Fun project from OpenSecrets.org: The group looked at political donations made in the U.S. by the owners and players of NFL teams. The lion's share of donations were made by owners even though the average salary for NFL players is $1.9 million US.
In any event, two-thirds of all donations made by NFL owners and players went to Republicans.
Notable players: sidelined Colts quarterback Peyton Manning gave to Republicans; Brett Favre and Julius Peppers gave to Democrats.
But while the NFL, by and large, runs right, if you will, there were some teams/owners which gave more than 70 per cent of any donations to Democrats. And if anyone wanted to do away with AFC vs NFC and replace those conference with two new ones called GOP and DEMS, I'd be picking the teams in the DEMS conference to win more than their share of few Super Bowls.
Here's the DEMS conference:
“the teams that favored Democrats most with their political donations included the Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints, all of which donated at least 70 percent of their political contributions to Democrats.”
And the GOP conference:
“..the teams that favored Republicans most with their campaign cash included the Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens, all of which donated at least 70 percent of their contributions to the GOP.”