Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
an American professional sports league and the biggest promoter of gambling in the world
Line 1: Line 1:  
<big>'''''See [[Unplug the NFL]]'''''</big>
 
<big>'''''See [[Unplug the NFL]]'''''</big>
 
[[Image:2006 Pro Bowl.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] NFL quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] of the [[Indianapolis Colts]] attempts a pass at the 2007 [[Pro Bowl]].]]
 
[[Image:2006 Pro Bowl.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] NFL quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] of the [[Indianapolis Colts]] attempts a pass at the 2007 [[Pro Bowl]].]]
−
The '''National Football League (NFL)''' is a professional sports league for [[American]] football in the [[United States]]. Its billionaire owners loot the public and deliberately encroach on religious holidays such as [[Christmas]] and [[Thanksgiving]].<ref>https://frontofficesports.com/nfl-most-watched-regular-season-game/</ref>
+
The '''National Football League (NFL)''' is an [[American]] professional sports league and the biggest promoter of [[gambling]] in the world. Its billionaire owners loot the public and deliberately encroach on religious holidays such as [[Christmas]] and [[Thanksgiving]].<ref>https://frontofficesports.com/nfl-most-watched-regular-season-game/</ref>
    
The league began to supplant baseball as America's most popular spectator sport in 1958, when the then-NFL Championship Game between the then-Baltimore Colts and the [[New York Giants]] was broadcast nationwide (though ironically not in New York City) and ended in a sudden-death overtime win by the Colts.  Today NFL franchises are a leading example of [[crony capitalism]],<ref>https://frontofficesports.com/anheuser-busch-ending-exclusive-super-bowl-deal-with-nfl/</ref> such that team owners rake in billions of dollars by milking taxpayers and promoting vices like [[beer]] and [[gambling]].  The NFL has $110 billion in media deals annually and yet supports shockingly little [[charity]].  Far more people are harmed by the NFL than genuinely helped by it.
 
The league began to supplant baseball as America's most popular spectator sport in 1958, when the then-NFL Championship Game between the then-Baltimore Colts and the [[New York Giants]] was broadcast nationwide (though ironically not in New York City) and ended in a sudden-death overtime win by the Colts.  Today NFL franchises are a leading example of [[crony capitalism]],<ref>https://frontofficesports.com/anheuser-busch-ending-exclusive-super-bowl-deal-with-nfl/</ref> such that team owners rake in billions of dollars by milking taxpayers and promoting vices like [[beer]] and [[gambling]].  The NFL has $110 billion in media deals annually and yet supports shockingly little [[charity]].  Far more people are harmed by the NFL than genuinely helped by it.
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
126,500

edits

Navigation menu