National anthem protest league still wants it tax breaks
Washington Times:
The NFL has come out against House Republicans’ tax cut bill, putting the league out on a political limb even as it deals with the fallout from national anthem protests.The NFL's failure to contain the anthem protest will make it politically difficult to sustain this tax break. The fans who are boycotting the games and no longer watching them on TV because of these protest will oppose this tax break for billionaires. The NFL office has been spineless in dealing with the misguided protestors who have bought into the "hands up, don't shoot" lie and their belief in "systematic oppression."
Other big pro sports leagues are staying out of the fight, but a spokesman for the National Football League said teams don’t want to lose a special tax break that allows them to use tax-free bonds to build stadiums.
The NFL says it deserves the break because new stadiums create jobs.
“You can look around the country and see the economic development that’s generated from some of these stadiums,” Joe Lockhart, a former press secretary for President Clinton and now an NFL spokesman, told reporters on a conference call last week, according to Reuters.
The NFL is the only major sports league to take a stance on the tax proposal. Representatives from Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League declined to comment when contacted by The Washington Times. A spokesman for Major League Soccer did not return multiple requests for comment
Tax-free municipal bonds are generally used for roads, hospitals and the like, though a number of communities have extended them to help sports teams.
...
Comments
Post a Comment