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| | [[Image:2006 Pro Bowl.jpg|thumb|350px|NFL quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] of the [[Indianapolis Colts]] attempts a pass at the 2007 [[Pro Bowl]].]] | | [[Image:2006 Pro Bowl.jpg|thumb|350px|NFL quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] of the [[Indianapolis Colts]] attempts a pass at the 2007 [[Pro Bowl]].]] |
| | {{See also|Unplug the NFL}} | | {{See also|Unplug the NFL}} |
| − | The '''National Football League''' (NFL) is a [[politically correct]] sports league that is subsidized by taxpayers to the tune of $1 billion per year, and is so heavily influenced by the [[liberal media]] that [[Christian]] players are typically not even allowed to express their [[faith]]. The league relies heavily on [[emotional gambling]] and monetary [[gambling]], as well as violence, for its popularity among television viewers. Due to its dependence on the pro-gay media, the NFL typically promotes the [[homosexual agenda]]. While fining its players for doing various acts of self-expression, including patriotic and pro-police acts, the NFL does not fine players for dishonoring the United States, our flag, our [[National anthem|anthem]].<ref>Nolte, John (September 25, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/09/25/nfl-hates-america-9-pieces-proof/ The NFL Hates America: 9 Pieces of Proof]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2017.</ref> | + | The '''National Football League''' (NFL) is a [[politically correct]] sports league that is subsidized by taxpayers to the tune of $1 billion per year, and is so heavily influenced by the [[liberal media]] that [[Christian]] players are typically not even allowed to express their [[faith]]. The league relies heavily on [[emotional gambling]] and monetary [[gambling]], as well as violence, for its popularity among television viewers. Due to its dependence on the pro-gay media, the NFL typically promotes the [[homosexual agenda]]. While fining its players for doing various acts of self-expression, including patriotic and pro-police acts, the NFL does not fine players for dishonoring the United States, our flag, our [[National anthem|anthem]].<ref>Nolte, John (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/09/25/nfl-hates-america-9-pieces-proof/ The NFL Hates America: 9 Pieces of Proof]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2017.</ref> |
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| | The NFL is the only sports league that excludes a player for quoting frequently from the [[Bible]], as the NFL apparently did in banishing [[Tim Tebow]] despite his success when allowed to play. | | The NFL is the only sports league that excludes a player for quoting frequently from the [[Bible]], as the NFL apparently did in banishing [[Tim Tebow]] despite his success when allowed to play. |
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| − | No other sports league bilks the taxpayers as much as the NFL does, and 29 out of 31 current stadiums were built using millions of dollars in taxpayer funding.<ref name="HuffPost">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/taxpayers-nfl-stadiums_55f08313e4b002d5c077b8ac One of the exceptions is Giants Stadium, where taxpayers are still paying for the old stadium that was torn down.</ref> "Taxpayers have spent nearly $3 billion on the 16 stadiums that" hosted the NFL games that opened the 2015 season.<ref name="HuffPost"/> "Field of Schemes" is a website that exposes many of these ripoffs of the public by the NFL, such as how the [[Democrat]] governor of [[Missouri]] is "proposing to hand $400 million to [the] Rams owner," including $100 million to pay off the debt on the last stadium that was built for the team.<ref>http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2015/10/07/9912/st-louiss-taxpayers-hidden-rams-stadium-costs-arent-quite-worth-215m-but-theyre-still-pretty-bad/</ref> | + | No other sports league bilks the taxpayers as much as the NFL does, and 29 out of 31 current stadiums were built using millions of dollars in taxpayer funding.<ref name="HuffPost">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/taxpayers-nfl-stadiums_55f08313e4b002d5c077b8ac One of the exceptions is Giants Stadium, where taxpayers are still paying for the old stadium that was torn down.</ref> "Taxpayers have spent nearly $3 billion on the 16 stadiums that" hosted the NFL games that opened the 2015 season.<ref name="HuffPost"/> "Field of Schemes" is a website that exposes many of these ripoffs of the public by the NFL, such as how the [[Democrat]] governor of [[Missouri]] is "proposing to hand $400 million to [the] Rams owner," including $100 million to pay off the debt on the last stadium that was built for the team.<ref>http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2015/10/07/9912/st-louiss-taxpayers-hidden-rams-stadium-costs-arent-quite-worth-215m-but-theyre-still-pretty-bad/</ref> |
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| − | As an NFL game ends and fans begin leaving the stadium, it is best to avoid the nearby roads. One study showed that the ''average'' fan at many NFL games has a blood-alcohol level higher than safe level for driving as recommended by the NTSB.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/14/national-transportation-safety-board-drunken-driving/2158107/</ref> | + | As an NFL game ends and fans begin leaving the stadium, it is best to avoid the nearby roads. One study showed that the ''average'' fan at many NFL games has a blood-alcohol level higher than safe level for driving as recommended by the NTSB.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/14/national-transportation-safety-board-drunken-driving/2158107/</ref> |
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| | The league is composed of 32 professional [[American Football|football]] teams from the [[United States]]. Teams play sixteen regular season games. Each team also receives a "bye" week in which it doesn't play, resulting in a 17-week regular season. Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs, which culminates in the NFL's championship game, the [[Super Bowl]]. | | The league is composed of 32 professional [[American Football|football]] teams from the [[United States]]. Teams play sixteen regular season games. Each team also receives a "bye" week in which it doesn't play, resulting in a 17-week regular season. Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs, which culminates in the NFL's championship game, the [[Super Bowl]]. |