John,

The second weekend of the NFL season is here, and fans across the country are facing higher prices just to enjoy the game. Tickets cost more. Concessions are up. Streaming packages are split across platforms, making it more expensive than ever to follow your team.

These increases are not a fluke. They are the result of billionaire owners putting profit first and fans are paying the price.

Our new report reveals that NFL owners are receiving an average of $286,000 a year in tax breaks thanks to Trump’s tax law. Some are paying lower tax rates than their players. They are all benefiting from estate tax breaks worth millions. These tax advantages were not earned. They were secured through political influence. Meanwhile, fans are being forced to pay more just to stay connected to the game.

The league is rewarding owners who raise prices and take tax breaks while squeezing more money from the fans who keep the league alive. The NFL should work for fans, not just the ultra-rich.

Click here to send a message directly to Commissioner Roger Goodell telling him to stop protecting billionaire profits at the expense of the people who make the game possible.

Together, we're fighting back against a system designed to protect the wealth of billionaire owners at fans' expense.

Pablo Willis
Communications Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

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John,

The NFL season is only in its second week, but fans have already seen the price hikes. Tickets are more expensive. Concessions cost more. Streaming every game now requires juggling a half-dozen expensive subscriptions. It is harder and more expensive than ever to simply enjoy the sport. And it is not by accident.

Our new report shows that NFL owners are using their political power to rig the system in their favor.[1] Each owner is now pocketing an average of $286,000 a year in tax cuts from the Trump tax law. The same law delivers them millions more through estate tax loopholes. While fans are getting squeezed, owners are collecting tax-funded windfalls that they secured through their wealth and power.

These aren’t struggling businesses. These are billionaires who own teams valued in the billions. The average NFL owner is worth over $10 billion. Yet they are paying a lower tax rate than many of their players and far less than the fans who fill their stadiums. This is what happens when the tax code is written by and for the ultra-rich.

These billionaire owners fund politicians, shape policy, and benefit from laws written to enrich people like them. The result is clear. Fans pay more. Owners pay less. And the people who make the game what it is are treated like a revenue stream, not a community.

Send a message to Commissioner Roger Goodell right now. Demand that the NFL stop putting billionaire owners’ profits over fans.

There is only one team in the entire NFL that is not owned by a billionaire or a billionaire family. That team is the Green Bay Packers, publicly owned by over half a million fans. They are proof that the league does not need to serve the wealthy to succeed. It can belong to the people who support it.

Fans are not just customers. They are the ones who make the NFL possible. They buy the tickets, the jerseys, the subscriptions. They bring their families to the games and fill the stadiums with energy. Without fans, there is no product. Yet the league continues to prioritize short-term profits over the long-term trust and respect of the people who keep it alive.

Commissioner Goodell has the power to lead. He can demand transparency. He can hold owners accountable. He can stand up for fans. But so far, he has protected the billionaires who benefit most from this rigged system. That is unacceptable. It is time for him to hear from the people the league is supposed to serve.

Billionaire owners should not be allowed to raise prices on fans while cutting backroom tax deals to line their own pockets. The Commissioner has a responsibility to act.

Tell Commissioner Goodell to stop treating fans as a revenue stream and demand that teams put fans over owners' profits.

Let’s make it clear the league belongs to the fans, not the billionaires.

David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund