Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Why Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to purchase an NFL team

Let me start by saying that it absolutely kills me to write this blog. Limbaugh is a guy I can say I absolutely detest. Now that I've admitted that, I think its fair to explain why he should be allowed to purchase a minority stake in an NFL franchise.


For most intelligent people, fanatical analysis detached from logic can't live in the same room. Call me crazy but what I'm about to say will be about as fair as anyone could be considering the comments that Rush Limbaugh has made over the years. WE all know about his comments about Donovan Mcnabb. We've heard his take on why slavery wasn't that bad. Even after all of that I've still find myself taking the side of Rush Limbaugh because of the principle of this matter.

Rush Limbaugh's controversial comments draws twenty million kool aid drinkers everyday mostly for affirmation and certainly not for information.


In all fairness those twenty million viewers may view my defense of Jeremiah Wright in the same vein. Truthfully all of what we believe as right or wrong is solely based on our experiences. The NFL is one of the most hypocritical organizations in all of sports. It didn't hire its first Black coach until 1989. How many black general managers are there in the NFL? Let's try 5 as of this year. Ozzie Newsome was one of the lone rangers in this important front office role for a number of years.


Remember this league didn't allow black men to play quarterback until the late 60's. Sure it was a defacto rule but it existed. So how is the NFL in any moral position to deny Limbaugh the chance to invest in an NFL team. Ironically the good ole boy's club that is actually denying Rush is the same club that is for excluding him of american right. This is a guy has been a card carrying member of this club and now he's getting his. I can't lie apart of me likes seeing this but it is still wrong. If Louis Farakhan was denied the right to buy five percent of a team, I wonder if Al and Jesse would show up to defend him? I think we know the answer to that question.


The NFL only cares about cashing checks. So why should Limbaugh not be allowed to be a "minority" owner for an NFL franchise? What does his opinions have to do with being qualified to invest in five percent of the Saint Louis Rams? If free agents decided not to play in St. Louis because Limbaugh owned a small stake in the team then that would be their right as an American and an employee of the NFL.


In a recent television appearance, Steven A. Smith concluded that if the price was right most NFL players would sign on the dotted line regardless.


Guess what? Steven A. is spot on. Has anyone forgotten how hard it is to gain financial security playing in a league that doesn't guarantee its entire contract?


Limbaugh a week later in classic fashion went of the defensive, using President Obama as the explanation for why his bid was being denied. Never mind the fact that people view his comments as bad for business. Forget that he's a social pariah and a hypocrite at best. Sure play the blame game Rush. Do the same thing you claim that liberals and minorities do all the time. It's funny how chickens always come home to roost. As a descendant of an old farm boy, chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. In fact it mad me glad.

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