Many of us were surprised to hear the Department of Defense has been entering into contracts with the National Football League to pay teams for honoring the military and its members.
Former presidential candidate and current Arizona Senator John McCain isn’t having any of it. McCain (R), one of the most powerful lawmakers in the United States, proposed an amendment on Thursday to ban the Department of Defense (DOD) from entering into contracts with professional sports teams.
“Along with sports fans across America, I was appalled to learn last month that many of the ceremonies honoring members of our armed services at NFL games are not actually being conducted out of a sense of patriotism, but for profit in the form of millions in taxpayer dollars going from the Department of Defense to wealthy NFL franchises,” McCain said, via CBS Sports.