Why Democrats should boycott professional football

By ANDY BARR | 9/17/09 8:12 PM EDT

What everyone but the US calls football

NFL owners, team officials, players and coaches have overwhelmingly favored Republicans with their political contributions. This is according to a study released Thursday by the Center for Responsive Politics.


The report, which reviewed contributions dating back to 1989, found that combined contributions from players, owners and officials on 22 of the 32 National Football League teams have given more cash to Republicans than Democrats. Several teams have given more than 90 percent of their contributions to the GOP.

The San Diego Chargers blew away the rest of the field with $2,455,200 in total money contributed, with most of that coming from team owner Alex Spanos, who has given more than $2 million, almost all of it to Republicans.

Rightardia has always been a big advocate of major league soccer, an excellent alternative to American football.  Soccer games are more exciting with continuous action and there are only rare time outs. Games are also a lot cheaper and frequently the local players come out on the field after the game is over and sign autographs. Soccer is an international sport while American football is not.

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