If you are much of a football fan, you probably have noticed on numerous occasions the support and honor bestowed upon military personnel during halftime or between quarters. What you may have not known however is how much it costed just to get our NFL teams to respect the military.
A detailed report out of New Jersey showed that over the past four years, whenever the Jets would pause to salute and honor those members of the NJ National Guard, it was not just out of respect for the troops, but because the Department of Defense paid the Jets $377,000 for the salutes and other advertising.
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| Superbowl Champ Marshawn Lynch with military veterans |
Overall, over 5.4 million dollars has been paid out to 14 different NFL teams over the course of 2011 to 2014.
This comes as a bit of a blow to American Pride. When you watch an NFL game and you see America's best athletes respecting and saluting our military, it is a moral booster for every American in my opinion. To find out that almost none of this would happen without big heaps of cash thrown at the NFL is majorly disappointing.
Football teams should not require payment in order to respect and salute our military veterans. They already make millions annually for simply playing a game while our military puts their lives on the line every single day just to better out freedom in America. The injustice present in the NFL today is rampant and must be ended.
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