The news that the military is paying NFL teams to put on events honoring military veterans is troubling news.
Please note that this article will not be discussing the Falcons' offseason, but is an editorial on NFL teams being paid to honor veterans. Feel free to skip this if you're not up for that discussion.
All too often, efforts to honor military veterans come across as hollow, attempts to pay lip service to their tremendous sacrifices without acknowledging the real truth that veterans often return from war with injuries both visible and invisible, injuries that this country is too often ill-equipped to help them with.