NFL nonprofit status challenged over domestic abuse scandal

Published September 18, 2014 6:48pm ET



Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., wants to strip the National Football League of its nonprofit status because of the way the league has been handling domestic abuse cases involving its players.

Booker’s legislation would prevent the NFL from operating as it currently does, as a nonprofit trade group. The $100 million in extra tax collections over the next ten years would go toward domestic violence prevention programs.

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