The military surprises are staged?

• Ironman92

  

  Watching Sports Reporters and Howard Bryant's final comments spoke of this. Teams are getting huge $$$ to stage these. Say it's good for recruiting young kids????
  
  Falcons have been paid $870,000 and Patriots $700,000 for their stagings.
  
  Money paid by Dept of defense. $53,000,000 since 2012
  
  Some of them are real but report is "Paid Patriotism and Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake want everyone to know about it.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Not shocked
• Ironman92

  

  DeyDurkie5;1766385 wrote:Not shocked

  That just seems off limits. Like the crack whore mom going around collecting money because her son has "cancer"
• Laley23

  

  I always assumed there was a level of staging. Otherwise you got a lot of dicks who don't tell their family they are safe and returning home.
• Ironman92

  

  Laley23;1766397 wrote:I always assumed there was a level of staging. Otherwise you got a lot of dicks who don't tell their family they are safe and returning home.

  Figured that as well except for maybe the 1 person on the field....didn't think $53 million dollars of money to go along with it
• Midstate01

  

  The 53 million isn't staging. 53 million is what the DOD has paid the NFL, because the NFL charges them to do military appreciation week and all that.
  
  I wouldn't be shocked if some of those are staged. I'm sure it actually is good for recruiting. I know people who have gotten pro or college teams to do them though and they weren't staged.