TOW#17: NJ gives NFL Super Tax Break for Super Bowl, and Pays for Security By Ted Sherman (article)

For football fans everywhere the Super Bowl is the most important night of the football season. From finding out who won the fantasy football league to enjoying the game itself, the Super Bowl is a spectacular night for all. But preparing for this extravagant night of football takes time and money. This year the Super Bowl is being held in New Jersey. In the article “NJ gives NFL Super Tax Break for Super Bowl, and Pays for Security” by Ted Sherman, attention is moved from the two final teams to the eight million dollars being exempted from the NFL’s Super Bowl taxes. 

Sherman begins the article by stating that the NFL got an eight million dollar gift from New Jersey because of the major tax break given to the NFL from NJ. This hook grabs any avid sports enthuses and money interested reader attention. 

As the article continues, Sherman uses quotations from important people associated with the Super Bowl/ New Jersey tax exemption issue.  He quotes Christopher Santarelli, a spokesman from New Jersey’s Treasury Department: "One of the standard conditions that the NFL asks of all host communities for Super Bowls is to provide sales tax relief on the sale of tickets to the game and certain associated events as well as parking at those events," and how "New Jersey agreed to provide this tax relief to the NFL". Quotes like these and many others used in this piece helps Sherman achieve his purpose of informing his readers about the tax exemptions given to the NFL from the host state.

         In the end, Sherman again uses quotes to show how even though New Jersey has to pay eight million dollars towards taxes and security for this years’ Super Bowl. This eight million should be easily remade through hotels and other public, NJ owned facilities. "You give up $8 million, but look what you’re getting", said Mitchell Fillet, a professor at Fordham University. Sherman concludes his article with statics that show hoe many find it ridiculous that the NFL is exempted from paying certain taxes. It’s hard to believe that so much drama can erupt from one football game.

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