President Trump Calls For End Of Tax Breaks For NFL Teams Disrespecting Anthem Flag And Country
well a month ago ESPN anchor Jamel Hill called president trumpet and supporters
white supremacists in a lengthy tirade on Twitter which is the social media app
that has destroyed many careers and reputations ESPN declined to suspend her
and now it's paying the price Hill seems to have determined to make the leap from
covering sports to lecturing on everyone on politics Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones recently said he would not tolerate any player who refused to stand
for the anthem in response to that he'll called on fans to boycott the
Cowboys sponsors ESPN ever sensitive to anything to do with sponsors has
suspended Hill for two weeks imagine the trouble they could have avoided though
if they had stuck to sports in the first place as is their Charter and yet the
NFL doesn't itself seem that much better at escaping political controversy it
seems to be courting it recently on Sunday the vice president walked out of
a game in Indianapolis after players for the San Francisco 49ers protested the
national anthem suggested they hate America the walkout was apparently done
at the urging of President Trump the VP's walk out but one congressman is
prepared to do a lot more than simply counter protest the world's richest
sports league Congressman Matt gets represents the state of Florida he's a
lead sponsor of a bill that would end various tax breaks the professional
football enjoys the congressman joins us tonight congressman thanks a lot for
coming on so we just it's a pleasure outline of what kind of taxpayer subsidy
in effect the NFL enjoys sure the current millionaires and billionaires
associated with professional sports leagues including the NFL have a tax
exemption they don't have to pay taxes so that special treatment that's not
afforded to just regular folks in my district or the small businesses on Main
Street throughout America it's my belief that if the Congress is serious about
getting rid of the loopholes and special interest giveaways in the tax code in
the coming weeks an easy place to start is by not subsidizing and not giving
special treatment to professional sports leagues particularly when the NFL League
office has embraced this unpatriotic behavior I'm confused though as to why
the Congress would be giving tax breaks one of the most lucrative businesses and
America's employees are paid in some cases tens of millions of dollars a year
why would we have that in the first place well Tucker it's just more proof
that the average American doesn't need a 70,000 page tax code the tax code is
littered with circumstances where special people and special interests and
those with special access to members of Congress get treatment that everyday
Americans don't get that's why I'm proud that President Trump and speaker Ryan
want to have a tax code that's fair simple and works for all Americans but
it would seem ludicrous to leave in the tax code special treatment for
professional sports leagues when they're not out there shutting down behavior
that is not only unpatriotic it's just an over generalized indictment I mean
rather than taking a knee we ought to see professional athletes taking a stand
and actually supporting this country and if they've got grievances about specific
policies they should raise those with a solution in mind you know I know you're
a politician and everything but everything you said is true it's for
about the tax code that's exactly right I can verify that as a longtime resident
here and I hope you get this done Thank You congressman a lot Thank You Tucker
you
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