LA Rams Should Pay Back Public Funds to Missouri, Sen. McCaskill Says
The Democratic lawmaker is drafting a bill requiring refunds from teams who skip town after accepting public financing.
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You Might As Well Watch the NFL Playoffs. You're Paying for Them.
The NFL's real "12th man" is the taxpayer.
Football Is Coming Back to Los Angeles, But Should Taxpayers Be Cheering?
NFL owners approve move of Rams; Chargers could be next.
Yes, College Athletes Should Be Paid, But Not by Students & Taxpayers
If you get angry over subsidies for pro sports teams, don't look at your alma mater's financials.
Coaches Get Paid Millions. What About Players?
Alabama already has Clemson beat in one key stat: highest paid public employee
NFL Should Permit Players to Use Medical Marijuana, Ex-Players Say
Pro football lives on massive consumption of painkillers, but still bans therapeutic use of pot.
3 NFL Teams Wait in Limbo, Possibly Moving to LA. But Why Would LA Want Any of Them?
Never finance billionaires' vanity projects with public money.
If Peyton Manning Used HGH to Recover From a Broken Neck, Should We Really Care?
It's time to rethink the stigma surrounding this "performance-enhancing drug."
NFL *Says* It Will Pay Pentagon Back for Patriotic Halftime Shows
That stirring multi-million-dollar display of patriotism you saw at halftime was brought to you by...your own tax dollars!
How Much Is a College Football Player Worth?
Hint: A lot more than the NCAA wants to admit.
The NFL Gives Up Tax Exempt Status. Can We Stop Paying for Stadiums Too?
Top 5 NFL Hits to Taxpayers
Sports Stadiums Are Bad Public Investments. So Why Are Cities Still Paying for Them?
Joel Kotkin dispels some of the popular myths of stadium projects.
Inglewood's NFL Stadium Proposal Better Than Most, But Still Pretty Crony
Multibillion-dollar sports franchises don't need any additional tax breaks.
Congressman Slings Another Rock at NFL's Tax-Exempt Status
Politicians have attempted to strip the multibillion-dollar league of its tax-exempt status for years.
Can We Shut Up About the Weather? And Start Talking About Super-Bowl-Sized Corporate Handouts?
It's snowing, but it's winter. For the NFL and other sports leagues, it's raining taxpayer dollars every single day.
FAA to Idiots: Don't Fly Your Drone at the Super Bowl
A taxpayer-funded PSA helpfully reminds people not to be stupid.
Just What Patriots' Deflategate Scandal Needed: U.S. Congressmen
Government is once again threatening to use tax dollars to meddle in the affairs of private sports leagues.
Heathen Arizona Mayor Dares Besmirch All-Powerful NFL
Most politicians play along with the Super Bowl's crony economic propaganda-not the mayor of Glendale.
Will the FCC Let Televised Football Be?
The micromanagement of pro football's television policies, it seems, will continue without interruption.
Watch: Goodell Talks NFL Scandals
'We will get our house in order' in handling of domestic violence
Liar, Liar, Goodell's Pants on Fire: Cops Say Ray Rice Video Sent to NFL in April
NFL commish's statements don't square with new evidence
Time for the NFL to Concede That Beating Women Is Worse Than Smoking Pot
Unapproved fun or unprovoked violence? The choice should be easy.
Report Describes 'Pattern of Harassment' by Miami Dolphins Players
But finds management had done little to deal with conduct by Richie Incognito, others
How Big a Deal Is the Prospect of an Openly Gay NFL Player?
If Michael Sam makes it to the pros, it marks the endpoint of a culturally problematic attitude about homosexuality
