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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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Poor cities are routinely looted by NFL owners under threat of moving the team to another location, which leaves the cities with huge bills to pay on empty stadiums.  Minneapolis taxpayers had to pony up $500 million in 2012 to prevent the Vikings from moving to L.A., and $350 million in taxpayer funding was not enough for St. Louis to keep the Rams (and taxpayers are also paying to sue the Rams for leaving; ultimately a partial settlement was reached on behalf of the taxpayers).  The city of Pontiac, Michigan, has had to sue to seek repairs of safety and zoning violations at the abandoned Pontiac Stadium, which hosted the [[Super Bowl]] in 1982.
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Poor cities are routinely looted by NFL owners under threat of moving the team to another location, which leaves the cities with huge bills to pay on empty stadiums.  Minneapolis taxpayers had to pony up $500 million in 2012 to prevent the Minnesota Vikings from moving to Los Angeles (only to end up with a stadium which is highly criticized for being an environmental disaster, as its non-reflective glass attracts migratory birds to their deaths), and $350 million in taxpayer funding was not enough for St. Louis to keep the Rams (and taxpayers are also paying to sue the Rams for leaving; ultimately a partial settlement was reached on behalf of the taxpayers).  The city of Pontiac, Michigan, has had to sue to seek repairs of safety and zoning violations at the abandoned Pontiac Stadium, which hosted the [[Super Bowl]] in 1982.
    
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