A report just released by Arizona’s two US Senators reveals that many of those patriotic displays we see at professional sports events were actually bought and paid for by the Military.
The figures – for fiscal year 2013 – show the Houston Astros got $25,000 from the Texas National Guard and the Dynamo got $15,000 for allowing Guardsmen to act as color guards at some of their home games. During the same time period, the Atlanta Hawks raked in $230,000!
The 6.8 million dollars they quote may be a drop in the bucket in the overall military budget, but I think it is reprehensible.
I know that professional sports is a business - and the business of business is to make money - but Patriotism should never be for sale or rent.
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