Customer satisfaction
large sponsorship (for major teams), fundraising (smaller), private donations...
I think its the Basketball teams
football is organised by the FA, and funded by selling tickets
Because unequal revenue sharing by UT.
The teams that they play on pay the players' salaries. The revenue that the teams take in from ticket sales, television agreements, revenue sharing, etc provide the funds that allow those teams to have the capital to pay the players.
Missouri Tigers and Detroit Tigers, Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and San Francisco Giants.
The home team keeps all the proceeds from ticket and concession sales. This is why teams like the Marlins and Royals--very small market teams who don't draw many fans--don't have nearly the money that the Yankees and Mets have. This doesn't get into revenue sharing, but much of the money split between teams for revenue sharing comes from television contracts, I believe.
None, the NFL has revenue sharing, where all the teams get a eqaul share of all the money the NFL has earned.
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For centuries, many sports have given awards to the top teams and the top players. Basketball is no exception. One reason is that human beings seem to be naturally competitive, and receiving an award gives the team or the player a feeling of satisfaction. It's also a way for a league (whether it's the NBA or a college or high school conference), to celebrate the teams and players who have excelled.
football is funded through the fa by advertising and selling game rights to sky sports it also makes money by subs that the managers will have to pay for the team and the teams are organised by the fa also they take the leages