{"id":1796,"date":"2026-01-19T11:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:04:47","slug":"cowboys-fifa-crypto-league-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1796","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys FIFA Crypto League Goes Global"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-22.png?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" style=\"width:359px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>(NNTN) &#8211; <\/strong>\ud83c\udf55\ud83c\udf7f <strong><em>where valuations are sky-high, ownership drama is real<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\ud83d\udcb8 Sports Business Boom \u2014 Cowboys &amp; Beyond<\/strong><br>In the world where sports teams are now worth more than some small countries\u2019 GDPs, the <strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/strong> once again reign supreme as the <em>most valuable franchise of 2025<\/em> with a jaw-dropping <strong>$13 billion valuation<\/strong>, standing tall ahead of giants like the Warriors, Lakers and Giants on Forbes\u2019 global list. How this is possible when they haven&#8217;t won the Super Bowl or seen the playoffs in over 20 years is diabolical work, someone is definitely cutting deals with the devil. Meanwhile, Miami Dolphins owner <strong>Stephen Ross<\/strong> revealed he turned down a record-shattering <strong>$15 billion sale offer<\/strong> because, as he says, <em>\u201cwhy sell the pizza when you can make pizza ovens?\u201d<\/em> \u2014 even though the team\u2019s recent performance was reminiscent of stale nachos being served at the concession stand during the homecoming game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">even though the team\u2019s recent performance was reminiscent of stale nachos being served at the concession stand during the homecoming game. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u26bd Global Stage &amp; Tech Fan Playbooks<\/strong><br>Looking ahead to summer, analysts say the <strong>2026 FIFA World Cup<\/strong> will do more than just make U.S. stadiums sell out \u2014 they predict it will <em>\u201cdrive unprecedented global attention\u201d<\/em> to live events and entertainment across North America. Meanwhile, the sports economy continues to evolve with <strong>DeFi models tokenizing football club revenues<\/strong>, where blockchain and soccer meet like pineapple and jalape\u00f1os on a pizza \u2014 spicy, unexpected, and somehow making sense to crypto fans, because no one else can understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\ud83d\udcc8 Bigger Picture \u2014 The League of Money<\/strong><br>A new industry report says the <strong>global sports sector hit record revenue levels<\/strong> in 2024, driven largely by massive events like the Olympics and European championships, with the NFL alone pulling in nearly <strong>$14 billion<\/strong> \u2014 more streaming deals, sponsorships, and digital engagement than ever before. In other words: sports aren\u2019t just games anymore, they\u2019re media empires that sell snacks, jerseys, NFTs, and bragging rights like triple-cheese pizza on a Saturday night, except there&#8217;s now an under over bet on whether your pizza gets to you in 30 minutes or less.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NNTN) &#8211; \ud83c\udf55\ud83c\udf7f where valuations are sky-high, ownership drama is real \ud83d\udcb8 Sports Business Boom \u2014 Cowboys &amp; BeyondIn the world where sports teams are now worth more than some small countries\u2019 GDPs, the Dallas Cowboys once again reign supreme as the most valuable franchise of 2025 with a jaw-dropping $13 billion valuation, standing tall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-22.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgXSPI-sY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1646,"url":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1646","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":0},"title":"Jerome Powell Bets On Cowboys Bipartisan Win","author":"admin","date":"January 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"One CEO the Zuck formerly know as Mark Zuckerberg promised their new AI platform would \u201cfree humans to focus on creativity,\u201d then laid off 12% of the humans for not being creative enough.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Not Necessarily the News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Not Necessarily the News","link":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-14.png?fit=386%2C265&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1585,"url":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1585","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":1},"title":"Political Powers Dirty Flying Foxes","author":"admin","date":"January 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump piled on with rhetorical fireworks, tweeting and rallying like this was a WWE main event \u2014 minus the chair shots, but with plenty of popcorn-throwing energy followed by flying elbows.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Not Necessarily the News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Not Necessarily the News","link":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-18.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1636,"url":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1636","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":2},"title":"Serious Suits, Hope, Heartbreak &amp; 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