The National Football League is the most lucrative league in the world, and its highest valued team is the Dallas Cowboys, according to Forbes.
The Cowboys, topping the magazine's annual NFL Team Valuations list for the eighth consecutive year, is worth $3.2 billion. It posted $560 million in revenue and $246 million in operating income, the NFL's highest.
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The average team is worth $1.43 billion, according to the magazine. That's 23 percent more than a year ago and the highest value in the 17 years Forbes has tracked professional football teams.