The National Football League is actually the Non-Profit Football League.
In addition to bilking states of tens of millions of our state tax dollars in subsidies and "gifts" while giving a million here and there to charity and patting themselves on the back, the NFL enjoys non-profit status and does not have to pay taxes! The sport's fan base could easily support the NFL's rich owners and employees in the manner to which they have become accustomed, but we give them even more, for absolutely no reason. The NFL should pay taxes, just like you and me. If you want to know more read Gregg Easterbrook's article "How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers" in The Atlantic. Please sign this petition to ask the IRS to revoke the NFL's non-profit, tax exempt status. The NFL should pay taxes.