Menu
Download the app

SBJ subscribers – Enhance your experience with the revamped iOS app

Finance

J.League's J1 Teams See Drop In Teams Operating At A Loss; Number Rise In J2

The number of teams in the J.League's J1 operating at a loss decreased from 10 to eight since '10, recently disclosed management information of its 38 participating teams in '11 revealed, according to NIKKEI. In J2, meanwhile, teams operating at a loss rose from eight to 10. J1 team Urawa Reds "led the league in revenue" for the seventh consecutive year with ¥5,382,000,000 ($68.3M), although it still saw a decrease of more than ¥240,000,000 ($3M) since '10. J1 team Yokohama F-Marinos "ranked sixth in revenue" with ¥3,463,000,000 ($44M), but its overall profit was down ¥585,000,000 ($7.4M) due to excess operating costs. Under the Club License System the J.League is introducing in '13, teams with deficits for three straight seasons will not be allowed to participate in the league. A total of five teams in the league have raked in three straight seasons with deficits (NIKKEI, 8/21).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2012/08/27/Finance/JLeague.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2012/08/27/Finance/JLeague.aspx

CLOSE