Sports Leagues & Franchises That Sold for Crazy Amounts

Months after being rated as the NFL team with the least value in the league, this team sold for the second-highest price ever (at that time).

This team became the first sports franchise to ever be sold for more than a billion dollars, but the debt-fueled purchase outraged fans

This franchise hadn't won a title in 35 years but became the first US sports team sold for more than a billion dollars

This team was bought for $18 million in 1985 and sold for an NBA record in 2014 despite being ranked the least valuable franchise in the league

This world-famous English football team passed from one group of American owners to another in 2010

This team became the first in any sport to break the $2 billion barrier when it was sold

This NFL franchise that had fallen on hard times was bought out by its minority shareholder in 2010, not the last big move for the team

This perennially underachieving team that's never won a Super Bowl broke the record for the most expensive NFL sale

Many commentators felt the new owner vastly overpaid when spending $2 billion on this NBA team in 2014

This sports body was nearly bankrupt, bought for $2 million in 2001, then broke all records for growth and its sale price