Seeing as convention season in full swing, folks from all over are taking a sudden interest in politics. The league too is also watching.
Although they are sports teams first and foremost, NFL teams and their owners actually carry massive political clout. When owners aren't involved in internal league politics, they're also projecting their great influence onto the external political scene. Players and staff too, also pump money into campaigns.
The Sunlight Foundation reports that staff, employees, owners, and players contributed about $1.5 million to political causes. More recently, the organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington say that owners have donated upwards of $2.