Senators try to sack NFL’s non-profit status By David Sherfinski-The Washington Times Thursday, January 30, 2014
Sens. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, and Angus King, Maine Independent, have started a push to end the not-for-profit status for the National Football League, saying it’s only fair to taxpayers.
“This is a directed tax cut that [went] to the league office, which means every other American pays a little bit more every year because we give the NFL league office a tax break and call them a non-profit,” Mr. Coburn said on CNN’s “New Day.” “In fact, they’re not.”
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John F Kennedy gave the NFL that exemption status. The NFL is categorized as Entertainment and not sport. The league is not for profit, the franchises(teams) get taxed.
John F Kennedy gave the NFL that exemption status. The NFL is categorized as Entertainment and not sport. The league is not for profit, the franchises(teams) get taxed.
Misinformation once again....it's not categorized as entertainment...unless you can show me prove of your claim!
The NFL is classified under Section 501(c)(6) of the tax code, which exempts any organization whose primary purpose is to further the industry or profession it represents. Trade organizations typically get this exemption. So do the NFL, NHL and other pro sports organizations. IRS Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code provides for the exemption of business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, boards of trade and professional football leagues, which are not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
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A business league is an association of persons having some common business interest, the purpose of which is to promote such common interest and not to engage in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit. Trade associations and professional associations are business leagues. To be exempt, a business league's activities must be devoted to improving business conditions of one or more lines of business as distinguished from performing particular services for individual persons. No part of a business league's net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and it may not be organized for profit to engage in an activity ordinarily carried on for profit (even if the business is operated on a cooperative basis or produces only enough income to be self-sustaining). The term line of business generally refers either to an entire industry or to all components of an industry within a geographic area. It does not include a group composed of businesses that market a particular brand within an industry.
Major League Baseball voluntarily abandoned its tax-exempt status in 2007 PGA Tour and the National Hockey League continue to avail themselves of the tax break
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Found this information to be interesting on how they rec'd tax exempt status.....political hokus-pokus (and not given to them by JFK as some claim because it was done in 1966).
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As for how this tax-exempt status came to be, the NFL League Office was established as a trade organization, and therefore tax-exempt, not recently, but actually all the way back in 1942.
The NFL was a fledgling sports league back in 1942. Despite being in the midst of playing their 23rd regular season, the NFL still was struggling financially. They needed to find ways to save money and to protect their employees, the players. So, the NFL League Offices filed an application for tax-exempt, non-profit status with the IRS. The application was accepted. According to a 2009 article, both the NFL and IRS have said that they can not find a copy of the original 1942 application.
The league continued along until 1966 when they faced stiff competition from the AFL. The AFL had begun play in 1960 and immediately started challenging the NFL for television contracts, college players, and popularity.
On June 8, 1966 the NFL and AFL announced a merger, but in order to avoid antitrust law sanctions, the merger had to be approved by the United States Congress. And that meant convincing the powerful Louisiana Senator and Chairman of the Finance Committee Russell Long. According to the Senate’s own website, Chairman Long tacked the merger onto a tax bill, ensuring it would arrive at his desk. He could then alter the language, ensuring exemption from sanctions. In exchange, Long told NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle that he wanted the next NFL expansion franchise to be in New Orleans, in Long’s home state of Louisiana. The merger passed and on November 1, 1966, the New Orleans Saints became the sixteenth NFL franchise. Good old fashion backroom politics. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/nfl-tax-exempt/
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
NFL fans miffed by the New England Patriots' secret videotaping of their opponents' signals can boycott games or team merchandise, but they can't seek legal damages for "Spygate," a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The appeals panel upheld a district judge's ruling that dismissed the suit by lawyer Carl Mayer, a New York Jets season ticket holder from Princeton, N.J.
Mayer had argued that fans spent large sums to see games that were essentially rigged, and he sought $185 million in damages for Jets fans alone. The 3rd Circuit Court didn't buy it.
"We do not condone the conduct on the part of the Patriots and the team's head coach, and we likewise refrain from assessing whether the NFL's sanctions (and its alleged destruction of the videotapes themselves) were otherwise appropriate," Senior Judge Robert E. Cowen wrote for the three-judge panel.
However, he said Mayer failed to prove any legal right to damages.
"At best, he possessed nothing more than a contractual right to a seat from which to watch an NFL game between the Jets and the Patriots, and this right was clearly honored," Cowen wrote.
Found this information to be interesting on how they rec'd tax exempt status.....political hokus-pokus (and not given to them by JFK as some claim because it was done in 1966).
After moving the NFL office to the nation's media center in New York in 1960, his first major chore was to convince the owners of teams in large metropolitan centers of the long-range benefits of sharing television revenue with the teams from the smaller market areas. Pete successfully lobbied in Washington for a limited anti-trust exemption to allow the NFL to negotiate a network television contract as a single enterprise. President John F. Kennedy signed a sports legislation bill into law on September 30, 1961. Three months later, Rozelle , announced a contract had been signed with CBS that produced the then-princely sum of $4,650,000 a year to be divided equally among the NFL's teams. Not only did the deal with CBS improve the NFL's financial outlook but it also became a valuable tool in fueling already growing fan enthusiasm.
We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works.
President John F. Kennedy signed the Sports Broadcast Act of 1961 into law on September 30. The legislation gave both the NFL and AFL cover from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and gave the same protection to the National Basketball Association as well as the National Hockey League. The American and National Leagues of Baseball already had an antitrust exemption thanks to the Supreme Court decision of 1922 in the Baltimore Terrapins versus the National League case. Congressman Cellar and Senator Kefauver didn’t overlook college football in the bill.
There was provision included which precluded the NFL from televising any game on either Friday night after 6 PM or on Saturday between the second Friday in September and ending on the second Saturday in December. This was done to protect college football which had a TV deal in place for Saturday afternoons.
After operating under local contracts for the 1960 and 1961 seasons, the NFL pooled its television rights and sold them to CBS for $4.65 million annually for the league. In 1963, NBC was awarded exclusive network broadcasting rights for the 1963 AFL Championship Game for $926,000, and later signed a five-year, $36 million television contract with the AFL IV to begin with the 1965 season.
After moving the NFL office to the nation's media center in New York in 1960, his first major chore was to convince the owners of teams in large metropolitan centers of the long-range benefits of sharing television revenue with the teams from the smaller market areas. Pete successfully lobbied in Washington for a limited anti-trust exemption to allow the NFL to negotiate a network television contract as a single enterprise. President John F. Kennedy signed a sports legislation bill into law on September 30, 1961. Three months later, Rozelle , announced a contract had been signed with CBS that produced the then-princely sum of $4,650,000 a year to be divided equally among the NFL's teams. Not only did the deal with CBS improve the NFL's financial outlook but it also became a valuable tool in fueling already growing fan enthusiasm.
YUP, as you have pointed out it was for ANTI-TRUST and nothing to do with the tax exempt status!!! In your later post you again support that ANTI-TRUST by referencing the SPORTS BROADCAST ACT...nothing to do with the tax exempt status!!!!!!
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Sports Broadcasting Act Established in 1961, the Sports Broadcasting Act allows professional football, basketball, hockey, and basketball to pool and sell their rights in sponsored telecasts of games. This act allows the pooling of these television rights to be exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act. This enables teams to put their separate rights together in a single package so the league can sell that package to a single television network such as FOX or ABC. This is designed to protect home ticket sales and allow teams to share the revenues. It also has been interpreted to include what are called “blackout rules” which protect the home team from competing games broadcast into its home territory on days when it is playing at home. The focus on “sponsored telecasts” has been interpreted to ensure free local and national broadcasts of games. However, paid broadcasts on cable and league agreements with cable broadcasters are not covered by the antitrust exemption.
In recent years validity of the NFL’s antitrust exemption under THE Sports Broadcasting Act has been called into question. The issue occurred when the NFL began to run live games on its own NFL Network. They then sell the rights to carry NFL Network to cable and satellite providers at a high cost. This has angered cable companies such as Comcast and they feel that the NFL’s antitrust exemption should be repealed. The NFL counters that they are the only professional league that broadcasts all of its local market games on free over-the-air broadcast. The NFL claims they do not run afoul of the antitrust laws because they are “pro-competitive” and expand choices for consumers.
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Who cares that JFK was the one who initially signed off on the NFL's tax exempt status? Tricky Dick, Gerald Fraud, Ronald "I never met a cover-up I didn't like" Reagan of either of the Bush druts could have demanded it be pulled.
Sissiero and his ultra-conservative spend all day on their mommie's computer but not do anything of any real significance slay me! Comic reliefs all!
Who cares that JFK was the one who initially signed off on the NFL's tax exempt status? Tricky Dick, Gerald Fraud, Ronald "I never met a cover-up I didn't like" Reagan of either of the Bush druts could have demanded it be pulled.
Sissiero and his ultra-conservative spend all day on their mommie's computer but not do anything of any real significance slay me! Comic reliefs all!
Well, for all you anti big business libs, I think it's funny that JFK signed legislation that exempts the NFL from anti trust laws.
WRONG STILL !!!!!!!!! You just refuse to admit it...that legislature was ANTI-TRUST !!!! Don't you know the difference?
No, The Sports Broadcasting Act was an exemption FROM antitrust law.
The Sports Broadcasting Act was passed in response to a court decision which ruled that the NFL's method of negotiating television broadcasting rights violated antitrust laws. The court ruled that the "pooling" of rights by all the teams to conclude an exclusive contract between the league and CBS was illegal.
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