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Old 02-10-2014, 01:03 PM
 
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Congress to NFL-change it or pay.

I'm glad they don't have anything more important to worry about

Senator threatens NFL's tax-exempt status over Washington Redskins name - ESPN
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:05 PM
 
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I didn't mean to blame it all on congress, there are senators involved too.
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:05 PM
 
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Government is creeping into every aspect of our lives and guess what, many dupes welcome it.
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:09 PM
 
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Why does the NFL get tax exempt status anyways?
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:15 PM
 
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Why does the NFL get tax exempt status anyways?
Because technically they are non profit. The NFL takes in the money and then disperses it to the owners. Now realistically this is what corporations do with stock holders.

So the way it should be is that they all are treated this way or none of them. That said this is the absolutely wrong way to go about it. Never should the government tell anyone that unless they conform to their ideas of proper speech they will get hit with additional taxes.
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:16 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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Why does the NFL get tax exempt status anyways?
really. that's a crock.

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"You're getting a tax break for educational purposes, but you're still embracing a name that people see as a slur and encouraging it," Cantwell told The New York Times.
what 'educational purposes'?
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:25 PM
 
Location: texas
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What Educational Purposes?

To teach youngin's Injuns is good people.
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:34 PM
 
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Come on, it's a kick-ass team name! And this is coming from someone with native blood!
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:36 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Sports teams should not be tax exempt. Who cares what the Washington Redskins call themselves.
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Old 02-10-2014, 01:40 PM
 
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it's insane to me that the NFL's tax-exempt status is now contingent upon the choice of mascots in the league

that about sums up our government right there

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