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Keith Willey Lynda Woolard, a diehard New Orleans Saints fan, believes the NFL should receive no tax exemption. Her online petition to strip that tax break from the league has garnered more than a quarter million signatures. She's wearing a Jimmy Graham jersey at the Superdome. At NFL headquarters on Park Avenue in Manhattan, the daily business may span game scheduling, referee hiring or media-rights bargaining an operation financially fueled by all 32 pro teams which collectively pay more than $250 million in annual membership dues. All of that revenue received by the league office more than a half billion...