Dept. of Defense paid Jets to salute their troops..

ChoWZa · May 10, 2015

...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.

FrodoBagginz · May 10, 2015

The Patriots are not on the list. Nobody cares.

JMC00 · May 10, 2015

FrodoBagginz said:
The Patriots are not on the list. Nobody cares.

edkk323 · May 10, 2015

I think that money is shared league wide....

Boston Boxer · May 10, 2015

its called marketing.

SunshineSammy · May 10, 2015

The NFL has been beating this post 9/11patriotism to death.. exploitation..not sure if I believe this 100% but I always found it odd how players would stop what they are doing and salute when these jets fly overhead..

Jlaff · May 10, 2015

So much wrong with that. Any of these teams stop to consider it might be those very people they're saluting that prevented a terrorist attack against their city/stadium, etc.

tom444 · May 10, 2015

ChoWZa said:
...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.

"It's hardly a secret that the NFL is one of the leading recruitment vehicles for the U.S. military."
http://www.scout.com/story/1545004-nfl-teams-paid-to-thank-troops-at-games

Interesting to see where the most money was spent. "Atlanta Falcons ($1,049,500)"

Marinlik · May 11, 2015

Don't see the problem with it. It's a commercial like any other.

Froob · May 11, 2015

**** em, **** em all.

IllegalContact · May 11, 2015

Marinlik said:
Don't see the problem with it. It's a commercial like any other.

but there wasn't a problem with the footballs at the AFCC, either

if you can bash, bash

Froob · May 11, 2015

Marinlik said:
Don't see the problem with it. It's a commercial like any other.

It's one thing to charge for TV commercials because you know it's a business and those costs a lot of money. But saluting troops before a game? That's horse **** to charge for. There was a time not too long ago that we didnt even have the money for tech wipes to clean the planes with...Proud of Kraft for doing the right thing.

fourhour · May 11, 2015

I am under the impression that only military personnel in uniform are to salute. The rest of us should simply put our right hand over our heart?

Froob · May 11, 2015

fourhour said:
I am under the impression that only military personnel in uniform are to salute. The rest of us should simply put our right hand over our heart?

Ideally yes. Also military not in uniform can salute if they choose.

tom444 · May 11, 2015

Froob said:
It's one thing to charge for TV commercials because you know it's a business and those costs a lot of money. But saluting troops before a game? That's horse **** to charge for. There was a time not too long ago that we didnt even have the money for tech wipes to clean the planes with...Proud of Kraft for doing the right thing.

The military is the one paying for it. Obviously they feel it's good advertising. No one is putting a gun to their head.

deters · May 11, 2015

tom444 said:
The military is the one paying for it. Obviously they feel it's good advertising. No one is putting a gun to their head.

You're taxes paid for it. All for military using recruiting tactics, but the fake expression the NFL is showing towards troops is pathetic.

Dr Pain · May 11, 2015

Shame on them for this. I agree this is very different than a TV commercial. How many games do you see the military at in Foxboro, lots.

Froob · May 11, 2015

tom444 said:
The military is the one paying for it. Obviously they feel it's good advertising. No one is putting a gun to their head.

And that's another huge part of the problem. The way the DoD spends money is absolutely insane. NFL still should do the right thing.

goheels22002 · May 11, 2015

The United States needs a strong military and recruiting the men and women to enlist in a volunteer army costs a lot of money in advertising, staff, events and outreach.

If I were looking for a way to reach young men and women 19 - 30 for recruiting purposes, the first place I would start is with professional sports. The teams could do something on their own, but I'd rather the DoD roll out well-conceived and coordinated pagentry, uniforms, flyovers, giant flags and cheerleaders dressed in uniform to grab their attention. That costs money, and it's a good use of dollars in the grander scheme of the millions of dollars of ads spent on cable and network TV.

This is not worthy of criticism.

tom444 · May 11, 2015

Military recruitment is a dirty business. That's the truth of it.

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