I posted the same thing on the general board, which surprisingly responded with all serious answers. Who would you rate as the 3 most prestigious franchises in each respective sport?

NBA
Lakers
Celtics
Pistons or Knicks

MLB
Yankees
Red Sox
Cardinals or Dodgers

NFL
Cowboys
Steelers
Packers (Redskins and Giants maybe as well)

Remember, prestige isn't just W/L (in fact it can play a minor role). It's the total package, mystique, value of franchise, retail impact, size of crowds, network coverage, hype, etc.

5 pages minimum.

NBA
Lakers
Celtics
Knicks

MLB
Yankees
Cubs
Dodgers

NFL
Cowboys
Giants
Steelers

NFL - Texans
NBA - Rockets
MLB - Astros
MLS - Dynamo
Space - NASA

NBA:
Lakers
Celtics
Bulls

MLB:
Yanks
BoSox
Cardinals

NFL:
Cowboys
Steelers
Dolphins

NCAA Football
Baylor
Alabama
Tough to decide on a third

NCAA Basketball
Baylor
Kentucky
UNC

NCAA baseball:
Baylor
UT
who cares?

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Space - NASA

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which you guys know nothing about. btw muy, what was the first word said on the moon, you know, one of the most famous moments in human history.

oh and i agree with the op.

My teacher told me it was "Someday we'll have a ballclub named after our space program that will go winless"

urine you're a ****ing joke..along with your school.

The fact that you support dallas teams really upsets me.

Well, based on franchise value:

NFL
Washington Redskins - Daniel Snyder - $1.1 billion
Dallas Cowboys - Jerry Jones - $923 million
Houston Texans - Robert McNair - $905 million

MLB
New York Yankees - George Steinbrenner - $730 million
New York Mets - Fred Wilpon - $482 million
Los Angeles Dodgers - News Corp. - $435 million

NBA
Los Angeles Lakers - Jerry Buss - $447 million
New York Knicks - C. Dolan/J. Dolan - $401 million
Chicago Bulls - Jerry Reinsdorf - $356 million

franchise value =/= "prestigious"

unless of course your team packed up and left dodge because of crappy fan and city support, and your new team is still playoff-less while the city pretends that all of the decades of failure before the new team arrived never happened.

MLB:
New York
Boston
St. Louis

NFL:
Dallas
Pittsburgh
San Francisco

NBA:
Boston
Los Angeles
San Antonio (They've made the playoff something like 31 of the last 35 seasons)

NHL:
Montreal
Detroit
Toronto

NBA
Lakers
Celtics
Pistons

MLB
Dodgers
Yankees
Red Sox

NFL
Cowboys
Steelers
Packers or Sooners

while muy and dallas worry about fan support for a professional sports team, we in houston will continue having the space, medical, and energy capital of the worlds, and the second most fortune 500 companies behind nyc. you know things that actually do matter in every day to day life, instead of cheering for a bunch of overpaid *******

You are correct harry - there are no Houston teams on that list.

I sent the club a wire stating, Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.
GM

Big Bill's franchise values are way off. Forbes most recent list for the top 3...

Dallas Cowboys $1.65 Billion
Washington Redskins $1.55 Billion
NE Patriots $1.36 Billion

When I think of "prestige", I think "which teams would people know around the world? Which teams would any person with no real knowledge of sports be able to name?" That's how I came up with that list.

(And yes, that's how ranked my MLB teams. I don't follow MLB baseball closely.)

AggieJen, that sounds like a damn good method.

CajunAg, please explain. I don't really get it.

What don't you get about getting blown out in the playoffs?

I would post a picture of the texans getting blown out...but they haven't gone yet.

I'm not sure how it applies to the topic.

1. Colts

2. Lakers

3. Yankees

BI, what about the other 2 places for each sport? And the Colts? Did I read that correctly? Sure, they have winning history, but prestige? I'm not sure a team from Indianapolis could be prestigious if they played in solid gold helmets with diamond facemasks.

Interesting. I'll play...

NBA - Lakers, Celtics, Knicks
MLB - Yankees, BoSox, Cubs
NFL - Steelers, Cowboys, Packers

I think there's too much history behind the colts to not include them, and I'd lump the Dodgers in with them as well.

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NFL - Texans
NBA - Rockets
MLB - Astros
MLS - Dynamo
Space - NASA

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And the Colts? Did I read that correctly? Sure, they have winning history, but prestige?

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Yes, prestige by people who know football.

The only correct answer is either the Colts or the Patriots... the Patriots own the longest win streak ever (including the playoffs) at 21 games, and the Colts own the longest regular season winning streak ever at 23 games. Both of those are recent NFL records that may stand as long as the 1972 Miami Dolphin record.

Both have recent MVPs, recent Superbowl wins, and recent League titles where they didn't win the Superbowl.



[This message has been edited by 13 0 Branding Iron (edited 4/13/2010 1:30p).]

Why the **** anyone would put the knicks up there is beyond me... Lakers and celts are in a tier of their own followed by either the bull, maybe 76ers, maybr even spurs but the knicks definately dont belong there... Who gives a sh*t if theyre from new york

I think this thread needs a definition of what "prestige" means in this context.

Is it highest value? Greatest number of fans? Greatest amount of respect by professionals in the business?

Branding Iron, good points all around in regards to on field performance (although most of your Patriots points are only relevant to the past 10 years). You didn't include anything about prestige on the whole. This isn't about who is best on the field. It's the total package as a franchise. I thought I was pretty clear about that. I'm a Dolphins fan, and I have no dog in the fight. But the Cowboys and Steelers are IT when it comes to the NFL, they are known by people all over the world who know little of football. I don't particularly like it, but that's how it is. 10 years ago no one cared about the Patriots. For that matter few cared about the Colts either. The Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburg Steelers demand attention whenever they play. It's been that way for almost 40 years now, and I don't see it changing.

sips-lose, I tried to address that in my 2nd post immediately after I started the topic.

NFL
Cowboys
Steelers
Packers

NBA
Lakers
Celtics
Rockets

MLB
Astros
Astros
Astros

nm

[This message has been edited by KTownAg (edited 4/13/2010 2:00p).]