Cite please? I don’t know of the Pentagon paying for that at any stadium.
No where in that link does it say the Air Force was paying teams.
I was just responding to your post doubting that “the Pentagon was paying for that at any stadium”, which they did, as stated in that article. I’d guess that Bijou’s wording was a little off - certainly no one’s getting a check for letting some B-2s fly over.
Bijou’s post implied the military was paying teams. I don’t think that is true. That the military pays for the cost of flyovers and on-field color guards is another story and started long before 9-11. Or, it looks like we’re in agreement.
I thought this was probably the most appropriate place to post this.
With the 2020 MLB season on hold, Fanatics, the company that manufactures baseball uniforms, is instead manufacturing hospital masks and gowns for the health care providers on the front lines fighting Covid-19.
Way to go, Fanatics! You got yourselves the salami.
The Department of Defense has paid for military themed events at MLB and NFL stadiums.
Is the objection whether the military is paying MLB for events, or paying teams themselves directly? I’m not sure if there is a difference.
I wasn’t aware the military was paying the teams to have military displays. Based on what Blank Slate posted, it looks like that was happening.
Read about the staged military family reunions for extra nausea. Can’t we just go see a ballgame without all the jingoism?
I’m trying to confirm, has anyone else seen that MLB will allow 29 man rosters for the first month when the season finally begins?
It looks like this is real: There will be 29-man rosters when baseball returns - MLB | NBC Sports
Makes sense; when the shortened 1995 season started after the strike, rosters were 28 players for a while. Plus the season was supposed to start with 26 man rosters anyway due to more usage of pitchers.
Was the reason because of more pitcher usage? I thought it was a concession to the players because fewer pitchers would be used due to the 3 batter rule instituted this year.