I never knew that the NFL has a tax exempt status.

[jack69]

There goes what little interest that I had. Does anyone know this for sure?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. The organization does. The teams are for-profit enterprises.

[Ptah]

2. NFL Gives Up Tax-Exempt Status Time.com

Why the NFL Suddenly Wants to Pay Taxes
Sean Gregory
Apr 28, 2015

The NFL announced Tuesday that it's voluntarily relinquishing its tax-exempt status. Here's what you need to know about the move.

Why in the world would the NFL volunteer to pay taxes?

Basically, the economic value of the exemption wasn’t worth the political and PR headaches that it created. In a memo to the league’s teams and members of Congress, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called the tax-exemption a “distraction,” and said it has “been mischaracterized repeatedly in recent years.”

http://time.com/3839164/nfl-tax-exempt-status/

[Cicada]

3. It is a church, meeting on Sundays etc

The priests wear black and striped shirts, the holy "football" is placed at the alter called "goalpost" etc

[True Dough]

4. And a lot of people want to crucify Roger Goodell

[rurallib]

5. often wines or other spirits are consumed during the service

in communion with other worshipers

[doc03]

6. They are also owned by multi-millionaires and billionaires that blackmail taxpayers into

building new stadiums at their expense.