WASHINGTON — More than four dozen professional sports teams, including the New York Mets and New York Jets, saluted American troops with the help of American taxpayers, according to a report released Wednesday.
The report by U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain, both Arizona Republicans, named 50 professional football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer teams that held taxpayer-financed events to honor the U.S. Armed Forces. The list also included NASCAR, Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin.
"While many professional sporting teams do include patriotic events as a pure display of national pride, this report highlights far too many instances when that is simply not the case," the lawmakers said.