Bruzilla
Well-Known Member
I heard about this story today and figured something had to be getting lost in translation.
http://thebull.cbslocal.com/2015/05/12/the-military-had-to-pay-nfl-teams-to-honor-troops/
We’re being told this morning, on just about every news outlet… The military “reportedly” had to pay FOURTEEN NFL teams to honor our troops during their football games.
Looks like it cost our military $5.4 million to honor our troops,most of the cash came from a campaign from The National Guard… Don’t ya think these teams would say “Hey… this is GREAT and a GREAT thing to do… just come on in y’all…” right??
You’ll notice… one Texas team took the cash… another DIDN’T!! Didn’t we see a LOT of service men and women honored at our HOUSTON TEXANS games?? Damn right…
The fourteen teams that took the money are…
Atlanta Falcons – $1.05 million
Baltimore Ravens – $884,500
Buffalo Bills – $679,000
Indianapolis Colts – $620,000
Minnesota Vikings – $605,000
Green Bay Packers – $600,000
New York Jets – $377,500
Kansas City Chiefs – $250,000
Cincinnati Bengals – $138,960
Dallas Cowboys – $62,500
St. Louis Rams – $60,000
Pittsburgh Steelers – $36,000
Cleveland Browns – $22,500
Miami Dolphins – $20,000
I couldn't figure out how teams could be getting paid to "honor" teams with ceremonies when one team was taking over a million bucks and others were taking twenty or thirty grand? What the heck ceremony can you put on with $20,000 these days?
Turns out I was right to question this "report". What this deal actually was is a recruiting campaign for the National Guard that's disguised as a honoring our troops event. The NFL and the teams are still paying for their own honors, events, ceremonies, awards, etc., to pay respect to our troops but this money was for advertising and promotional events for the Guard, which really were for recruiting purposes more than ceremonial ones.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-pentagon-pays-the-nfl-millions-to-honor-veterans-at-games-2015-5
I like the idea of spending some bucks to get these folks some attention, but the initial reporting on this wasn't very honest.
http://thebull.cbslocal.com/2015/05/12/the-military-had-to-pay-nfl-teams-to-honor-troops/
We’re being told this morning, on just about every news outlet… The military “reportedly” had to pay FOURTEEN NFL teams to honor our troops during their football games.
Looks like it cost our military $5.4 million to honor our troops,most of the cash came from a campaign from The National Guard… Don’t ya think these teams would say “Hey… this is GREAT and a GREAT thing to do… just come on in y’all…” right??
You’ll notice… one Texas team took the cash… another DIDN’T!! Didn’t we see a LOT of service men and women honored at our HOUSTON TEXANS games?? Damn right…
The fourteen teams that took the money are…
Atlanta Falcons – $1.05 million
Baltimore Ravens – $884,500
Buffalo Bills – $679,000
Indianapolis Colts – $620,000
Minnesota Vikings – $605,000
Green Bay Packers – $600,000
New York Jets – $377,500
Kansas City Chiefs – $250,000
Cincinnati Bengals – $138,960
Dallas Cowboys – $62,500
St. Louis Rams – $60,000
Pittsburgh Steelers – $36,000
Cleveland Browns – $22,500
Miami Dolphins – $20,000
I couldn't figure out how teams could be getting paid to "honor" teams with ceremonies when one team was taking over a million bucks and others were taking twenty or thirty grand? What the heck ceremony can you put on with $20,000 these days?
Turns out I was right to question this "report". What this deal actually was is a recruiting campaign for the National Guard that's disguised as a honoring our troops event. The NFL and the teams are still paying for their own honors, events, ceremonies, awards, etc., to pay respect to our troops but this money was for advertising and promotional events for the Guard, which really were for recruiting purposes more than ceremonial ones.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-pentagon-pays-the-nfl-millions-to-honor-veterans-at-games-2015-5
I like the idea of spending some bucks to get these folks some attention, but the initial reporting on this wasn't very honest.
