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Katy Perry is performing at this year's Super Bowl halftime show, in case you aren't a "sports person" and "don't care about halftime shows."
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Thứ Hai, 2 tháng 2, 2015
Everybody loves a mascot, but how would Carl Linnaeus see these crowd-pleasing critters? Guess which NFL mascot is being named…scientifically.
Corvus corax?
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Panthera tigris tigris?
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus?
Al Bello / Getty Images / Will Varner / BuzzFeed
Canis lupus familiaris?
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…to get you pumped
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The team could lose a draft pick if found guilty, ESPN reported.
The NFL is investigating the Atlanta Falcons over accusations that the team has been faking crowd noise in an attempt to distract opponents.
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The team is being accused of playing the fake crowd sounds in their stadium in an attempt to distract the opposing team in its huddle.
The NFL is expected to punish the team, according to ESPN. The Falcons could lose a draft pick or be fined.
However, there is debate in football circles about how much crowd noise really helps a team, with NFL figures telling ESPN that the rise of silent counts have made excess noise not that big of a deal.
The team is aware that the league is investigating crowd noise during its games, a Falcons spokesman told BuzzFeed News.
"We have cooperated fully with them, and we're awaiting the outcome," the spokesman said.
The Falcons had a 6-10 record this past season and placed third in the NFC Southern Division. They were 3-5 at their home stadium, the Georgia Dome.
LINK: Two Days Before Super Bowl, The NFL’s Status As A Nonprofit Is Challenged
LINK: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says He Is Not Stepping Down
Chủ Nhật, 1 tháng 2, 2015
FORE!
Italy's Franceso Molinari hit a beautiful hole-in-one at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Saturday, sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Molinari lined up his shot from 133 yards away...
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He swung with his pitching wedge...
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And the ball soared through the air, landed on the green, and rolled effortlessly into the hole.
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Thứ Bảy, 31 tháng 1, 2015
In the New York State House and U.S. Congress, lawmakers try to put an end to the league’s tax-exempt status.
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Two days before the 49th Super Bowl, the NFL is being challenged on its status as a tax-exempt nonprofit in Congress and the New York State Senate.
State Sen. Brad Hoylman, who represents Manhattan's 27th District — where the NFL's headquarters is located — presented a bill to the state Senate on Friday, asking to amend the section of the state tax law that allows the NFL to hold unique privileges as a tax-exempt corporation. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick is sponsoring a similar bill in the state Assembly.
Hoylman's hope is that by revoking the league's status in the state law, it will send a message to the federal government that a corporation that nets nearly $10 billion in annual revenue does not need the financial privileges afforded to other 501© nonprofits.
In Washington, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz has proposed a similar bill to alter the federal tax law. His bill would exclude all professional sports leagues from consideration for tax-exempt status. In addition to the NFL, the PGA Tour, NHL, and LPGA are recognized as nonprofit organizations. MLB voluntarily surrendered its tax-exempt status in 2007, and the NBA has always been a publicly for-profit organization.
Chaffetz makes his stance clear: "To say establishments like the NFL are not for profit organizations is laughable. They are a for-profit and should be taxed as such."
There have been other recent efforts in Congress to alter the NFL's tax-exempt status, including legislation proposed by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, but those bills failed to gain wide support.
Hoylman recognizes that this initiative may be a multiyear effort, but is determined to get the NFL to contribute financially to the state in which it's headquartered.
In 1966, a clause was added to the tax code that states:
IRC 501©(6) provides for exemption of business leagues, chambers of
commerce, real estate boards, boards of trade, and professional football
leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for football players),
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.
The NFL's argument for maintaining its status has always been that the bulk of the leagues overall revenue — about $9.5 billion per year — is earned by its 32 individual franchises. However, the league collects dues from the individual teams to cover league payroll and also collects revenue, largely through television broadcast deals, and distributes that to individual teams. According to reports, Commissioner Roger Goodell earned $44.2 million in 2012, which included his $3.5 million salary and a $40 million bonus.
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