WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his comments against the NFL in an ongoing controversy over players who kneel to protest racial injustice, questioning tax breaks for professional football and attacking an ESPN commentator who has been critical of him and the league.
The NFL gave up its federal tax-exempt status a couple years ago and now files tax returns as a taxable entity. So it's unlikely that Trump's proposal, tweeted in the early hours Tuesday, would change anything.
Other Republicans have recently called for the NFL to lose millions in tax incentives as a result of the protest.