All of you know about Indian Premiere League (IPL) Cricket Franchisees (Teams). But have you ever think that How does IPL Franchise get Profits?

How do Owners of the IPL Franchisee get back their Money?

Well, There are basically 3 Income Streams for IPL 20-20 Cricket Franchisees.

01) Broadcasting Right Income - These are the Broadcasting rights which the IPL Franchisee sell to the Media Channels for literally millions of dollars.

02) Team Sponsors- These are the Companies which sponsor the team say for Example, Nokia, Vodafone, Reliance...etc...

03) Gate Receipts - Teams can also earn by selling Gate Passes to people.

How do the Owners of IPL Franchisee make Profit?

Well, one way to make profit is from various Income streams itself and the other way to make a huge profit from IPL teams is by "Capital Gains".
Team Owners Invest in IPL Cricket Teams for Huge Capital Gains. Means they stay invested in a team for few years and after that they may sell their full or partial stake in the team to other Investors for more profits. They can also dilute their stakes also.

The owners of the IPL team can also take their teams to Public also. Yes, according to the clause of IPL, any team can go to public after 2012. In fact, Indian Cricket Board will itself go to public after 2012. In this way, the teams can be listed on the various stock exchanges and than its securities (Stocks) can be freely traded.

In short, IPL Franchisees are the Gold Mines. There are several Money Making Opportunities in it.........!!!!