So, how much are the Philadelphia Eagles worth anyway?

Do you ever wonder how much these NFL teams are worth? With their newfound championship glory, Philadelphia Eagles fans might this one to be pretty interesting.

On May 6th of 1994, Jeffrey Lurie purchased the Philadelphia Eagles from Norman Braman for $195 million. It was the most that had been paid for an NFL franchise at the time. One might say that was an investment that turned out pretty well for him.

Right around the beginning of the 2017 season, in an article written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes, he discussed and ranked each NFL team according to their value. Anyone interested where the Eagles fell? We, at ITI, thought that might get your attention.

By the way, how many of you just cringed when you heard the name Norman Braman?

Not too long ago, Forbes talked a little NFL football as only they can do it.

On what we can affectionately call a ‘Power 32’ ranking, the Eagles landed at number ten. Their 2017 numbers show them valued at around $2.65 billion. That’s a 6% increase over where they were in 2016. Keep in mind a lot’s happened since then, but this is still a pretty nice gauge of the team’s current temperature.

Here’s more:

"The Eagles have one of the NFL’s most passionate fan bases with more than 40,000 accounts on the season ticket wait list, and a renewal rate on season tickets has averaged 99.7% in recent years."

Let’s look around the NFL at some of the other guys.

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Finishing ahead of the Eagles in the top ten were the New York Jets at nine, the Houston Texans at eight, the Chicago Bears at seven, and the Los Angeles Rams at six.

That left the top five. Those teams included the San Francisco 49ers at five, the Washington Redskins at four, the New York Giants at three, and the New England Patriots at number two.

That one may surprise some as many of you were probably thinking Robert Kraft and company would have topped the list. Nope.

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This one may not come as a shock either, but the Dallas Cowboys were the top dogs here. They were valued at 4.8 billion, and believe it or not, that was a 14% increase over where they were the previous season.

Here’s what Forbes had to say:

"The Cowboys were the most in-demand team when it comes to ticket sales on the secondary market last season so far, accounting for 12% of all NFL ticket sales on StubHub."

Let’s wrap this up.

Now, while these numbers aren’t an exact tell-tale indicator of where these teams are currently, it does give us some idea of the particulars. Things would obviously shift later, but we can probably bet on the fact that things haven’t changed that much.

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Then again, there are some financial perks and some revenue spikes that come along with championship glory. One of the most beloved franchises in all of sports finally has its’ Lombardi Trophy. We’ll have to wait and see what all of that means though.

Maybe the powers that be in the NFL should take a crack at fixing the financial issues of the United States. Okay, that’s a little silly, but then again, there could be something to it.