The cost of a division 1 team

[Robert Chung]

The French cycling magazine "Le Cycle" had a little sidebar on French sports teams budgets. I don't
know how reliable these numbers are. These are for French teams only, and are listed in Euros.

Soccer Lyon (reigning French champion): 70 million euros Le Mans (last place in the top division):
17 million

Rugby highest: Toulouse, 13 million lowest: Mantauban, 4 million

Cycling highest: Cofidis, 6 million lowest: RAGT-MG Rover, 2 million

Basketball highest: Pau-Orthez, 6 million lowest: N/A

Team Handball: (reigning European champion): Montepellier, 2.5 million

The USPS team is reported to have an annual budget of $7 million or so (at current exchange rates,
about 5.5 to 6 million Euros--though as an aside, two years ago $7 million was equivalent to about
$7.7 million, i.e., in two years the dollar has fallen about one-third compared to the Euro).
Before Squinzi got out of cycling, Mapei was widely rumored to have had an annual budget around
$10 million.

[Hold My Beer An]

Was there some kind of point to this post?

Just wondering, Hold my

"Robert Chung" <invalid@nospam.com> wrote in message news:3fec2cd7$0$7153$626a54ce@news.free.fr...
> The French cycling magazine "Le Cycle" had a little sidebar on French sports teams budgets.
> I don't know how reliable these numbers are. These are for French teams only, and are listed
> in Euros.
>
> Soccer Lyon (reigning French champion): 70 million euros Le Mans (last place in the top division):
> 17 million
>
> Rugby highest: Toulouse, 13 million lowest: Mantauban, 4 million
>
> Cycling highest: Cofidis, 6 million lowest: RAGT-MG Rover, 2 million
>
> Basketball highest: Pau-Orthez, 6 million lowest: N/A
>
> Team Handball: (reigning European champion): Montepellier, 2.5 million
>
> The USPS team is reported to have an annual budget of $7 million or so (at current exchange rates,
> about 5.5 to 6 million Euros--though as an aside, two years ago $7 million was equivalent to about
> $7.7 million, i.e., in two years the dollar has fallen about one-third compared to the Euro).
> Before Squinzi got out of cycling, Mapei was widely rumored to have had an annual budget around
> $10 million.

[vik187]

Yes Dumbass, unlike yours there was

Showing cost comparsion between major euro sports.

IE top line soccer to 70 M euros(roughly what 85M US) vs Top line cycling 6M a(7.5M) for a tenth of
the costs your could be associated with 2 world champs and be seen in 8 euro nations.

Cost effective vs 70M for Lyon and be seen on french/Euro TV

"hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote in news:caWdnc0BUo1J7HGiRVn-
sQ@dejazzd.com:

>
> Was there some kind of point to this post?
>
> Just wondering, Hold my
>
> "Robert Chung" <invalid@nospam.com> wrote in message news:3fec2cd7$0$7153$626a54ce@news.free.fr...
>> The French cycling magazine "Le Cycle" had a little sidebar on French sports teams budgets.
>> I don't know how reliable these numbers are. These are for French teams only, and are listed
>> in Euros.
>>
>> Soccer Lyon (reigning French champion): 70 million euros Le Mans (last place in the top
>> division): 17 million
>>
>> Rugby highest: Toulouse, 13 million lowest: Mantauban, 4 million
>>
>> Cycling highest: Cofidis, 6 million lowest: RAGT-MG Rover, 2 million
>>
>> Basketball highest: Pau-Orthez, 6 million lowest: N/A
>>
>> Team Handball: (reigning European champion): Montepellier, 2.5 million
>>
>> The USPS team is reported to have an annual budget of $7 million or so (at current exchange
>> rates, about 5.5 to 6 million Euros--though as an aside, two years ago $7 million was equivalent
>> to about $7.7 million, i.e., in two years the dollar has fallen about one-third compared to the
>> Euro). Before Squinzi got out of cycling, Mapei was widely rumored to have had an annual budget
>> around $10 million.
>>
>>
>

[Smmb]

Dear economics-deprived, not-too-illuminating tushy -

Your point, if any, is not well made at all. Just remember - the other professional sports have
INCOME to offset and ideally to surpass their "budgets". I am not sure the same can be said of
cycling - that it is a direct income generating venture.
--

Bonne route,

Sandy Paris FR

<vik187@hooootmail.com> a écrit dans le message de : news:ty%Gb.829715$pl3.260655@pd7tw3no...
> Yes Dumbass, unlike yours there was
>
> Showing cost comparsion between major euro sports.
>
> IE top line soccer to 70 M euros(roughly what 85M US) vs Top line cycling 6M a(7.5M) for a tenth
> of the costs your could be associated with 2 world champs and be seen in 8 euro nations.
>
> Cost effective vs 70M for Lyon and be seen on french/Euro TV
>
> "hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote in news:caWdnc0BUo1J7HGiRVn-
> sQ@dejazzd.com:
>
> >
> > Was there some kind of point to this post?
> >
> > Just wondering, Hold my
> >
> > "Robert Chung" <invalid@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:3fec2cd7$0$7153$626a54ce@news.free.fr...
> >> The French cycling magazine "Le Cycle" had a little sidebar on French sports teams budgets. I
> >> don't know how reliable these numbers are. These are for French teams only, and are listed in
> >> Euros.
> >>
> >> Soccer Lyon (reigning French champion): 70 million euros Le Mans (last place in the top
> >> division): 17 million
> >>
> >> Rugby highest: Toulouse, 13 million lowest: Mantauban, 4 million
> >>
> >> Cycling highest: Cofidis, 6 million lowest: RAGT-MG Rover, 2 million
> >>
> >> Basketball highest: Pau-Orthez, 6 million lowest: N/A
> >>
> >> Team Handball: (reigning European champion): Montepellier, 2.5 million
> >>
> >> The USPS team is reported to have an annual budget of $7 million or so (at current exchange
> >> rates, about 5.5 to 6 million Euros--though as an aside, two years ago $7 million was
> >> equivalent to about $7.7 million, i.e., in two years the dollar has fallen about one-third
> >> compared to the Euro). Before Squinzi got out of cycling, Mapei was widely rumored to have had
> >> an annual budget around $10 million.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

[Alex Rodriguez]

In article <3fec8f93$0$22337$626a54ce@news.free.fr>, sandibek@mail.russia says...
>
>
>Dear economics-deprived, not-too-illuminating tushy -
>
>Your point, if any, is not well made at all. Just remember - the other professional sports have
>INCOME to offset and ideally to surpass their "budgets". I am not sure the same can be said of
>cycling - that it is a direct income generating venture.

Does team handball really produce income?
-------------
Alex

[Smmb]

You may not have seen this sport, I imagine. Yes, it provides income. It
is an arena sport, and paying spectators are plentiful. The game is more
like a cross between indoor football (soccer) and basketball. See :

http://www.lequipe.fr/Aussi/RES_HAND.html
--

Bonne route,

Sandy Paris FR

"Alex Rodriguez" <adr5@columbia.edu> a écrit dans le message de :
news:bsj4o2$jte$2@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu...
> In article <3fec8f93$0$22337$626a54ce@news.free.fr>, sandibek@mail.russia says...
> >
> >
> >Dear economics-deprived, not-too-illuminating tushy -
> >
> >Your point, if any, is not well made at all. Just remember - the other professional sports have
> >INCOME to offset and ideally to surpass their "budgets". I am not sure the same can be said of
> >cycling - that it is a direct income generating venture.
>
> Does team handball really produce income?
> -------------
> Alex