NFL’s Tax-Break Foes Face 4th and 20 With Wind in Face
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If there were ever a politically opportune time for Congress to remove the National Football League’s tax exemption, it would seem to be now.
A handful of U.S. lawmakers have seized on the domestic violence, child abuse and team-name controversies swirling around the league to renew calls for ending the tax break for the NFL’s central office. They aren’t making much progress, though, in advancing a measure through Congress.