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Julian, wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
Yes, those other organizations have the same exempt status. My guess is the NFL makes more than all of them combined.

The thing you're not getting is "the NFL" doesn't make a lot of money. The 32 pro football teams that are represented by "the NFL" – all of whom pay taxes individually – make a lot of money.

When you're talking about "the NFL" that does not pay taxes, you're not talking about the teams; it is the league office, basically. Any money that comes into the league office is used to promote the industry of football – basically the business of its 32 tax-paying member teams. The $9billion TV contract people hear about: "the NFL" doesn't get that, the 32 teams do and pay taxes on it.

This is exactly the same as a Chamber of Commerce taking in some money and using it to put out a cool brochure about local businesses. All the money coming into the CoC is used to promote a local industry, the members of which will then pay taxes on their increased business. It makes no sense to tax the CoC because it is not a for-profit entity. Similarly, "the NFL" head office is not - in and of itself - a for-profit entity. It exists to hope to maximize profits for its industry (the 32 teams) all of whom pay taxes.

And the amount of money "the NFL" has that it doesn't pay taxes on is by one recent estimate, less than $10million. Which is dwarfed by thousands of other non-profits.

Seriously, under what rock do you live under that you thinkg "THE NFL" doesn't make any money?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2013/08/17/how-the-national-football-league-can-reach-25-billion-in-annual-revenues/

K8teebug wrote:

Julian, wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
Yes, those other organizations have the same exempt status. My guess is the NFL makes more than all of them combined.

The thing you're not getting is "the NFL" doesn't make a lot of money. The 32 pro football teams that are represented by "the NFL" – all of whom pay taxes individually – make a lot of money.

When you're talking about "the NFL" that does not pay taxes, you're not talking about the teams; it is the league office, basically. Any money that comes into the league office is used to promote the industry of football – basically the business of its 32 tax-paying member teams. The $9billion TV contract people hear about: "the NFL" doesn't get that, the 32 teams do and pay taxes on it.

This is exactly the same as a Chamber of Commerce taking in some money and using it to put out a cool brochure about local businesses. All the money coming into the CoC is used to promote a local industry, the members of which will then pay taxes on their increased business. It makes no sense to tax the CoC because it is not a for-profit entity. Similarly, "the NFL" head office is not - in and of itself - a for-profit entity. It exists to hope to maximize profits for its industry (the 32 teams) all of whom pay taxes.

And the amount of money "the NFL" has that it doesn't pay taxes on is by one recent estimate, less than $10million. Which is dwarfed by thousands of other non-profits.

Seriously, under what rock do you live under that you thinkg "THE NFL" doesn't make any money?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2013/08/17/how-the-national-football-league-can-reach-25-billion-in-annual-revenues/

Come on, you're better at reading comprehension than this. "The NFL" – again, the untaxed league office – will not reach 25 billion in revenues. The 32 teams, when added together, may reach $25 billion in revenues. And those 32 teams all pay taxes at the same rate as anyone else. The ONLY thing tax exempt is the league office.

All that TV money and tickets sales and merchandise sales… that doesn't go to "the NFL," it is split up between the 32 tax paying corporations "the NFL" represents.

Geez…all I said was "Go Ravens…carry on". 

jeffml wrote:
Geez…all I said was "Go Ravens…carry on". 

troublemaker

you gotta hand it to the Ravens… they seem to win the big ones..

as far as Tom Brady….people seem to loathe him……not sure why….he is in no way arrogant or anything….if you watch his post game interviews he seems like a fairly genuine nice guy…

NE just never bothered me

but they bother a lot of people

Yada wrote:
Is my employer going to cover my terrible eyesight and shitty back for sitting on my ass for 30 years? I think not.

Mine will, and I don't play for the NFL.

Carlos wrote:
you gotta hand it to the Ravens… they seem to win the big ones..

Strangely, and I don't understand why, but both the Bengals and the Steelers played so hard to win the division that they both cost themselves the best chance to win a playoff game.  Still not sure what either franchise was thinking.  Kudo's to the Ravens and Colts for capitalizing on that.

sweetcell wrote:
this is the true reason why people hate him.  he's talented, good looking, successful… and his wife is Gisele.

i'm a patriots fan, but when i read all that i start to hate him a little too.

It's why I love him.  Still hate the Pat's though.

vansmack wrote:

Yada wrote:
Is my employer going to cover my terrible eyesight and shitty back for sitting on my ass for 30 years? I think not.

Mine will, and I don't play for the NFL.

Congrats on your great success.

Yada wrote:
Congrats on your great success.

I just want people to hate me like they hate Tom Brady.  Then I'll know I've truly made it.

vansmack wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
this is the true reason why people hate him.  he's talented, good looking, successful… and his wife is Gisele.

i'm a patriots fan, but when i read all that i start to hate him a little too.

It's why I love him.  Still hate the Pat's though.

I figured you'd be a Gronk fan as well:

vansmack wrote:
I just want people to hate me like they hate Tom Brady.  Then I'll know I've made truly it.

Brian Kelly has apparently just taken the Atlanta Falcons job.

ggw wrote:

vansmack wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
this is the true reason why people hate him.  he's talented, good looking, successful… and his wife is Gisele.

i'm a patriots fan, but when i read all that i start to hate him a little too.

It's why I love him.  Still hate the Pat's though.

I figured you'd be a Gronk fan as well:

Anyone see Gronk on the prestigious television show Top Chef a few weeks ago? Dude sends douche chills up and down my spine.

ggw wrote:
I figured you'd be a Gronk fan as well:

Not as, how shall I say it, refined?

Yada wrote:
Anyone see Gronk on the prestigious television show Top Chef a few weeks ago? Dude sends douche chills up and down my spine.

Padma totally wanted him to put his kielbasa in her immersion circulator.

Just as they did for the 2013 AFC Championship game between the Ravens and the Patriots, Heavy Seas Beer founder Sisson and Boston Beer Company/Samuel Adams founder Koch have placed a wager on Saturday's game, according to Heavy Seas spokeswoman Christine Shaffer.

If the Ravens win, as they did two years ago, Koch will send Sisson a case of Samuel Adams Rebel IPA. If the Patriots are victorious, Sisson will send Koch a case of Heavy Seas' new CrossBones IPA.

well that's a shitty bet for Sisson.  i haven't tried CrossBones yet, but no way it's as boring and disappointing as Rebel.  totally uneven wager.

Yada wrote:
Anyone see Gronk on the prestigious television show Top Chef a few weeks ago?

New England Patriots tight end, and patron saint of the bros, Rob Gronkowski, made a surprisingly competent appearance on the improv show ?Whose Line is it Anyways??

Luckily for the buff football player, he didn?t have to do too much thinking for his roles. In one segment, he just had to dance while comedians Wayne Brady and Jonathan Mangum sang about him to the tune of ?Don?t Stop Believing? by Journey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQbCAVopVaA