It's Time to End the Paid Militarization of the NFL

Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake found that between 2012 and 2015, the DOD shelled out $53 million to professional sports-including $10 million to the NFL-on "marketing and advertising" for military recruitment. Many of those heart-tugging ceremonies honoring heroes and recreating drills and marches and flyovers are what the report denounced as propaganda.