You remember that heartfelt NFL game salute to the military? You may have paid for it...

I would have hoped the NFL teams were running these as a public service to support our military, but greed is a powerful motivator in the NFL.

Via Scout:

It's a familiar scene to most Americans. The poignant moment when a soldier is honored for his or her service before a cheering crowd during halftime of an NFL game.
It turns out, however, that at least some of these patriotic displays are not what they seem.
A New Jersey-based website, NJ.com, has a detailed report that reveals the Department of Defense is paying millions of dollars to many NFL teams in what are essentially paid promotions to honor America's heroes.

When the Jets paused to honor soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard at home games during the past four years, it was more than a heartfelt salute to the military — it was also worth a good stack of taxpayer money, records show. The Department of Defense and the Jersey Guard paid the Jets a total of $377,000 from 2011 to 2014 for the salutes and other advertising, according to federal contracts. Overall, the Defense Department has paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million during that time, of which $5.3 million was paid by the National Guard to 11 teams under similar contracts.

Liberal Heartache: NFL refuses to help propaganda Obamacare...

56% on men oppose Obamacare...

NFL Says No to Obamacare — Washington Examiner

NFL Spokesman Brian McCarthy emails:
We have responded to the letters we received from members of Congress to inform them we currently have no plans to engage in this area and have had no substantive contact with the administration about PPACA’s implementation.
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Football Fans Unhappy With Obama

After failing in his attempt to upstage the GOP Presidential debate, President Obama has decided to upstage the opening of the NFL regular season. Could Team Obama be anymore inept?

(NFL.COM) — In agreeing Wednesday to reschedule his planned address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama might have placated House Speaker John Boehner at the expense of the nation’s football fans.

Boehner, R-Ohio, balked at the president’s original request to appear before Congress to discuss the nation’s chronic unemployment problem on Wednesday, Sept. 7. That’s the same day as a Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley, Calif.

Obama agreed to move his speech to Thursday, Sept. 8, which happens to coincide with the opening game of the NFL regular season, a prime time contest between the New Orleans Saints and the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers from Lambeau Field.
The game will be televised by NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET.

FOX Sports NFL commercial mocks Obama's TSA (video)

FOX Sports NFL commercial mocks Obama's TSA. It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.



Hat tip Jack Hoft via Freedom's Lighthouse.