alfresco 27 A WEEKLY DOSE OF QUICK, QUIRKY AND TRENDY INFORMATION SEPTEMBER 06-12, 2015 BURIED DEEP Playing for Big Bucks These 10 nations are all rich but hold massive debt as a percentage The value of professional sports franchises has always been pegged at massive amounts. The average value of their GDP: of the top 50 teams is estimated at $1.34 billion. Here is the list of top 10 most valuable sports teams of 2015: New York Yankees (baseball): $3.2 billion Owner: Steinbrenner Family 400% Japan Barcelona (football): Real Madrid (football): $3.16 billion $ 390 3.26 billion Owner: Club Members Owner: Club Members Ireland Los Angeles Lakers 382 (basketball): Dallas Cowboys Singapore $2.6 billion (American football): Owner: Jerry $3.2 billion Buss Family 358 Owner: Jerry Jones Trusts, Philip Portugal Manchester United Anschutz (football): $3.1 billion 327 Owner: Glazer Family Belgium 325 New England Patriotsts New York Knicks Netherlands (American football): (basketball): $2.6 billion $2.5 billion 317 Owner: Robert Kraft Owner: Madison Square Greece Garden Co. Los Angeles Dodgers 313 (baseball): Spain $2.4 billion Owner: Guggenheim 302 Baseball Management Denmark Bayern Munich Washingtonhi t Redskins R d ki (football): (American football): 290 $2.35 billion $2.4 billion Owner: Club Members Sweden Owner: Daniel Snyder SOURCE: IMF WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS AND HAVER ANALYTICS; DATA COMPILED SOURCE: FORBES, CHEATSHEET AS OF FEBRUARY 2015 WEEKLY VECTOR Flying Low Skytrax, a UK-based airline and airport review and ranking site, recently released the list for the world’s worst airlines. The airlines listed here are ranked according to their poor and insignificant standards: BIMAN BANGLADESH NEPAL AIRLINES Bangladesh IRAN AIR Nepal CUBANA AIRLINES Iran LION AIR Cuba BAHAMASAIR Indonesia AIR KORYO Bahamas North Korea Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking Customer ratings Customer ratings Customer ratings Customer ratings Customer ratings Customer ratings Customer ratings 5/10 1/10 2/10 4/10 4/10 5/10 5/10 SOURCE: STUFF.CO.NZ, TRAVELLER.COM.AU, BUSINESSINSIDER TRAVELLER.COM.AU, STUFF.CO.NZ, SOURCE: [RANKINGS ARE SCORED OUT OF 5 STARS] .