National Freeloader League

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Dear Congress,
We need to talk. Have a heart-to-heart. Just us—the American people—and you, our elected representatives. No lobbyists in the room, no satellite uplinks, no “strategists,” either. Seriously, how many of those people do you need?

Also, can you stop checking Twitter? And Googling your own name? Thanks. Appreciate that.

So: Your relationship with the National Football League. It’s toxic. Not for you, of course. You seem happy, like a bunch of starstruck fans. And we understand—we’re fans, too. Professional football is fun, and no doubt a far better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than rushing around to grovel for cash at half a dozen fundraisers. The league throws a terrific Super Bowl party, too, and given the choice, who wouldn’t prefer Denver-Seattle and a tub of guacamole over voting to repeal Obamacare for the 5,000th time?

But we digress. Back to the toxic part. While you’re enjoying the epic Richard Sherman vs. Peyton Manning matchup this weekend, the NFL is pulling a fast one on us. Dodging taxes. Pocketing government handouts. Passing the buck on workplace injuries. Mooching harder than one of Ronald Reagan’s welfare queens. Adding insult to injury—come to think it of it, it’s probably the other way around—the league also is peddling a potentially dangerous product to our children with almost no oversight.

Oh, and just for good measure, the NFL is spitting in the face of Native Americans as well.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/nfl-money-national-freeloader-league-102965.html

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