Total Packers · May 12, 2015
Packers Are Gladly Taking that DOD Money
Personally, I find this a bit outrageous. The fact that NFL teams are taking sponsorship dollars from the U.S. military and then putting on various fake “Hometown Heroes” acknowledgements.It’s outrageous because people assume teams are orchestrating these ceremonies or acknowledgments out of goodness or civic duty.
“This person went and got shot at in some shithole half a world away, let’s acknowledge that sacrifice…”
No one actually said that.
Second, it’s outrageous because teams are taking taxpayer money. Your money. My money.
And we get it. No one really wants to join the armed forces anymore. They have to advertise and the NFL provides a captive audience.
