How does the NFL make so much money?

Question

There are so many million dollar contracts...but where does all this money come from? I don't think it is ALL advertising is it?

Answer 1

50 000 people per stadium times the average $150 ticket price equals about 7.5 million per stadium now times that by half the teams in the league which is 15 and you get $112000000 every Sunday then times that by the 16 games in a season and you get a billion dollar corporation.

Answer 2

they make $ selling games to networks and by selling tickets and merchandise to fans

Answer 3

actually it is and people love looking at football

Answer 4

mostly corporate sponsorship and merchandise sales

Answer 5

think of how many seats there are in a stadium, and how much each seat cost... 16 weeks of sold out games, for all those seats is a lot of money. Plus also selling merchandise and food at the game. People also donate  

Answer 6

Gate receipts, television broadcasting, and tchotcke sales.

Answer 7

Advertising fee, Merchandising sales, Ticket Sales, licensing fee, etc.. And do you know that 30 sec Super Bowl Commercial cost about $2 million+

Answer 8

Well more than 80 percent comes from TV deals and fans spending money in the stadium because of parking,food,tickets,programs and many other things.The NFL makes 12.5 billion dollars a year.

Answer 9

It comes from all the ticket sales and merchandise sales, because it seems NFL is the most popular sport in the U.S.

Answer 10

mainly media.. also ticket and merchandise sales.. prices are outrageous. also the owners contribute cash

Answer 11

Beer ads and Beer sales.

Answer 12

Sponsors, and if you ever bought tickets to a game it's very expensive!! And of course all of the fan gear they sell. Football is like the american sport, so of course they have money.

Answer 13

NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, ESPN

85% of all monies come from television rights.  the rest is gate reciepts and merchindise.