NFL Paid $5 Mil To Support The Troops

[wkmac]

Raises the question, what is the cut paid to NASCAR, MLB and other high profile entertainment outlets for what is nothing more than an advertizing campaign designed to drive the emotions of the masses.


The price of supporting the troops is paid to the NFL

 

[Operational needs]

Raises the question, what is the cut paid to NASCAR, MLB and other high profile entertainment outlets for what is nothing more than an advertizing campaign designed to drive the emotions of the masses.


The price of supporting the troops is paid to the NFL

That's just sad.

 

[bbsam]

And this by a multi-billion dollar organization that just now lost it's "nonprofit" status and started paying taxes.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

And this by a multi-billion dollar organization that just now lost it's "nonprofit" status and started paying taxes.

They voluntarily gave up their non-profit status for the NYC office complex.

 

[bbsam]

They voluntarily gave up their non-profit status for the NYC office complex.

The Church of the NFL suddenly get religion?

 

[cosmo1]

They voluntarily gave up their non-profit status for the NYC office complex.

The NFL gave up its non-profit status so it would no longer be required by law to report the salaries of its high-level executives.

 

[wkmac]

But this still leaves the question, is the NFL and the State via the military using the soldiers to tug emotional heart strings in the same manner that Budweiser uses the Clydesdales or Coke uses the polar bears?

What then is the real purpose of the pomp and circumstance of the National Anthem? To whom is our emotional allegiance actually being directed?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The Church of the NFL suddenly get religion?

Well, they do play the majority of their games on Sunday...