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PERCENT GAIN 1998-2018
2000 3000 4000 5000

1111%
1408%
THE NFL’S HIGHEST-EARNING PLAYERS
1046%
893%
669%

1100%
1124%
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3.
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TOT T TOTAL EARNINGS: TOTAL EARNINGS:E
TOTAL EARNINGS:AAL EARNINGS:
$43.1 MIL $41.8 MILL $41.1 MIL
SALARY/BONUSES:B SALARY/BONUSES:A U SALARY/BONUSES:/
$ $42.6 MIL 1004% $41 MIL $40.9 MIL0
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ENDORSEMENTS: E
ENDORSEMENTS: ENDORSEMENTS: ENDORSEMENTS:S
$
$500,000 ,, $750,0000 $250,0000
728%
976%
1000
1016%
687%
500 NFL
762% 400
GOLD
300
696%
U.S. HOME PRICES
657% 200
SCORING OPPORTUNITIES S&P
930%
NFL team ownership has been one of the best
930% investments going over the past two decades, with 100
annualized increases of 11.6%. But the gains have
slowed to their lowest since the Great Recession be-
948%
cause of strict ownership requirements and a dearth
of willing investors liquid enough to purchase
530% 1998 2000 2005 2010 2015 2018
franchises worth $2.6 billion on average.
817%
40%
831%
35
717%
30
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754%
20
537%
15
478%
10
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