Renewable Revolution

 


Every year, the NFL rakes in around $9.5 billion in revenue. Its commissioner, Roger Goodell, meanwhile, has an annual salary of $44 million. And while those numbers might make sense for any big business, the NFL isn’t a business - not technically, at least. According to the Public Law 89-800, it’s a 501(c)6 tax-exempt non-profit.

That’s right, a non-profit.  In other words, the NFL, one of the most lucrative organizations in all of sports, is subsidized by you and me the taxpayers  .

If that sounds ridiculous and absurd, that’s because it is ridiculous and absurd. There’s absolutely no reason why the NFL needs taxpayer subsidies to stay in business.

Other sports leagues, like Major League Baseball, stopped taking handouts from the government years ago, and are doing just fine as far as making money is concerned. But juicing the public is what the NFL is all about. And even though individual franchises are taxable for-profit businesses, they all find ways to bleed taxpayers dry. - See more at: http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2015/02/real-nfl-scandal#sthash.2dVpNvMj.dpuf