Feds Grab 163 Web Sites, Snatch $21.6 Million In NFL Counterfeit Gear 133
coondoggie writes: "As they have for the past few years the US Customs department teamed with the National Football League to cut into the lucrative counterfeit sports gear market. In what the feds called 'Operation Team Player,' special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and officers from Customs and Border Protection worked with the National Football League (NFL) and other sports leagues along with law enforcement agencies to identify illegal shipments imported into the U.S., as well as stores and vendors selling counterfeit trademarked items."
Re:For A Non-Profit, The NFL Sure Has A Lot Of Pul (Score:0, Informative)
And I think for those that don't follow or care about the game and its hefty income...
They're a billion dollar corporation, and yet are "tax exempt" and apparently can buy off Feds help to take down counterfeit NFL merchandise, making sure they can add a couple million more to there bottom line.
They also hired there own "medical commission" to ignore the fact repeated head trauma causes brain disease, despite leading neurologists having slices of brain, and findings that suggest otherwise. Any contact sport really, PBS and Frontline ran a 2 part special over the NFL's denial..
Pretty much a monopoly.
Re:For A Non-Profit, The NFL Sure Has A Lot Of Pul (Score:5, Informative)
There is a petition for that, with over 300,000 signatures. Go and add yours.
http://www.change.org/petition... [change.org]
http://www.sacknfltaxbreaks.or... [sacknfltaxbreaks.org]