NFL Puts Money on Reid/Angle Race
**Written by Doug Powers
I’m a Detroit Lions fan, which means it’s very easy for me to dislike the National Football League on any given week, but if you’re getting tired of the NFL for any other host of reasons and you’re not a Democrat, this could put you over the edge:
(CNSNews.com) – The National Football League’s political action committee—Gridiron PAC—has weighed in on the hotly contested U.S. Senate election in Nevada that pits conservative Republican challenger Sharron Angle against Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.
The PAC has given $10,000 to Reid—the maximum it can give in a single election cycle—and no money to Angle, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by OpenSecrets.org.
The NFL is obviously trying to protect that valuable franchise they have in Nevada.
In Gridiron Pac’s first year from 2008-2009, about two-thirds of their political donations went to Democrats, but this year they’re going all-out to keep the incumbent Democrat congress intact:
The NFL’s PAC also contributed to other incumbent Democratic senators facing viable challengers this year, giving $5,000 to Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas; $5,000 to Russ Feingold of Wisconsin; $5,000 to Barbara Boxer of California; $5,000 to Michael Bennet of Colorado; and $5,000 to Patty Murray of Washington.
In none of these races did the NFL’s PAC contribute to the Republican challenger.
CNS also reports that the NFL’s PAC gave the maximum amount of $10,000 to Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer. Boy, talk about a helmet-to-helmet hit on a defenseless constitution.
The full list of recipients from both parties is here.
If things go the way it’s looking like they might on Tuesday, the NFL will be busy trying to flag a lot of people for excessive celebration.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Boycott them. It’s easy for me, because I don’t care for the NFL, but if we want this country back, it’s time to go full circle.
No more half measures.
None.
More money down the rat hole. Sucks to be them.
The NFL is just a bunch of nancy boys ever since they made “taunting” a penalty!
Talk about greedy corporate special interest!
Major sports is about as greedy as they come.
I was about done with the NFL anyhow, now I’m really done.
Do they really think the communists will eat them last?
Thank goodness for collage football.
They’ve been called the No Fun League. Now I think it’s the No Freedom League.
Too bad. I’m in a football-loving house. It’s just more exciting than baseball and much easier to watch than basketball or hockey. Soccer? What’s that?
The only reason this makes any sense is that these donations are payback for some favors.
What favors?
Nevada has never had an NFL team.
Unless they’re the conduit for the cartel money……..
I’m thrilled to see a liberal leaning organization throw away it’s money. Though much of the money ends up in the hands of the liberal media, liberal political hacks and other slimy supporters of people like Reid, it’s good to see them waste it.
Were their boys to actually win, the NFL would be be looking for payback, like Obama’s many benefactors.
TooMuchTime#7,
Could the ‘donations are payback for some favors’ be new stadiums the teams want as pork from the d’s?
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so it is offical: CFL “Communist Football League”
I think this GOTV message could resonate with the voters far more than yet another campaign via the NFL:
somehow I think the other CFL (Canadian Football League) would have an issue with that.
One possible type of favor might be for a US Senator to pressure a state or city into paying for new stadiums.
or maybe they are just a bunch of tree hugging, sun worshiping liberals.
Just because they don’t have a team in Nevada deosn’t mean they can’t get payback from the Senate
MajorityMinority leader.and OT…
Lord Obama is using taxpayer dollars to come to NYC …… again.
Are they covered under the Endangered Species Act?
How about SFL (Socialist Football League).
I’m done with it too.
What are the demographics of the NFL?Me thinks that might have play in this.
Off topic, but Foxnews.com is reporting that two F-15′s are escorting a passenger flight that originated in Dubai to JFK.
You could see this coming when they had puppies over Rush becoming part owner of the Rams.
Docflash beat me to it, but I was thinking the same thing.
It would be interesting to see where the NFL’s owner $ goes…
I only watch college ball anyways. It’s a much better sport. And they never strike.
Totally agree, but I really wish they would have some sort of playoffs instead of the rankings system.
Headline: “Manly football organization goes girly man.”
I never liked Roger Goodell. He’s been a hypocrite the entire time.
Yeah! Playoffs! The BCS is FUBAR
On October 29th, 2010 at 3:04 pm, Hangfire said:
I only watch college ball anyways. It’s a much better sport. And they never strike.
They threw a female line judge on the field last year that looked very good in her whites at a UH game. She did a good job too.
WTF is the NFL doing helping one party over another. Do they think Dems will punish them more than Republicans for their partisanship? If I were a high profile organization needing viewership to survive, I would not want to PO 1/2 of the viewers with my biases. But then again, they do have to bend over for the players union.
Why Nevada? Let me see:
1. Las Vegas, home of sports betting.
2. Maintain monopoly in ownership.
3. Corrupt Senator.
What not to like?
I have had it with the NFL, ever since they boycotted Arizona for not passing the King holiday. What is interesting is that they represent a 1000 or so multi-millionaires who supposedly would all lose big time with the suspension of the Bush Tax cuts.
What the heck is the NFL doing with a PAC to begin with?!
Believe me – they want a team there, and they think Harry can get a stadium built there with your tax dollars so that a billionaire owner (and Reid as minority owner) have a place for their millionaire players to play on Sundays. Billionaires, your tax dollars, gamblers, crooked politicians – what could go wrong?
I would start boycotting the NFL, but they would never know; I haven’t been to a game since 1988 (Miami).
Could be. Probably some kind of support from the democrats to help get local taxes passed to upgrade stadiums.
Donating to Reid doesn’t necessarily make sense in this respect, but as majority leader he can twist a few arms. You’ll notice they are donating to the big guns. That would be necessary if they want to raise a sales tax. These donatees carry a lot of weight.
Since most libs love prissy sports like soccer and abhor the “violence” of football this is an interesting endorsement.
They should have given the Commissioner’s job to Condi Rice. Oh well. Navy plays Duke tomorrow while the rest of the world watches FL-GA in Jacksonville’s drunken party.
Not too big on the NFL, either, since after Church on Sundays I am taking advantage of the biblically mandated Day of Rest.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Soccer: the official sport of communist nations and dictatorships the world over.
I might support the NFL if they open an OKC franchise. Otherwise, forget it. I don’t even go to ProBowl games.
I have always hated the NFL. Now I dispise them. Why do they have a PAC anyway? Do they think they’ll need a taxpayer bailout one day? The stadium angle may be accurate. Or some kind of tax or anti-trust exemption… They apparently don’t think that dealing with the devil has any negative consequences. Scumbags.
The same NFL that welcomed back Michael Vick with open arms? They’re supporting the democrats? What a complete shock!!!!
There should be a law to break out the PAC donation cost separately on an NFL game ticket just like they do with the taxes.
That’s one thing about the Patriots….Robert Kraft pays for everything he builds out of his own pocket.
I’m betting he isn’t too keen on this stupidity.
One Monopoly wiping the buttocks of the other. That these people would kiss the nethers of a growing tyranny is unsurprising and expected — people of the “mafia mindset” stick together. No news here.
(Do you get the feeling that I dislike cartels, even in “pro” sports?)
Obama probably would make an exception for members of the NFL Players Association. Much like what has been done related to ObamCare provisions for other entities. You might say, “how would he do that. That’s not within the law.” Well, neither was how he handled GM shareholders. Or mortgage contracts. We are in a new age where the law no longer applies….. to Obama’s agenda.
The entire concept of becoming emotionally involved over a group of oversized, rather dimwitted paid mercenaries that throw a pointy ball about and attack other paid mercenaries, ostensibly in the name of one’s city, has always struck me as vaguely obscene.
I cannot be surprised that the owners of these paid mercenaries are now supporting Democrats, paid mercenaries all, in the hope that they will be able to continue to swill at the people’s tax-dollar-filled trough.
….. and the French.
Beautiful. The NFL PAC supports anti-capitalists. I wonder how the owners feel about that….I thought pro-football was about making money.
If anyone is upset and thinking of boycotting the NFL, up here in Canada, we have the CFL – Canadian Football League.
The demand is so low for the CFL brand that our players don’t make enough money to form a PAC. So, in turn, no political contributions that I know of are made on behalf of the players to the various politicians running for office.
The thing that upsets me the most while I watch NFL football on Sundays is when they do a close-up shot of the cheerleaders.
Really, I can’t stand that. It’s like shoving porn in front of your face and you have no viewer warning as to when it is about to happen. If they did inform just before it were to take place, I could change the channel and return when I suspected it would finish.
Under socialism, suffering daily, living in squalor and degredation, with broken promises and useless progressive slogans, you can see why it’s easy how the people get hoodwinked into believing that a game lasting 90 minutes or more and ending in a zero-zero tie, is the most exciting sport on the planet.
As a life long football fan, I’ve pretty much already decided to boycott the NFL.
With their stupid pink ribbons and crap, and flat out ruining the game with their campaign against hard hitting, celebrations, and anything else that makes the game fun to watch, I was getting damned tired of it. Now this!
That’s it! The NFL can go to hell!
Ticket: $200
PAC contribution: $150
Taxes: $50
Watching the NFL waste money on democrats: Useless
NFL? What’s that? We only have the Cowboys here, but they aren’t a football team, at least not in this decade.
I think this may have something to do with the Obamaite new President of the NFL Players Association, which is a labor union.
That guy is the one who made a stink about Rush trying to buy into the Rams, and now the League is facing a looming labor negotiation after this season, the dreaded Collective Bargaining Agreement.
People have been talking that there may be another strike in 2011, or 2012.
Nobody in ownership wants that, so this may be some kind of agreement that the PAC go in for the Dems this year, in return for something in those labor negotiations.
I’m guessing, but with the way this White House and Big Labor are tied up everywhere else, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Get this, from the NFLPA website, the bio of the Executive Director:
Told ya he is an Obama guy.
This explains a heck of a lot, no?
Rush, PC, now this.
I think Goodell is living in fear of this administration.
The owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers was appointed by Obama as Ambassador to Ireland or something.
No steroids investigations. We don’t want Brett Farve to become the new Barry Bonds.
Considering they had to flag Russ Feingold for excessive use of unlicensed NFL game footage, I’m betting they’re regretting the $5,000 they gave him in June.
Oddly enough, I would probably do just the opposite.
In Dallas they have a brand new billion dollar stadium (who paid for it?), and the only thing worth watching in there are the cheerleaders.
Ironic since Repubs will keep the millionaire player’s taxes down. I wonder who funds this PAC? Are there no conservative football players that might take offense? What the hell is with these people that play a children’s sport for a living, or sing songs, or play make-believe as actors do, that they all seem to gravitate towards hateful America-hating liberals? (exception, most country music performers).
At this point, what difference does it make? If demographics are the key to who supports Democrats, then the NFL will follow the same path as a similar demographic among African Americans. 90% support for Obama and Democrats in general. The NFL is probably close to 90% African American. What is the point anyway?
And, I am sure some will call my comments racist but that’s o.k. too. If the truth makes me a racist, then so be it. Then, I am in pretty good company with Juan Williams. He told the truth and got fired.
I gave up on the NFL when free agency took hold, there was no more loyalty to owner, team, city or FAN. Just like baseball and basketball it became all about money, personally I think it killed the sports for the fans.
I say put NFL players in skates on ice, and see how talented they are. I prefer hockey. The players aren’t much smarter but they are better skaters.
It’s going to take more than that to convince us Southern Californian taxpayers to contribute even one red cent to build a new stadium if they plan to have a team in LA. We kind of like it the way it is now.
If we had a local team, games would be blacked out half of the time and we would be forced to watch a lot of Lions games. N-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!
The NFL is a monopoly. Time for the Conservatives to strip them of every protection they have after the elections. Tax them at 80% and subpoena the NFL staff for refusing to allow Rush Limbaugh the opportunity to make a share purchase of an NFL team, while actual Democrat racists have ownership stakes.
Ditto
One more thing….
SINK THE PINK!
Enough of the pink accessories. You can support the fight against female cancers without FLOODING professional football athletes of visual pollution.
You claim to support women, yet you allow a disgusting sexist pig named Keith Stone Olbermann to report NFL news. Why isn’t this scum bag removed from anything NFL?
This isn’t the last of our grievances. The NFL sucks.
Sorry… only like one football team and that’s my Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets.
Ye olde Dallas Cowboys should be wearing horizontal stripes. I haven’t respected them since the departure of Tom Landry. Not likely that MY money will be going to this PAC since I don’t darken the doors of any NFL team or buy their stuff.
As neither Pop Warner or the local High School leagues are involved I am safe. I do have a hard time empathizing with a bunch of millionaire cry babies begging at the public trough. What it is I do not know but the Gridiron PAC is wanting something from government that we should not be paying for.
I was already doing a semi-boycott of NFL on Network TV anyway, and I won’t pay for the cable packages.
NFL on network has a problem fitting Football in between Commercials. I’m sick of returning from commercials to find 2 plays have been completed, one of which may have been a Kick followed by the receiving team’s 1st down. Some of the most exciting plays in the game are kick returns and to have to watch in replay footage is disgusting.
To be fair, Jerry Jones put his own fortune on the line to finance the new Cowboys Stadium. It will pay off and make him even more wealthy, which is the American Way. Good for him.
That place is pretty damn spectacular, and I would like to visit someday.
It is also the site of this year’s Super Bowl.
The first game they played there I remember seeing Jerry and President Bush 43 sitting together in the owners’ box.
I don’t think he’s a lib.
On October 30, 2010 at 01:53 pm, Brian72 said:
HW Bush was a liberal Republican from the beginning. Never forget that.
It explains a lot.