The Pentagon Paid Millions to Pro Sports Teams for Military Tributes

Fiscal Times ^ | 11/04/15

[advertising guy]

next they will pay for a Muslim to eat his wife live on tv

[TalonDJ]

The teams should be ashamed for taking their money.

[elpadre]

The NFL should be inviting the military and paying for associated costs.

[all the best]

They won’t rest until government is insinuated into every aspect of American life.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Exacting tribute for a tribute?

These "professional-sports" (what an oxymoron) teams should swallow the cost of military tributes and be proud to do so.

[wally_bert]

Another reason why I despise “big” sports.

[skeeter]

The government is giving my money by the billions to illegal aliens, abortionists, and sluggards - and I’m supposed to be outraged by this?

[Enlightened1]

Of course it’s a great recruiting tool.

I remember as a little boy seeing nothing but car, beer and military recruitment commercials for NFL games.

Remember the Army’s old slogan “Be All You Can Be” over and over?

Although, I always enjoyed the Marines commercial about the making of a Sword, and it end up being a Marine standing at attention. Awesome!

[Norm Lenhart]

So real shock. Liberals own most teams and run the leagues. Why would they NOT milk the military?

Keep watching your games folks. Democrats need your money to destroy you with.

[ColdOne]

They have about 448 days and 17 hours to do so.

[glorgau]

"cheapens the whole lot".

It cheapens everybody involved - where is the shame?

[Slyfox]

The government is giving my money by the billions to illegal aliens, abortionists, and sluggards - and I’m supposed to be outraged by this?

Agreed. It probably got discontinued because Bammy got his thong in a wad.

[Eagles6]

They have no shame. Been extorting taxpayer money to build their stadiums for decades. No difference here.

[Romulus]

They’d be ashamed if they didn’t. Taking money is what they do. They’re a business, you know.

[Romulus]

Why? Why should they be providing free advertising?

[jwalsh07]

Who cares? If it puts a smile on a soldiers face I say fine. Ping me when Flake gets upset about the hundreds of billions spent on illegals.

[elpadre]

they pay others for entertainment why discriminate against the military

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is just wrong. The Pentagon shouldn’t need to be paying for this kind of promo... it should be VOLUNTEERED.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s capitalist I guess, but it is a very wry comment about where our patriotism has gone. If Fidel Castro ponied up enough smackeroos would they do a Cuba flag out there?