Will Rush be allowed to buy a team?

Not 'should' but 'will'

No.

NVM Checketts dropped him from the group.

Goodell is about as Republican as they come, and even he didn't want him.

I'm sure he'll spin it so he's the victim, as usual.

Victim? I don't know, but I'm sure he'll make some points about it.

When you have peeps like Vick in the league, I don't see a huge dropoff to Limbaugh, but thats me.

Victim? I don't know, but I'm sure he'll make some points about it.

When you have peeps like Vick in the league, I don't see a huge dropoff to Limbaugh, but thats me.


Teams can not band together to decide that Vick can not play in the league. It just takes one team for Vick to find a job.

Do you think Rush could play on the O-line?

I was listening to a radio talk show today (not Rush) and there were points brought up about that with the NFL too.

Can they choose to not let them in, cuz someone doesn't agree with their free speech rights?

I realize Rush can say it but there are consequences, but these peeps were talking about anti-trust stuff that went above my head. You know, country clubs can't do blah blah blah, boy scouts had to do something forgot.

Who knows.

I was listening to a radio talk show today (not Rush) and there were points brought up about that with the NFL too.

Can they choose to not let them in, cuz someone doesn't agree with their free speech rights?

I realize Rush can say it but there are consequences, but these peeps were talking about anti-trust stuff that went above my head. You know, country clubs can't do blah blah blah, boy scouts had to do something forgot.

Who knows.


Free speech is a right to speak, not a right to say something and not be held in a bad light by people who are protecting a brand.

Anti trust has nothing to do with that, and the CC and scouts are unrelated to letting someone join your business based on his acts.

He has a widely publicized negative viewpoint on black QBs, which is why he couldn't even hold a MNF job. Why would they want him in as a partial owner?

Free speech is a right to speak, not a right to say something and not be held in a bad light by people who are protecting a brand.

Anti trust has nothing to do with that, and the CC and scouts are unrelated to letting someone join your business based on his acts.

ARE YOU A LAWYER?

just kidding. I have very little idea what all that was about.

He has a widely publicized negative viewpoint on black QBs, which is why he couldn't even hold a MNF job. Why would they want him in as a partial owner?

Post it/them.

Mark Cuban made a pretty cogent argument (http://blogmaverick.com/2009/10/13/why-the-nfl-cant-let-rush-limbaugh-be-a-team-owner/) why they'd be crazy to let Rush in.

It pretty much boiled down Rush stirs shit up for a living and every time he sits down in front of the mic the NFL would risk being dragged into some political firestorm. Not a problem for Rush, it's how he makes his living, but an all around losing proposition for the NFL.

But Bill Romanowski and Michael Vick and Michael Irvin are ok? They say/do shit too.

Post it/them.

It's hard to even justify finding the quotes and news stories if you don't remember it.

But Bill Romanowski and Michael Vick and Michael Irvin are ok? They say/do shit too.

The owner's club is an entirely different world from the help and yes, everyone who's not an owner is the help.

It's hard to even justify finding the quotes and news stories if you don't remember it.

I was just going to match the quotes to your accusation. Thats all.

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I agree with Tahoe.(That's a first in this forum) I think Limbaugh is an asshole and slightly evil and I would never listen to his show, but I don't see why he should be blackballed from the NFL. Players say worse shit than him on a daily basis. I understand the argument that players have skill and that's what people pay to watch, but Rush has money and that's how people get to watch it.

Why is Michael Vick allowed in the league? He did much worse than anything Limbaugh has ever done. Pac-Man? He was given multiple chances and still couldn't make it. Matt Jones? The coke-head is back in the league now.

Rush said something that could be construed as racist. Players say racist shit every day. I think the double standard is atrocious. In the NBA, Charles Barkley gets away with saying racist things about white people every day, but there's a double standard with him as well. I actually find Barkley funny, so I just roll my eyes when he says his racist mumbo jumbo.

Final thought: if Jesse Jackson wanted to get an NFL team, would he be blackballed? Would Al Sharpton? Because while Rush says things that might be racist, those two say things that ARE racist every day, but they're acceptable.

I messed up in the poll by the way. I think he should, but I don't think he will.

To me, it's analogous to Augusta National not wanting/allowing female members. They can choose whomever they want to include or exclude, apparently.

And I wouldn't sweat this too much if you are actually sympathetic to Limbaugh and his ability to be a part owner. If he really wants a piece of a team, I think all he has to to is buy into an existing ownership group, ala Marc Anthony, the Williams sisters, Gloria Estefan, etc.

My impression is that the problem he's having is being a part of a new group trying to acquire a team, and I would guess that he's subject to different approval/scrutiny than he would be if an existing owner just wanted to bring him in.

I'm not basing that on any detailed understanding of the situation, though, just speculating.

I'm sure he'll spin it so he's the victim, as usual.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/15/conflict-emerges-in-checketts-limbaugh-comments/

Considering the NFL is a league that spreads the wealth around (via revenue sharing), I wonder why Rush even inquired about the idea of buying a minority stake in the league...

Two examples of how Mike Florio is a terrible writer - "Dropped like a freshly polished limbo pole" and "real perceived enemies"

I think this is the type of thing that happens to Rush. I'm not here to defend everything Rush said/says, but those comments don't match the accusation, imo anyway.


He has a widely publicized negative viewpoint on black QBs, which is why he couldn't even hold a MNF job. Why would they want him in as a partial owner?


I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team,” Limbaugh said at the time.

^I agree with that.

So I Google'd something along the lines of 'limbaugh mcnabb quote black' and one of the first sites gave me a fuckin virus. No shit... spent the last 3 hours getting rid of it. Porn? Cool. Limbaugh quotes? Fuckin virus. Kinda makes sense.


Anyway. Taken out of context and without what he said before that it seems pretty innocent, but I'll translate:


McNabb isn't as good as you think he is, because he is black. He is worse than his numbers and record indicate, because he is black.

If he had left the black part out, it would have been a simple statement about his team making him better. It wasn't about that though, not at all. It's because he is black.

So I Google'd something along the lines of 'limbaugh mcnabb quote black' and one of the first sites gave me a fuckin virus. No shit... spent the last 3 hours getting rid of it. Porn? Cool. Limbaugh quotes? Fuckin virus. Kinda makes sense.


Anyway. Taken out of context and without what he said before that it seems pretty innocent, but I'll translate:



If he had left the black part out, it would have been a simple statement about his team making him better. It wasn't about that though, not at all. It's because he is black.

I said to post it and you didn't, but now you critcize my post. geesh.

http://newsone.com/elections/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/

Sorry man, don't go to racist websites. Sharpton blogs for them.

Heh.... I didn't know that. I was just digging up racist quotes by Rush, because I happened to remember seeing a list at one point.

I have a hard time giving a fuck about the NFL. Rush is an assclown, but I suspect that's the case for most of the current NFL owners.

I honestly don't know at this point if he has made racist comments or not. After Rush just handed them their ass on the quotes they lied about, I tend to believe him over them at this point.

By them, I'm referring to State Run Media, btw.

I think a big area of concern for me would be public money spent. I'm not sure the details on the Rams in particular, but there is usually a good chunk of public funds spent on sports teams (facilities or whatever).

If there weren't public funds spent I'd say who cares? If he and any partners want to risk their money on his racist comments that is their own prerogative. However, they should be prepared to suffer the results (players not wanted to play there, lack of attendance, etc). On the other hand the Rams still represent the NFL so I can see where they wouldn't want that risk too.

^ Fergie and JLo?

Snoop to do MNF intros?

Sorry man, don't go to racist websites. Sharpton blogs for them.
Fatass Sharpton's racist and Fagbaugh isn't? You lick elephant ass no matter how dirty it is apparently. Sharpton is a low brow racial conflict exploitation opportunist, Limbaugh is a phony pill popping hate monger opportunist (racist would be a small part of what he is, he's actually something far dumber). Speaking as if either guy is rosy is retarded.

pill popping? OMG...HANG HIM! No one has ever done that before.

All national advertising has been pulled. LOL.

I hope that doesn't stop him. I hope that actually energizes him to new heights in his misogynistic crusade, that every republican candidate for president keeps agreeing with him overtly or tacitly and then, only on the first Friday after the first Monday in November, do they all remember that white christian males are actually not the majority of voters in the US.

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