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NFL's "Take a Knee" Campaign Could End Sooner Than Expected: Core Values Assaulted

Cal Grove : Sep 26, 2017
FaithFamilyAmerica.com

It's all about taxes, politics, government, core values and spectators' dollars.

(Washington, DC)— [FaithFamilyAmerica.com] Is it possible that the NFL could get in trouble with the IRS for its #TakeAKnee campaign which, seemingly overnight, has stirred a hornet's nest of controversy across the United States? According to Jennifer Kerns of The Washington Examiner, there might be a case for it. (Photo: NFL/via FaithFamilyAmerica.com)

Kerns pointed out that the NFL is categorized by the IRS as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, which means it cannot "endorse a political candidate, nor campaigns nor political issues," she wrote. They cannot attempt to influence or sway its fans toward or away from a political candidate. Kerns cited the IRS' Restrictions on Intervention of a Political Campaign as evidence. 

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