Much has recently been said of the tax breaks received by the National Football League. While they do receive certain tax breaks, many of these breaks are also available to other businesses. Granted, they do tend to be on a larger scale.

There is however, one area in which sports franchises do get significant tax breaks. Below are three aspects to tax breaks received by the NFL and other professional sports:

1. Tax-exempt status of the league office
2. Amortization of the purchase price of the franchise
3. State and local financing of sports stadiums.

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