NFL Commish Roger Goodell made $44 million last year.

It's a pretty sweet gig.

#nonprofit

Few days late brah

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nonprofit 501(c)(6)

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Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code provides for the exemption of business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, boards of trade and professional football leagues, which are not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

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.

Chambers of commerce and boards of trade are organizations of the same general type as business leagues. They direct their efforts at promoting the common economic interests of all commercial enterprises in a trade or community, however.

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you do realize the individual owners pay taxes on their share of the league's earnings...

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Why is the public subsidizing the construction of NFL stadia? Part of capitalism is risk.

the same reason the public subsidizes movie productions via tax credits or why business get tax incentives for building in a certain city

ETA: something that's good for big business doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't provide a benefit for the public as a whole

I honestly do not care at all if he got paid that. Good for him.
I feel the same about the CEO of Disney, Pixar, ATT, and any other billion dollar corporation. They made it to the top and it's their time to shine. If that's what they feel they are worth, then cool with me.

If you don't like it, become a CEO and pay yourself 500k instead and up the grounds keepers salaries to look like a class act guy.

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Personally, I hate the fricking guy and think he's ruining pro football.
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Roger goodell needs to be fired or beaten up..

hate that man and that obnoxious salary