Which sporting events have the biggest financial rewards? I.E how much
do the Superbowl winners get? How much do the NBA winners get? Can we
have a top ten please?

In addition, what sporting events have the biggest reward in terms of
promotion and revenue. So a team coming out of Serie B in Italy into
Serie A get X amount in TV revenue / sponsorship? Any help
appreciated.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/60142.php

The January 2005 Super Bowl winning NE Patriots players each were paid
$68,000 plus a team-designed ring which usually is rather gaudy.
Players contracts often have incentives for the team making the
playoffs, advancing and winning the championship. The game MVP may be
particularly rewarded.

Separately, the NFL insists that the host city typically gets upwards
of a $300 million boost to the local economy. This is very difficult
to quantify, with economist deriving #?s much lower/higher based on
assumptions.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_10_63/ai_n6189425

This site lists the entire history of MLB World Series players winning
shares. The 2003 Florida Marlins split $306,149 per player.

http://www.teenanalyst.com/business/franchisevalues.html

Rank order of NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL teams by value in 2002.

http://www.teenanalyst.com/business/nflteams.html

Most/least profitable NFL teams

http://hoopshype.com/articles/america_friedman.htm

A good article on the economics of the NBA.

http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sauerr/classes/324/leagues.pdf

Excellent analysis of the history of economics of the three top pro
leagues, NFL, NBA and MLB.

http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/research/scholars/volume1/Vine-The_Value_of_Sports_Franchises.pdf

An excellent analysis of the value of pro sports franchises.

http://economics.about.com/library/weekly/aa043004g.htm

Economic value of pro sports teams.

http://www.willametteinsights.com/02/howtovalue.html

How to value intangible assets of pro sports teams.

http://www.willametteinsights.com/02/challenges.html

Economics of pro sports franchise purchase price.

http://www.econres.com/documents/issue_papers/issue_era_18_major_league_sports_franchise.pdf

The value of a pro sports franchise to a community.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/page/0,,id%3D7105,00.html

How the IRS values a pro sports team.

http://www.thesportjournal.org/2002Journal/Vol5-No3/econimic-values.asp

Economic Values of Professional Sport Franchises in the United States 

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersports/75369_own20.shtml

Money in sports-the empire builders.

http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2003/1103/dept/d116403.htm

Sports Franchise Acquisitions: Valuation of Intangible Assets. 

http://users.telenet.be/movieshaker/sportmarketing/2004/08/tax-changes-boost-value-of-us-sport.html

Small changes in the tax code result in large increases in team values.

http://www.ub.rug.nl/eldoc/ccso/200211/200211.pdf

Analysis of European soccer market forces

http://econwpa.wustl.edu:8089/eps/em/papers/0404/0404003.pdf

Measuring the competitiveness of country?s soccer leagues

http://thesportseconomist.com/archive/2004_11_01__arch_file.htm

Stadium depreciation

http://www.swan.ac.uk/economics/cware/ec340/finalchap6%20-%2007.07.03.pdf

Economic impact of sports broadcasting U.S. and Europe

Sports such as boxing, pro tennis and golf and NASCAR have very
different economic structures from each other and are more individual
in nature. Therefore more difficult to research.