Great Op-Ed About Rush Wanting To Buy Into The Rams Ownership

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NFL should think twice on Rush Limbaugh

By Bryan Burwell
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
10/07/2009

Rush Limbaugh wants to own the St. Louis Rams. Well, good for him. His money is green and plentiful and his politics are conservative, which means he'll pretty much fit right in with the rest of the gang within the NFL ownership's corridors of power.

They probably don't care about his politics. In fact, if you checked most of their campaign contributions, you'd find that most of them probably are staunch supporters of the guy who has been called "the unofficial voice of the Republican Party." With a wink and a smile, they will surely welcome him to their club, because ultimately all they care about is whether or not his check will bounce, and we all know that's highly unlikely.

They will all look the other way when it comes to Limbaugh — forgetting his polarizing racial politics, conveniently ignoring (perhaps even quietly agreeing with) all the mean-spirited divisive bile that comes along with his ample financial clout — just like many of you surely will, too. They will look the other way because of his wealth and influence. You will look the other way because to some of you, he is your politically incorrect hero, and the rest might be willing to ignore all of that just as long as he can put enough money on the table to help keep your football team in St. Louis.

I don't have that luxury.


Though I think it is his right to take a shot at becoming part of a new Rams ownership group, Limbaugh's American Dream is a potential nightmare waiting to happen for the Rams, the city and the National Football League.

"Look, let me put it to you this way: The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."

Those are Limbaugh's words. So are these:

"I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

I know how those words play out in Idiot America. They are embraced as gospel. But inside the locker rooms of the NFL, where the overwhelming majority of the players are descendants of slaves, Limbaugh's ignorant ramblings resonate with entirely different emotions.

His money might be green, but his words are colored with hate and intolerance. Bringing Limbaugh back into the NFL family will ultimately be met with the same disastrous effects from the last time it was tried.


Much more at link

[BlooInBloo]

1. I still want a redux of Kentucky vs Texas Western, so I'm all for it.

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. Possibly ignorant question:

What does "the last time it was tried" refer to?

[JimGinPA]

3. When He Was Hired As An ESPN Football In-Studio Analyst

He was fired for racially "insensitive" remarks about a black quarterback.

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. Thanks.

I thought I had a vague recollection of something like that, but that happened during the time when I wasn't paying much attention to the NFL.

[safeinOhio]

4. We should adopt the new "limbaugh rule" for the NFL

Owners will be drug tested as often as players.

[louis-t]

6. Hmm, if Black players would boycott the team..

refuse to play for that asshole. Let's see him win with an all white team. He would be delighted, but he would never win anything.