NFL Political Donations Show the League Leans Right

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Politics and football aren't always a good mix, as the people at ESPN found out this week in the wake of Hank Williams Jr.'s on-air rant about Barack Obama. (The sports network canned the crooner's familiar "Are you ready for some football" Monday Night Football opening song in response to the negative publicity over his comments.)

But NFL owners and players generally are not shy about expressing their political views—through campaign cash to candidates.

A new study out today from the Center for Responsive Politics ranked the teams by the volume of campaign money given by players, owners, executives and their spouses.

And what they found was that the NFL skews very, very red.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44820878