The big sources were New Orleans, who pushed $55.6m into owner Gary Verlohi’s stock portfolio. Corporate ticket sales and local advertising revenue meant the Crawdads had a successful season despite a devastating series of injuries that … uh … hamstrung their on-field performance. Of more interest is that Montreal was second as a profit generator, creating $46m. Calgary rode a deep playoff run to turn in a $42m profit overrun.
All total, 22 BBA teams made so much money their owners directly siphoned off $424m in cash to go in other directions.
With Brooklyn and Wichita losing money, that means eight teams operated as self-sustaining operations. These were Twin Cities, Yellow Springs, Des Moines, Portland, Valencia, Boise, Atlantic City, and Jacksonville.
Team | Future Exp | Took Profit | Total | Cash Fr/Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Orleans | $10,663,564 | $44,996,724 | $55,660,288 | |
Montreal | $4,753,086 | $41,463,730 | $46,216,816 | |
Calgary | $18,500,000 | $24,128,450 | $42,628,450 | |
California | $39,621,486 | $39,621,486 | ||
Charm City | $802,469 | $29,508,784 | $30,311,253 | |
Madison | $25,307,470 | $25,307,470 | ||
Long Beach | $12,506,447 | $10,108,840 | $22,615,287 | |
Rockville | $14,765,432 | $6,310,934 | $21,076,366 | |
Omaha | $6,223,704 | $11,429,028 | $17,652,732 | |
Valencia | $6,117,716 | $11,004,314 | $17,122,030 | |
Phoenix | $519,136 | $16,478,526 | $16,997,662 | |
Las Vegas | $16,967,247 | $16,967,247 | ||
Seattle | $459,568 | $16,292,843 | $16,752,411 | |
Vancouver | $2,033,333 | $10,829,832 | $12,863,165 | |
Chicago | $1,839,506 | $10,600,310 | $12,439,816 | |
Louisville | $6,938,001 | $6,938,001 | ||
Charlotte | $1,297,838 | $5,610,163 | $6,908,001 | |
Edmonton | $293,210 | $6,264,219 | $6,557,429 | |
Mexico City | $1,750,000 | $2,347,178 | $4,097,178 | |
Twin Cities | $3,891,037 | $3,891,037 | ||
San Antonio | $1,311,728 | $387,771 | $1,699,499 | |
Brooklyn | $0 | $3,088,318 | ||
Wichita | $0 | $10,464,261 | ||
Totals | $111,633,022 | $312,690,602 | $424,323,624 | $13,552,579 |
PROFITABLE UMEBA LOOKS TO EXPAND
Probably the best news of the report is that the league’s middle eastern experiment has been equally profitable—or close, anyway, with seven of the eight teams throwing off excess resources to the tune of an extra $42m. United Cup winner Istanbul being the big winner at $11.4m heading back to their owner in some form.
This performance was so strong, the league agreed to add two additional teams for the 2042 season.
Team | Future Exp | Took Profit | Total | Cash Fr/Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cairo | $92,146 | $92,146 | ||
Istanbul | $9,288,272 | $2,183,245 | $11,471,517 | |
Manama | $1,122,334 | $8,856,689 | $9,979,023 | |
Jerusalem | $2,274,259 | $5,990,160 | $8,264,419 | |
Beirut | $4,221,719 | $4,221,719 | ||
Mumbai | $822,839 | $590,990 | $1,413,829 | |
Bucharest | $2,614,321 | $4,433,562 | $7,047,883 | |
Totals | $16,214,171 | $26,276,365 | $42,490,536 | $0 |
Combined, the two leagues generated $466m in excess funds.