(AP) — Even with a pandemic forcing empty stadiums in most franchise cities, NFL team values increased by 14% in the past year to an average of $3.48 billion, according to Forbes.
How? New media rights deals that brought in $111.8 billion and led to the largest value increase in five years.
So even with a 20 percent fall in revenue and with average operating income dropping from $109 million in 2019…