multi-trillion dollar industry