Dems Hold 'Closed-Door Discussion' with NFL, NBA, NHL to Promote Climate Change Agenda

[CaseyJones]

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/sean-long/dems-hold-closed-door-discussion-nfl-nba-nhl-promote-climate-change-agenda


Climate change alarmists have turned to recruiting sports leagues to promote eco-hysteria. Democrats in Congress are calling on the major sports leagues to promote climate change regulation and to answer what they are doing to limit greenhouse gases.

Democratic legislators from the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change announced on Nov. 20 that they will host major sports league officials in "a closed-door discussion," Nov. 21. Representatives from Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA/WNBA, NHL and Olympics are expected to attend.

That will be followed by press availability. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are expected to "discuss the effects of climate change on sporting activities and the work these organizations are doing to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions," according to the task force website.

[Origanalist]

Non-%^$#@!& stop propaganda.

[moostraks]

Non-%^$#@!& stop propaganda.
Amen! So they have figured out some willing collaborators and are targeting an audience who will subconsciously parrot their talking points because their idols are spoon feeding it to them to regurgitate. How lovely!

[HOLLYWOOD]

Collaboration between big business and .Gov... more Fascism. The entire system is like a huge RICO game of lining each other's pockets with whatever they agree upon, obviously this deall is the continuous spewing of propaganda on the country. READ BELOW

Here’s the meat of the IRS’ explanation of how these tax-exempt leagues are supposed to work: http://sportsfans.org/2012/03/why-is-the-national-football-league-given-tax-exempt-status/




A business league is an association of persons having some common business interest, the purpose of which is to promote such common interest and not to engage in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit. Trade associations and professional associations are business leagues. To be exempt, a business league’s activities must be devoted to improving business conditions of one or more lines of business as distinguished from performing particular services for individual persons. No part of a business league’s net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and it may not be organized for profit to engage in an activity ordinarily carried on for profit (even if the business is operated on a cooperative basis or produces only enough income to be self-sustaining). The term line of business generally refers either to an entire industry or to all components of an industry within a geographic area. It does not include a group composed of businesses that market a particular brand within an industry.



As far as the NFL’s “net earnings,” the nonprofit was actually in the red in 2009, according to its latest available return (http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2010/131/922/2010-131922622-0706081b-9O.pdf). Meanwhile, the NFL had $234.6 million in expenses in 2009, but the “nonprofit” paid $53.6 million to 8 individuals. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell earned $9.9 million in 2009 (and will earn $20 million by 2019 (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/13/goodell-will-get-nearly-20-million-per-year-by-end-of-decade/)) but he wasn’t even the highest paid individual. NFL Network President Steve Bornstein was paid $12.6 million by the “nonprofit” even though NFL Network is part of NFL Enterprises, LLC. In other words, the only reason the NFL is operating in the red is because of the massive salaries it’s paying its key executives.