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Rush Limbaugh wants to buy the St. Louis Rams, . . .
It would be CRIMINAL to let someone with his background near those hallowed halls, where men of honor and integrity have plied their wares throughout the years.
It would be an insult to the pristine memories of Lance Rentzel, Rae Carruth, Mark Chmura, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Romanowski...
It would be CRIMINAL to let someone with his background near those hallowed halls, where men of honor and integrity have plied their wares throughout the years.
It would be an insult to the pristine memories of Lance Rentzel, Rae Carruth, Mark Chmura, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Romanowski...
Rae Carruth is a bad example, since he never set foot in an NFL locker room after he committed his crimes, and he'll be long past his playing days when he gets out of prison. As for the others, I doubt that they would be accepted in Roger Goodell's NFL. They played in era when the attitude was "boys will be boys". I'm not sure that Paul Hornung and Alex Karras would even be accepted in the league today.
And though it's a different sport, MLB did set a precedent for professional sports franchise owners having to pass the same character tests as the players when they took the Cincinnati Reds away from Marge Schott, and Limbaugh makes her look like Mother Theresa.
Stephen A. Smith made a good point yesterday about all the players coming out and making defiant statements about what they'll do if the NFL lets Limbaugh buy the Rams. They'd have you think that they're Curt Flood, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and Jon Carlos all rolled up into one, but few if any would actually walk the walk if playing for Limbaugh was the only way they could stay in the league.
It would be CRIMINAL to let someone with his background near those hallowed halls, where men of honor and integrity have plied their wares throughout the years.
It would be an insult to the pristine memories of Lance Rentzel, Rae Carruth, Mark Chmura, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Romanowski...
I don't recall any of these owning a team.
"A beautiful theory killed by an ugly fact."
by Thomas Henry Huxley
I think he is just awful, but he has a right to own a team if he wants to. But fairly or otherwise, it would cause a lot of problems, particularly with African American players.
I think he is just awful, but he has a right to own a team if he wants to.
A RIGHT? Owning an NFL team isn't a right just like playing in the NFL isn't one? It's a privilege, and the NFL owners along with the commissioner get to decide who's worthy of that privilege.
Originally posted by dukehjsteve
But fairly or otherwise, it would cause a lot of problems, particularly with African American players.
Now that's the understatement of the year. My Dad has a theory that Limbaugh knows he'll never be allowed to buy a team and will use his rejection as further proof to dittoheads that White men are an oppressed minority.
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