Best franchise of all time? It is a tough question, since is too general and does not explain in what terms! I am a big soccer fan so I can't talk of other sports, though I have to agree to some previous comments in terms of monetary USA most popular sports and teams in them, can't compare, just too much money revolving around.
But in soccer there are two teams that have been very succesful in winning tournaments. There is the AC MILAN from Italy, even culminated more than a season - season and a half WITHOUT LOOSING A SINGLE GAME, seasons of 38 games!! and winning tournaments after tournaments. And of course BOCA JUNIORS from Argentina a soccer team that is made to win every tournament theyplay.
With that said, in terms of education, cultural impact, I do believe PACHUCA from Mexico will take the trophy, not only offers schools in soccer like ALL MAJOR TEAM IN ANY SPORT WILL DO, and not only they have been winning tournaments (local and international) like there is no tomorrow, but they created a UNIVERSITY OF SOCCER (UNIVERSIDAD DEL FUTBOL), an educational university-four year college(not only for soccer, don't let the name fool us), where you get a degree, and learn about sports, practice them (any sport), and as of today, your big chance is Soccer due to the fact that is the only Professional Sport the team is signed in. Perhaps in the future, basquetball, baseball and football will be an open window in professionalim. As of today, youngsters get their major education done, practice a sport and a chance to get scouted for the soccer team, or perhaps for Olympic games in other sports. Yes the USA does it in every single university- and other countries too, but the topic in here is the SPORTS FRANCHISE, NOT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION BEST.
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Let's stop insulting other sports. All are different, when people say Yankes had 26 WS and 39 AL Penants (the step previous to the World Series); first of all the World Series is just the name so this can't be compared to a FIFA WORLD CUP where INTERNATIONAL TEAMS DO PLAY, is not the national league, in that context, we can say that RANGERS FC FROM SCOTLAND, will be the most successfull in soccer with 51 LEAGUE TITLES, THE MOST IN SOCCER WORLD. Yankes is without a doubt the most sucessful in baseball, no question about it. But in soccer you can say BOCA JUNIORS WITH 6 Amateur Championships before 1930, 23 home league championships, 17 International Championships. MILAN owns 18 International Championships.
Yankees founded in 1901 as Baltimore Orioles, moved toNew York and became the Highlanders in 1903 and became the Yankees in 1923. RANGERSFROM SCOTLAND was founded in 1873.BOCA JUNIORS in 1905, AC MILAN in 1899. So foundation can be a factor why some teams have more championships than others, but also the FACT that soccer teams play in international tournaments, than the baseball teams don't. For example, Boca Juniors in a year will play at least 3 tournaments or even 4 to 5; HOME LEAGUE, COPA SUDAMERICANA, COPA AMERICA, WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. Which is more energy depleted.
I believe we can't compare a sport with other sport. a team with other team in the same sport we can, but not different sports. YANKEES is to me the greatest in baseball in the whole world; but we can't compare this team with others in soccer for example, since SOCCER IS WORLD WIDE which makes the teams to play international tournaments, WHAT I MEAN IS A DIFFERENT FORMAT, different conditions, players are taken away from you for INTERNATIONAL TEAM MATCHES I.E. BRAZIL VS. ARGENTINA, besides your team playin in international tournaments. So let's just respect everybody's comments. and lets not try to make a certain team in AN SPECIFIC SPORT, better than another team IN ANOTHER SPORT. ços if you do, you better EXPLAIN WHY IS BETTER A CERTAIN FRUIT BETTER THAN A CERTAIN VEGETABLE, when we all know both are good in a different way to our organism, and we can't tell someone to stop liking more a certain fruit or vegetable from the other.
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