Posted on 10/28/2010 6:27:35 PM PDT by Justaham
The National Football League’s political action committee—Gridiron PAC—has weighed in on the hotly contested U.S. Senate election in Nevada that pits conservative Republican challenger Sharron Angle against Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.
The PAC has given $10,000 to Reid—the maximum it can give in a single election cycle—and no money to Angle, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by OpenSecrets.org.
The NFL’s PAC also contributed to other incumbent Democratic senators facing viable challengers this year, giving $5,000 to Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas; $5,000 to Russ Feingold of Wisconsin; $5,000 to Barbara Boxer of California; $5,000 to Michael Bennet of Colorado; and $5,000 to Patty Murray of Washington.
In none of these races did the NFL’s PAC contribute to the Republican challenger.
Of the $341,000 the NFL’s PAC has contributed to congressional candidates in this election cycle, $340,000 has gone to incumbents. The other $1,000 went to Brian Rooney, an unsuccessful Republican primary candidate in a U.S. congressional district in Michigan, who is the grandson of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney.
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Just add this to the long list of reason I don’t watch ANY professional sports. SEC football is where it’s at!
NFL = Professional wrestling. I am certain many games are fixed. Especially playoff games.
LOL and because of Joy less’s vile, filthy, name calling -Angle has raised over a quarter of a million in two days!
Darn that 1/3 million could have helped the local taxpayers make a months interest payment on the Bengals stadium.
They also gave $10,000 to Pelosi.
It has nothing to do with conservative or liberal it has to do with the status quo.
What a rotten PAC(k) of leftists.
National Football League Contributors
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cmte=C00451153&cycle=2010
Roger Goodell is a businessman- he’s afraid of SEIU-types picketing his NFL games.
I do hope both the NFL and the NBA go on strike next year. The thug lifestyle won’t last long without $$$
Thanks!
Onyx,
Check this out!
Wow. This ought to drop a few fans.
College football for me!
Yep! They sure did!
Like most big business they support whomever is in power. Still, they suck.
HUMMM , seems like the owners of the teams have a big stake in this pac.
Well maybe they might not like getting booed at games.
fruck the nfl.
Well it is ironic because Obama’s time in office is halfway done, and once this Tuesday comes and goes, he is simply at the halfway point, a new lame duck. Gone in 2012!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2616679/posts
Told hubby - he immediately responded “no more NFL in our house.”
Thanks for the heads up.
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