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Lakers Sale Means Good News for Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Dible | Last updated Jun 18, 2025 10:26 PM ET

The Los Angeles Lakers just smashed the record for the largest sale of a sports franchise in world history, but that doesn't make it the most valuable team out there.

"Mark Walter is entering agreement to purchase majority ownership of the Lakers from the Buss family for a valuation of approximately $10 billion, the largest sale of a professional sports franchise in the world, sources tell ESPN," Shams Charania of ESPN posted to X on Wednesday, June 18."

Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners and the owner the Los Angeles Dodgers, will keep current Lakers governor Jeanie Buss on in that role, which means the Buss family will retain at least 15% of the franchise once the sale is complete.

And none of that has anything to do with the Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones, except for the fact that the Lakers' valuation of $10 billion indicates that if Jones ever wanted to sell his team -- which is part of the NFL, a far richer league than the NBA -- he could do so for considerably more than the Buss family made Wednesday.

The reported $10 billion sale of the Lakers would mean the Cowboys, who own their stadium, would go for a number much higher than their perceived valuation. The Joneses won’t sale the team, which makes a realistic valuation improbable.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) June 18, 2025

"The reported $10 billion sale of the Lakers would mean the Cowboys, who own their stadium, would go for a number much higher than their perceived valuation," Jonathan Jones of CBS. "The Joneses won’t [sell] the team, which makes a realistic valuation improbable."

Forbes named Dallas as the most valuable of the 32 NFL franchises, valuing the Cowboys at $10.1 billion in August 2024.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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