# Stupid NFL question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353 "2013-02-05T02:46:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353/21 "2013-02-05T22:12:54Z")

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Clearly an NFL team is a great source of revenue. However in regard to the OP, you can’t buy Lombardi Trophy, you have to win it, and that billion dollars is just the entrance fee to get a chance to compete. Billionaires tend to be pretty impressed by things money can’t buy, seeing as how there are so few examples of that.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353/22 "2013-02-05T22:16:55Z")

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> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#):
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> They had a much bigger gain in 2009 than the Saints while losing the Super Bowl.

Possibly explainable as “We made it to the SB - shows we’re a legitimate top-level team whose fans will now willingly pay top-level prices.”

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353/23 "2013-02-05T23:07:08Z")

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Why do people write novels, when they could buy one for only a few dollars?

However, there’s a difference between the value of something and its cost.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353/24 "2013-02-06T02:46:18Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Clearly an NFL team is a great source of revenue. However in regard to the OP, you can’t buy Lombardi Trophy, you have to win it, and that billion dollars is just the entrance fee to get a chance to compete. Billionaires tend to be pretty impressed by things money can’t buy, seeing as how there are so few examples of that.

That’s a good point. The people who can buy an NFL team have passed the point where they can feel any sense of accomplishment out of making more money. They need a new non-financial arena to compete in.

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**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-nfl-question/649353/25 "2013-02-06T16:03:07Z")

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Thanks for the insight. I was curious as what the rationale was for an NFL owner to buy a football club.

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