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It currently consists 24 teams: eleven in the south, eight in the west, three in the northeast, and two in the midwest. As of its 2024 season, the minimum salary for players is $2,900 per month, though teams can pay up to six players a "flex contract" with a lower minimum salary of $2,400 per month.
The league originally uses a competitive model that radically differs from those of other U.S. professional leagues—its eight teams play a tour-based schedule. Each week, the league visits a different market, with all teams playing. It absorbed the older Major League Lacrosse in a merger in 2020. In 2023, all 8 PLL teams were assigned to cities.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
For its first two seasons, 1920 and 1921, it was known as the "American Professional Football Association" (APFA) before changing its name to the current name in 1922. The NFL partially absorbed the All-America Football Conference in 1949 and merged with the American Football League in 1970. It has 32 teams, all located in the United States.
COWBOYS: "America's Team" becomes first pro sports franchise worth over $10 billion "Forbes" list of most valuable sports teams of 2024. Dallas Cowboys - $10.1 billion. Golden State Warriors - $8. ...
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The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.
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