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What’s the No. 1 reason people buy professional sports franchises? The easy answer would seem to be money. If you buy a team in a major league, it means that you’re ridiculously rich and that you’re going to be ridiculously richer when you decide to sell it.
The Rams are worth $6.2 billion, double what they were worth just five years ago, according to Forbes. The 50 most valuable sports franchises in the world are worth 30% more combined than they were last year, the magazine reports.