NBA vs EPL Drew Maletich The National Basketball Association is widely regarded as one of the richest sports leagues in the United States. Since the leagues creation is 1949 it has evolved to be the highest paying sports league in the world as of 2023. The NBA's main streams of revenue come from broadcasting deals, sponsorships, tickets, and merchandising. The revenue from the league is shared equally amongst the league, and is used to create a soft salary cap for each team. In 2023, the NBA earned 10.58 billion dollars in revenue. While the league is most popular in the US, it should be noted that the NBA has the largest international influence of the four major sports in the US. The association earned around 715 million dollars from non-US media rights during the 2023 season. Each NBA team has an individual owner and together all 30 owners vote to elect a governing commissioner for the league. The current commissioner is Adam Silver. He is respo...
Salary Caps: MLB vs EPL By Alex Cabo Major League Baseball "MLB" is North America's highest level of professional baseball. It is one of the major league sports with teams in both Canada and the Unites States. It consists of 30 teams, split into 2 divisions the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) with 15 teams in each. The leagues were formed in 1876 and 1901 and joined together in 1903. Teams play a total of 162 regular season games, and then 6 teams advance to a four round postseason tournament. The final series is a best of seven called the 'World Series'. The MLB is the second wealthiest professional sports league, generating 10.32 billion in 2022. This revenue is generated from broadcast rights, ticket sales, merchandise and sponsorships. MLB teams are owned by a majority of individual owners, and a few by investment groups. The MLB does not have a salary cap - instead ...