{"id":9025,"date":"2013-01-17T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=9025"},"modified":"2013-01-17T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T16:21:55","slug":"football-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/football-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"football tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn a move that has stunned the sports world, President Obama issued a late night decree and mandated a \u201cTouchdown Tax\u201d against the University of Alabama football team and redistributed 2 touchdowns to Notre Dame. <\/p>\n

The 14 point tax, which Obama declared \u201cequal and fair\u201d, retroactively made the score a 28-28 tie \u2013 effectively allowing Notre Dame to maintain their #1 ranking and therefore assume the BCS National Championship title. <\/p>\n

Obama phoned Alabama head coach Nick Saban and stated, \u201cThose touchdowns, you didn\u2019t score those.\u201d Then, in an impromptu press conference, Obama further stated \u201cWe cannot allow hard work, talent and dedication to be rewarded. This goes against the American principals of equality that this administration is striving so hard to achieve.\u201d He further stated that Alabama \u2019s excessive scoring was an example of \u201cgreed and excessiveness\u201d before vehemently denying that this move was due to his disdain for the SEC, given Notre Dame\u2019s proximity to his home town of Chicago . <\/p>\n

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applauded the move (as did Harry Reid and the entire ESPN broadcast team), and stated that she looked forward to coming up with more ways to tax the collegiate football system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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