NFL Seeks Exception To New Rules Requiring Disclosing Of Salaries
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| Grassley Feels NFL Should Make Salaries Public |
The NFL, in response to new IRS rules going into effect this year for non-profit organizations, is asking Congress for an "exception to the requirement of publicly disclosing the names and salaries of employees at NFL [HQs] who make more than $150,000 a year," according to Duff Wilson of the N.Y. TIMES. The league argues that it is "not a charity that receives public donations, but rather it is a trade association financed by the 32 teams; the team's owners can ask for the salary information at any time." NFL Senior VP/PR Greg Aiello said that "about 25 more people would be listed on the report." Wilson notes there are "more than 400 employees" at the HQs. The NFL's proposal "would also affect tens of thousands of other trade associations covered by the same section of the law." NFL Exec VP/Communications & Public Affairs Joe Browne said that lobbyists have "not yet found a Congressional sponsor for their proposal." Browne: “I’ve been here 40 years. I finally get to the point where I’m making 150 grand, and they want to put my name and address on the form so the lawyer next door who makes a million dollars a year can laugh at me.” However, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a statement, "If, as requested, professional associations like the NFL are allowed to keep salary information from the public, other tax-exempt groups would ask for the same treatment. This would be contrary to the goal of increasing transparency and accountability from tax-exempt organizations to the public." Wilson notes the NFL proposal "would cover only trade associations, not charities, churches and other similar nonprofits." The league has "asked the American Society of Association Executives to join its nascent lobbying campaign." K.C.-based attorney Bruce Hopkins said that he "doubted that Congress would exempt the trade associations because of a broad trend to disclose more financial information in business, in nonprofits and in Congress itself." MLB last year "changed its status" to a for-profit corporation (N.Y. TIMES, 8/12).
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