The political donations made by sports owners have, in many cases, "put them in direct opposition with their players’ social justice efforts," according to Armour & Schad of USA TODAY. Political contributions of 183 owners from 161 teams show that owners have "collectively given at least" $14.6M to federal candidates during the '19-20 election cycle so far -- with "nearly 86% of those funds going to Republican candidates and causes." Owners have directed more than $3.7M to "political action committees directly aligned with" President Trump. Meanwhile, owners have given a combined $1.35M to "Democratic candidates and causes during this election cycle, including roughly $334,000" to presidential nominee Joe Biden. And while "more owners have given directly to Biden than to Trump," donations "generally have been in much smaller amounts." Owners also have "donated $718,965 to industry- or issue-based PACs, including those operated by the NFL and MLB." Fifty-five of the 183 owners "haven't given any money to federal candidates so far during this election cycle." Roughly 89% of the $3.8M donated by NFL owners since '19 has "gone to Republicans" (USA TODAY, 10/2).
