Top Earning Team, Breaks Records!

I know, everyone would assume it's the Yankees, right?  We all know they are all about buying championships like nobodies business, so we assume the team's earnings are in abundance.  The Yankees reported an earning of $441 million last year, and they are not even close to being the top earning team.  The NFL's top earning team last year was the Cowgirls, I mean Cowboys, with a reported earnings of $420 million last year, still not close. 

So what team/players are getting paid like nobodies business, and at the same time making cheddar for the organization?   It's none other than a Soccer Team, Real Madrid.  Real Madrid reported earnings of $592 million last year.  I knew Cristiano Ronaldo was getting paid but Jeez.

Here's the full Football Money League Top 20


1. Real Madrid -- $592 million
2. Barcelona -- $537 million
3. Manchester United -- $472 million
4. Bayern Munich -- $436 million
5. Arsenal -- $370 million
6. Chelsea -- $345 million
7. AC Milan -- $318 million
8. Liverpool -- $308 million
9. Inter Milan -- $303 million
10. Juventus -- $277 million
11. Manchester City -- $206 million
12. Tottenham Hotspur -- $198 million
13. Hamburger SV -- $197 million
14. Lyon -- $197 million
15. Marseille -- $190 million
16. Schalke 04 -- $189 million
17. Atletico Madrid -- $168 million
18. Roma -- $166 million
19. Stuttgart -- $155 million
20. Aston Villa -- $148 million 

Here's the craziest part of it all.  After reporting all those earnings only one team on the list of 20 reported a profit last year!  #5 Arsenal, #2 on the list, Barcelona, had to take out loans in order to pay out  player's wages.  This is just crazy to me.  Why would you conduct a business like this?  If you are losing so much money every year then how do these teams keep their organization running?  It obviously isn't easy because out of the 20 teams only 1 reported profits.  I guess we have to assume that a lot of them are at least breaking even.  No wonder Dodger Stadium keeps charging me $100 for a beer! 

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