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Blitzing Washington: How the NFL and team owners spend millions to influence government
Open Secrets ^ | October 1, 2025 | Natalie Jonas, Alex Baumgart and David Meyers

Posted on 10/04/2025 10:26:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Ahead of the start of its 106th season, the National Football League saw an astonishing 710 percent increase in value over the past two decades, with teams worth $190 billion. The owners, many of whom have been involved with their teams for decades, are turning to new ways to capitalize on the exponential gains seen in the league — and to look out for their own interests

The NFL generated $23 billion in revenue in 2024, nearing Commissioner Roger Goodell’s goal of $25 billion by 2027. This goal, set in 2010 when NFL revenue just crossed $8 billion, has been kept on course by a slew of ever-increasing media rights deals and partnerships.

And like any successful industry, the league (and team owners) apply some of those earnings toward political influence. For example, in recent years the league pushed for improved access to life-saving medical equipment, paved the way for new stadiums and ensured that facilities are protected from possible drone threats.

During the 2024 election cycle, 58 percent of federal campaign contributions made by an NFL-affiliated political action committee and league employees went to Democrats. The vast majority of that money — 86 percent — was donated by the PAC, which acts as a collective for all the teams, whereas employees may donate based on their own personal preferences. The league uses a PAC because, like any other corporation, it may not make contributions directly from its own treasury.

This was the fourth consecutive election cycle in which the league favored the Democratic Party. The biggest recipients were the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ($123,000) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($95,000), followed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee ($55,000) and the National Republican Congressional Committee ($30,000). Nearly all of the money given to those GOP committees came from PACs.

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TOPICS: Politics; Sports
KEYWORDS: nationalfelonleague; nfl

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1 posted on 10/04/2025 10:26:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Look at the babes they end up with. Taylor Swift-Bill Belichick’s GF.


2 posted on 10/04/2025 10:34:35 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Then there’s those sideline reporters interrupting the games with stupid questions in the name of woeness.

If the NFL was really woke they’d have sideline reporters with butch haircuts and built like a fire plug. Too far?

Lesbians enjoy the game too you know.


3 posted on 10/04/2025 10:38:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Then there’s those sideline reporters interrupting the games with stupid questions in the name of woeness.

If they're Democrats, they shouldn't be involved in football. It's not something they would be interested in.

4 posted on 10/04/2025 10:40:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Then there’s those sideline reporters interrupting the games with stupid questions in the name of woeness.


The Bear knew how to handle them.

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


5 posted on 10/04/2025 10:40:26 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is an excellent example of Lenin’s maxim:

“The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them”.

Conservative NFL football fans are financing their own destruction by leftist owners.


6 posted on 10/04/2025 10:50:38 AM PDT by cgbg ("The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

7 posted on 10/04/2025 12:49:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

SURE BEATS A CROSS DRESSING PR WHO CAN ONLY SING IN SPANISH & WHO HATES THE USA


8 posted on 10/04/2025 1:22:52 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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