NFL Halftime Pay to Play

Is everyone aware that the NFL enjoys non-profit status?

"The entire league sees a reported $10 billion in annual revenue..."

"This decision has saved the NFL uncounted millions in tax obligations, which means that ordinary people must pay higher taxes, public spending must decline, or the national debt must increase to make up for the shortfall. Nonprofit status applies to the NFL’s headquarters, which administers the league and its all-important television contracts. Individual teams are for-profit and presumably pay income taxes—though because all except the Green Bay Packers are privately held and do not disclose their finances, it’s impossible to be sure."

"However, individual teams get significant tax breaks and assistance -- whether money to help construct stadiums, abatements of property taxes, long-term low-cost loans, and even payments to keep teams where they are."

SO...the NFL seems a bit greedy to charge the half time act to perform.
I could only wish that ALL performers tell the NFL to "stick it" but unfortunately there will always be some acts that will pay for the exposure.

complete CBS News article

Athletics IS an art. A spectator event and show of prowess. It's only because of their extraordinarily high profile in current culture that it is seen as separate from (sometimes superior to) the other arts.

To the ancient Greeks, the two were indivisible. Today, they're seen as separate, sometimes even as enemies.