Stop NFL subsidies
Stop the NFL subsidies is a campaign to stop the subsidies to billionaire owners in the NFL who demand taxpayer subsidies that loot local communities and foment addiction to watching the game.
In 2022, the wealthy owners of the Buffalo Bills and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, each of which were eliminated early in the playoffs, demand massive taxpayer subsidies to build new stadiums that would enrich the team owners.
In arguing against a subsidy for a new stadium for the Bills, whose family owners are worth billions of dollars, one commentator points out:
| “ | Five NFL stadiums have been built in the past decade. The one in Los Angeles, a $5 billion palace, was built for the Rams and Chargers with private money. The other four, built for the Vikings, Falcons, Raiders and 49ers, involved taxpayer subsidies ranging from $114 million (Santa Clara, CA) to $750 million (Las Vegas).[1] | ” |
In fact, there are estimated hundreds of millions of dollars in indirect taxpayer subsidies for the new Los Angeles stadium (SoFi) too.
Subsidies in Europe
"Italy’s most popular sport [soccer] received just $60m in subsidies from the government, which represents about 1/24 of the claimed losses" during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Forbes in Jan. 2022.[2]
