The National Football League enjoys tax-exempt status as a trade organization that was apparently granted in 1942. Since then the organization has grown into a multi-billion-dollar enterprise and is no longer primarily concerned with "furthering the industry or profession it represents" as much as it is concerned with maximizing profits and furthering its own brand. This is the activity of a commercial corporation not of a trade organization. The IRS needs to impose the standard corporation tax rates onto the NFL.
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