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NFL Admits More Than $700K in Taxpayer Funds May Have Been Used for Military Tributes
Source: ABC News
NFL Admits More Than $700K in Taxpayer Funds May Have Been Used for Military Tributes
By SERENA MARSHALL JIM AVILA
May 19, 2016, 3:34 PM ET
Some of the tear-jerking moments honoring U.S. heroes at sporting events may have been paid for, the NFL admitted today.
ABC News first reported last November on documents it exclusively obtained showing more than 70 contracts with specific mentions of patriotic moments for which major league sports received taxpayer money to stage, totaling more than $6 million in taxpayer money.
In a letter released exclusively by ABC News to the senators investigating the practice, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admits, following an independent audit of “contracts between NFL clubs and the military,” that more than $700,000 in payments may not have been used for recruitment activities, but instead for honoring troops.
“On this basis, the audit identified $723,734 over those four seasons that may have been mistakenly applied to appreciation activities rather than recruitment efforts,” Goodell explains in the letter. “This amount will be promptly returned in full to the taxpayers.”
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By SERENA MARSHALL JIM AVILA
May 19, 2016, 3:34 PM ET
Some of the tear-jerking moments honoring U.S. heroes at sporting events may have been paid for, the NFL admitted today.
ABC News first reported last November on documents it exclusively obtained showing more than 70 contracts with specific mentions of patriotic moments for which major league sports received taxpayer money to stage, totaling more than $6 million in taxpayer money.
In a letter released exclusively by ABC News to the senators investigating the practice, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admits, following an independent audit of “contracts between NFL clubs and the military,” that more than $700,000 in payments may not have been used for recruitment activities, but instead for honoring troops.
“On this basis, the audit identified $723,734 over those four seasons that may have been mistakenly applied to appreciation activities rather than recruitment efforts,” Goodell explains in the letter. “This amount will be promptly returned in full to the taxpayers.”
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/nfl-admits-700k-taxpayer-funds-military-tributes/story?id=39232210
