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The team also announced their next series will be moved to Tampa.
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Their next series, against the Tampa Bay Rays, has been moved to Tampa Bay. The Orioles will play as the home team, despite the relocation.
According to MLB, this will be the first closed-door game in league history.
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As a result of the move, Commissioner Roger Goodell will no longer have to disclose his salary.
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As you know, the effects of the tax exempt status of the league office have been mischaracterized repeatedly in recent years. The fact is that the business of the NFL has never been tax exempt. Every dollar of income generated through television rights fees, licensing agreements, sponsorships, ticket sales, and other means is earned by the 32 clubs and is taxable there. This will remain the case even when the league office and Management Council file returns as taxable entities, and the change in filing status will make no material difference to our business.
The NFL was awarded this privilege in 1966, when a unique clause was added to the tax code that classified "professional football leagues" as 501© nonprofits.
MLB was once tax-exempt as well, but voluntarily surrendered their status in 2007.
Politicians have put increased pressure on the league to surrender its tax-exempt status, but the league spends more than $1 million annually on lobbyists and the status was never seriously threatened through legislation.
The decision to make the league taxable along with the teams means they no longer have to disclose executive salaries. Goodell's compensation has been reported to be upwards of $44 million in recent years.
Otherwise, Goodell says "that a change in the tax status will not alter the function or operation" of the NFL.
In a video uploaded to Facebook, former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Lewis tells rioters, “Violence is not the answer; violence has never been the answer.”
Freddie Gray... we don't do nothing for him doing this. We know there is a deeper issue, we know what the jungle looks like. But this isn't it. It's enough of us in the streets trying to change what's going on.
Baltimore, get off the streets! Kids, go home, stay home!
You don't have no right to do what you're doing to this city. Too many hardworking people built this city. We put this city together...we put this city on our back.
We with you, we know what's going on, we know the problems, we know there was wrong done. We know we're not getting the right justice, we know all these answers!
After dislocating his shoulder in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, Kevin Love will miss the second round of the playoffs.
Olynyk tells The Boston Herald:
"That's ridiculous," Olynyk told the Herald last night. "I would never intentionally hurt Kevin or anyone else. He locked my arm up, I locked up his as we were fighting for a loose ball. You lock up arms all the time in this league."
Olynyk said that he tried to reach Love to apologize through multiple contacts but was unsuccessful.
"I wish him a very speedy recovery, and I hope he can come back to help his team in the playoffs," Olynyk said.
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The Real Madrid men promised to give a fan their jerseys if they beat Celta Vigo on Sunday.
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