ChoWZa
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2007
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...and a bunch of other teams.
http://www.scout.com/story/1545004-nfl-teams-paid-to-thank-troops-at-games
"When the Jets paused to honor soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard at home games during the past four years, it was more than a heartfelt salute to the military — it was also worth a good stack of taxpayer money, records show. The Department of Defense and the Jersey Guard paid the Jets a total of $377,000 from 2011 to 2014 for the salutes and other advertising, according to federal contracts. Overall, the Defense Department has paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million during that time, of which $5.3 million was paid by the National Guard to 11 teams under similar contracts."
"The Department of Defense offers a breakdown (below) of payments since 2011. Teams that received taxpayer funds include the Baltimore Ravens ($799,000),Cincinnati Bengals ($138,960) Cleveland Browns ($22,500), the Green Bay Packers($600,000), Pittsburg Steelers, ($36,000) Minnesota Vikings ($605,000), Atlanta Falcons ($1,049,500) Indianapolis Colts ($620,000), Buffalo Bills ($679,000),Dallas Cowboys ($62,500), Miami Dolphins ($20,000), Kansas City Chiefs($250,000), St. Louis Rams ($60,000), and the afore-mentioned Jets."
How is this not a bigger deal than framegate?
edit:
didn't mean to put "their troops" in title.
http://www.scout.com/story/1545004-nfl-teams-paid-to-thank-troops-at-games
"When the Jets paused to honor soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard at home games during the past four years, it was more than a heartfelt salute to the military — it was also worth a good stack of taxpayer money, records show. The Department of Defense and the Jersey Guard paid the Jets a total of $377,000 from 2011 to 2014 for the salutes and other advertising, according to federal contracts. Overall, the Defense Department has paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million during that time, of which $5.3 million was paid by the National Guard to 11 teams under similar contracts."
"The Department of Defense offers a breakdown (below) of payments since 2011. Teams that received taxpayer funds include the Baltimore Ravens ($799,000),Cincinnati Bengals ($138,960) Cleveland Browns ($22,500), the Green Bay Packers($600,000), Pittsburg Steelers, ($36,000) Minnesota Vikings ($605,000), Atlanta Falcons ($1,049,500) Indianapolis Colts ($620,000), Buffalo Bills ($679,000),Dallas Cowboys ($62,500), Miami Dolphins ($20,000), Kansas City Chiefs($250,000), St. Louis Rams ($60,000), and the afore-mentioned Jets."
How is this not a bigger deal than framegate?
edit:
didn't mean to put "their troops" in title.