NFL Should Slam and Lock the Door on Rush Limbaugh
October 8, 2009 by Tom Ferda
When Rush Limbaugh’s name surfaced as a potential owner of the NFL St. Louis Rams, many of us cringed at the 
thought of a man who has been interpreted to be a racist being involved at such a high level in the league.
For those living in a cave and not aware of Limbaugh and his radio show, here are some of the quotes the shock-jock is said to have made:
Limbaugh: “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.”
Limbaugh: “I think it’s time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association and stop calling them teams. Call ‘em gangs. Let ‘em strap up out there [carry guns], and let ‘em market their CD’s.”
Many people look at Limbaugh as a hypocrite. While he implies the men who play these sports are thugs, he has a criminal history of his own. Limbaugh’s mugshot from his drug arrest sits sandwiched between NBA Alan Iverson and NFL badboy Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones in the Sports Climax Sports Mugshot Gallery.
The Today Show did a segment recently asking if Limbaugh is getting a free pass for skirting any serious aftermath after the radio jock featured a song “Barack the Magic Negro” on another of his shows. (see on YouTube here)
Limbaugh’s past resume with the NFL includes when he was a part of the ESPN show ‘NFL Countdown’. Limbaugh had barely unpacked his suitcase when he quickly resigned from the show after making inappropriate remarks.
Many people believe Limbaugh’s particular comment about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb showed Limbaugh’s true colors and ESPN graciously accepted the right-wing radio shock jock’s resignation issuing a statement, “We have communicated with Mr. Limbaugh that his comments were insensitive and inappropriate.”
The network went on to say “We accept his resignation and regret the circumstances surrounding this. We believe that he took the appropriate action to resolve this matter expeditiously.”
When ESPN first announced Limbaugh was joining the show, many of us fell out of our seats. What were those producers thinking! It was obvious what they were setting themselves up for.
That aside, one has to wonder if Limbaugh’s past arrest for drugs would effect his chances of getting a team since NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is becoming strict pertaining to drug-related incidents with his players.
With NFL players already speaking out about their lack of desire to play on any Limbaugh-owned team, it’s time for the league and Commissioner Roger Goodell to close the door on this shock-jock radio host before this controversial issue spins out of control.
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Hey Tom, this might be the one time that the color of money is trumped by some other color. Let’s see how Goodell could justify letting him buy in to the league that’s more black than white.
I promise to be a great owner and even give some of the players a part time job picking cotton if they need it.
Keep this racist way out of any league! It will never happen, no league is that stupid.
Rush may be what that thug league actually needs. I know one thing for sure, guys like Tank and Pacman would never suit up if evry owner thought like Mr. Limbaugh
Maybe Rush should go on an aggressive PR tour and cut a track with Snoop Dogg.
Love how hypocrite Rush’s mug is between Iverson and Pacman! Here’s a comment that Limbaugh actually said on his TV show in the late 90’s. I pulled it off CBS.com
“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. … And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up,” Limbaugh said on his short-lived television show on Oct. 5, 1995.
So why didn’t he offer himself up for some jail time then. Hypocrite!
Hey Tom great article, I enjoyed reading it. No way should this guy be involved in football in any capacity, unless it’s cleaning the toilets at the stadium on game day. He does not deserve to be involved in ownership with his history of inappropriate (to say the least) comments.
O.K. so Rush does have a, shall we say a unique thought process about our world. O.K. so Rush may have had his brush with the law, and with other employers, but in our Democratic process which includes capitalism does this preclude him from being an owner. I believe if he has the $$$$$s, he can own. Maybe what Rush needs is to be totally immersed in something that is totally foreign to him, like diversity. Maybe what Rush needs is to see people as people and who have problems and perhaps make choices that aren’t necessarily the best. That’s whats great about this country. I say let him be an owner. And let Laissez Faire rule. If someone wants to play for him, let them play and if they don’t want to play for him, then I suppose he won’t be an owner for long, especially if becomes mass disappeal.
And let us not forget the general managing owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott who was even more racially outspoken(derogative) as Rush. They didn’t strip her of her general managing ownership, althought they did ban her from managing the team from 1996-1998 after which she sold the franchise in 1999.
See how that works. If it’s that unpopular then it fails. That’s how we do it here in America. We let it develop organically and just like life, it takes care if itself in the voice and actions that the American people and players provide. It all comes to light eventually, so if Rush wants to own he should be able to own. If a Ku Klux Klan member can become a Louisiana State Representative, then come on shouldn’t even little old Rush Limbaugh own a NFL Franchise.
What wrong with Rush wanting to buy “that” football team. So, if some of the players quit……..good get rid of overrated and over payed cry babies. I haven’t heard any protest from any players because the NFL let a animal killer back on a team. Oh, I guess it because he is black and what he did is what “those people” do so it OK. I bet they protested the animal killer going to jail. He should be still in there.
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