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Senate Votes to Block Pentagon Paying Millions to NFL to 'Honor Troops' (from June 2015)

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Senate Votes to Block Pentagon Paying Millions to NFL to 'Honor Troops'

by Jason Ditz, June 04, 2015 - Antiwar.Com...

The Senate today voted in favor of a bill which will bar the Pentagon from giving taxpayer money to NFL teams or other sports franchises in return for them "honoring the troops" during their games.

Reports of the "Patriotism for Profit" program emerged last month, with the revelations that 14 NFL teams had received $5.4 million in return for timeout displays of thanking troops for their service. This was quickly condemned by several top Congressmen.

The three Senators who pushed this bill, Sens. John McCain (R – AZ), Jeff Flake (R – AZ), and Richard Blumenthal (D – CT) issued a statement saying that the US could not afford to give "scarce defense dollars to wealthy sports teams," decrying the program as a "marketing ploy."

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Comment by Keith Cyrnek
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I thought it was a great deal for both sides...plenty of nearly free advertisement or the Military Industrial Complex and they NFL looks like they care, good PR.



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