Keith Olbermann uncovers a disturbing scandal about military appreciation and professional sports. The entire time I never realized they were getting paid!

All those salute to our troops and pre-game military "We Thank You" ceremonies were bought and paid for by the federal government and possibly right out of the defense budget. So basically our tax dollars to the sum of $5,400,000.00 plus dollars have been spent on these tributes.

That money would go a long way in assisting our veterans and making sure our service men and woman of the U.S. Armed Forces have absolutely everything they need to succeed. It's sickening, at least to me.

I thought these special moments of military appreciation were done by professional sports teams because they wanted to and because it's the right thing to do. Instead we find out they've been paid for their patriotism.

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