Sunstar Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I found this interesting. At $1.2 Billion, the Texans rank as the #13 most valuable sports team in the world. #1 is Manchester United, followed by Real Madrid, the Yankees and the Cowboys. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45ikdf/13-houston-texans-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Soccer is big on Planet Earth; even more so outside the U. S. To the local sportscaster, whose name I forget right now, it is pronounced re-al' like the "re" in do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do and "al" like Al Michaels not like "rod and reel." When I first heard him say real Madrid I thought, "Is there an ersatz Madrid then too?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 It works the same way for a little street here called El Camino Real too. Jokingly, we'd ask where you'd find a fake El Camino? Then Ford produced the Ranchero...and the fake El Camino became all too re-ál then.$1.2 billion, is that before or after Andre leaves town? As this looks to be a return to rebuilding the team, how long before that figure begins to erode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Isn't real in English and Spanish the exact same word and meaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 It works the same way for a little street here called El Camino Real too. Jokingly, we'd ask where you'd find a fake El Camino? Then Ford produced the Ranchero...and the fake El Camino became all too re-ál then.$1.2 billion, is that before or after Andre leaves town? As this looks to be a return to rebuilding the team, how long before that figure begins to erode?Wouldnt matter.Houston is such a football crazy city we could have a crappy team that misses the playoffs almost every year and people would still shell out millions to go to every Texans game and buy all the merchandise...............oh wait, we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Isn't real in English and Spanish the exact same word and meaning? Nope. In this context, "real" in Spanish generally means "royal" or "regal." It's a derivation of "rey," or king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Judging from some of the comments in this piece, it appears to have been written sometime during or after the various 2012 seasons. I'd expect the cited values to have increased in some instances since then, particularly the NBA teams given the staggering valuation that's been placed on the Clippers as a result of Steve Ballmer's bid to buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democide Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Steve Ballmer is getting ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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