Amidst the whirlwind created by national anthem protests in the NFL, Rep. Mo Brooks is suggesting a tactic he thinks will help curb the league’s policy of tolerance.
“I believe we ought to terminate all federal government support of the NFL,” Brooks told Breitbart News. “That would include the termination of any and all advertising that is done on behalf of the federal government, military and nonmilitary, to the extent we do any. The same thing with any other professional sport that insults our country and our flag and our anthem as the NFL has done,” he said.
In a 2015 report, CNN concluded that the NFL receives billions of dollars worth of subsidies from taxpayers. However, most of that comes from the local, rather than the federal level.
As reported last week, President Trump slammed the NFL protests during his visit to Huntsville. In that speech, he said that while players have the right to protest, fans should withdraw their support for the NFL so long as the kneeling continues.
In response, more players than ever before took a knee during the national anthem. In some instances, entire teams refused to exit their locker rooms until the anthem had concluded, igniting a firestorm of debate over the issue since.
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