Rob0729

Looks like the new NFLPA is considering asking Congress to examine the NFL's tax exempt status. Perfect time for Senator Comcast to butt his decrepid nose into league matters again for the sake of Comcast...ummmm... I mean the country.

Paul Domowitch: New NFLPA boss sounds like he's ready to rumble | Philadelphia Daily News | 03/20/2009

Patriot Missile

Specter is a creepy dude. He reminds me of a Cheney chronie.

Pats726

MAY open the door..am surprised PFT hasn't been digging up these things.. I do not get that impression from him..today he was meeting with Goodell and who knows what came of it...he wanted to get to work and to keep football going (OR so he said...talking more about lockout in a tangental way..) No he wanted to get to work WITH Goodell on issues...so I think it's more a threat than what he wants...kill the goose and NO ONE gets rich.. A week ago I would be alarmed..but I have heard him twice and...he seems level headed..

Box_O_Rocks

Ted Kennedy?

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jmt57

I know all about the limited antitrust exemption in regards to television, but I guess I had missed the fact that the NFL is a tax-exempt organization also. Not that they are the only one that makes one scratch your head at this designation; the NCAA is another that comes to mind that does not deserve to be tax-exempt.

The Cohen Report: Playing by the NFL’s Tax Exempt Rules
Critics Question League's Tax-Exempt Activities

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PatsWickedPissah

I wouldn't worry. Senator Comcast is very busy deciding whether or not to sell his vote on Card Check. He's seen Dodd et. al. really benefit from selling out and now he wants his before it's too late. COMCAST money is minor league compared to the mortgage & financial stuff.

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xmarkd400x

I call it BS posturing.



If the players get X% of the revenue as cap money, would they prefer to start at X, or X-Taxes?

Pats726

I agree...it's mostly that..opening up a can of worms may not be to football's liking..both the platers AND owners...and in this bad economic time..having it crumble will only make things worse...Look at baseball an dhow the MLB owners have projected for this year...DOWN!! And football?? May be more flat..but..I think he knows that if he creates too much og a stir..football could slip HARD!! Many never forgave baseball after the mid 90s...football?? 15 years later could do the same. THAT is why I think smarter heads will prevail... Oh..then there's idiot Foodell...OK...maybe more trouble.

spacecrime

So the Union thinks that reducing the owner's net income will result in players making more money.

This makes no sense to me at all.

LiveShot

The NFL should not be tax exempt and taxpayers should not have to subsidize stadiums. If they can't make it on their own tough. We have too many goddam tax exempt organizations, churches, private schools like Harvard that pay no friggin in taxes. Then the taxpayer just bends over and A$$umes the position.