SMISports Money Index
Sample dataNFL

Sample Team 05 (NFL)

The Sample Team 05 (NFL) average 61,418 fans per game in 2025, 90.3% of a 68,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 103.7% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

61,418

% of capacity

90.3%

Resale premium

+128%

Market viability

39

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$153
  • Average$319
  • Premium seats$1,078

Average face value $140. Resale average runs +128% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

103.7%
Payroll
$264.4M
Cap
$255.0M
Space
-$9.4M

Tick mark: 100% of cap. MLB has no hard cap; its figure is the luxury tax threshold.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$8.21B

+7.4% CAGR

  • 2021
    $6.17B
  • 2022
    $6.48B
  • 2023
    $7.20B
  • 2024
    $7.80B
  • 2025
    $8.21B

Valuations are third-party estimates. Once real data runs, each will read "reported by" its publisher.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $68.6M per year.

National NFL contracts are shared league-wide and listed on the sources page once ingested.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 39 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)56
  • Resale premium (25%)52
  • Valuation growth (20%)0
  • Metro population (15%)1
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)93

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