October 14th, 2009 - Bum?s Rush
It?s weird that Rush Limbaugh wants to sink is ill-gotten gains into the socialist cabal known as the National Football League.
After all, this is the same feller who feebly tried to make his bones killing Barack Obama?s presidential bid last year for his stating he?d like to ?share the wealth? when it comes to taxes. Limbaugh threw a six-month hissy fit declaring that Obama was everything from a socialist to a Marxist ? and maybe even a fascist ? depending on his daily OxyContin dosage.
Yet here we are less than a year later, and he?s trying to get into the NFL ownership club that not only embraced Communism years ago, but has thrived on it ever since.
That?s how the NFL works ? by sharing the wealth allowing lesser market teams like Green Bay and Cincinnati to compete with the likes of New York and Dallas. Since there are no market-driven advantages, and what is essentially an anti-competition device called a ?salary cap?, individual franchises get to pay and keep their best players and the teams enjoy a certain amount of fiscal parity.
If Rush wasn?t such a bushwa-filled hypocrite he would be screaming for such an anti-capitalist enterprise to fail ? just like he wants Obama to fail.
Yet here he is, the inaptly named ?Rush? (the only place it looks like this guy has ever rushed is to Taco Bell for the 2-for1 Chimichanga special) lining up to buy the hapless St. Louis Rams. (Joke: If Limbaugh gets the Rams they?ll be easy to beat. They always run to the right. Bah-dum-bum).
Luckily for him, he will not have to endure such a spiritual conflict, as the powers that be in professional football will never allow him to join their ranks.
The most elite sports league in the world, the same league that fines players for not pulling up their socks, or coaches, general managers or even owners for uttering the least negative word, will never allow an entity known for outrageous statements, repeated seemingly racist comments and the recent disparaging of a great American city in their midst.
They have certain standards and the bare minimum would be - having a guy the other owners could stand getting their picture taken with.
That?s because Limbaugh isn?t really that popular with the players these days ? and players like to like their owners and visa versa.
In 2003 Limbaugh worked for ESPN commentating on Football Sunday. It was clear he didn?t respect Eagles QB Donovan McNabb at all ? and the reasons became pretty clear.
?The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well? [McNabb] got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve.?
Unfortunately for Rush, the idea of a ?Black Quarterback Succeeding? had already been a dead issue for years, so his comments were seen not only as patently racist, but also as incredibly stupid. Limbaugh quickly decided it was time to quit - or more likely he was promptly pushed off the air.
That lesson didn?t mellow him. Less than a year later he said ?the National Basketball Association should be renamed the ?Thug Basketball Association?; the teams should be referred to as ?gangs??.
Just this year he said that the, ?NFL looks like a game between the bloods and the crips without any weapons.? Nice ? from a guy who looks like a Manitee without the flippers.
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the Players Association wrote this week, ?Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred.?
Limbaugh defended himself saying ?If I?m a racist why do I want to be part of a business that is 70% African American that pays them millions of dollars a year? The two do not go together.?
Sometimes they do. Sometimes people like to put themselves in positions of power and push others around ? like Rush Limbaugh does on his radio show every single day.
He is right about one thing. A full 70% of the NFL is African American. Rush Limbaugh has a history of disparaging athletes based on the color of their skin ? and during his day job his number one target, pretty much only target it seems, is the first African American President of the United States.
Those two definitely do not go together.
According to the NFL rules, ?The ultimate decision on the purchaser?s application for membership in the NFL will be based on the NFL member clubs? assessment of whether the proposed ownership is likely to result in successful operation of the club, with acceptable ownership and management operating in compliance with all league rules and policies and in the best interests of the league.?
There have to be very few folks out there who believe Rush Limbaugh being in the NFL would be ?in the best interests of the league?.
Except for Rush of course ? and he is an extremely vocal minority.
Cheers ? Gavin McDougald ? AKA Couch
It?s weird that Rush Limbaugh wants to sink is ill-gotten gains into the socialist cabal known as the National Football League.
After all, this is the same feller who feebly tried to make his bones killing Barack Obama?s presidential bid last year for his stating he?d like to ?share the wealth? when it comes to taxes. Limbaugh threw a six-month hissy fit declaring that Obama was everything from a socialist to a Marxist ? and maybe even a fascist ? depending on his daily OxyContin dosage.
Yet here we are less than a year later, and he?s trying to get into the NFL ownership club that not only embraced Communism years ago, but has thrived on it ever since.
That?s how the NFL works ? by sharing the wealth allowing lesser market teams like Green Bay and Cincinnati to compete with the likes of New York and Dallas. Since there are no market-driven advantages, and what is essentially an anti-competition device called a ?salary cap?, individual franchises get to pay and keep their best players and the teams enjoy a certain amount of fiscal parity.
If Rush wasn?t such a bushwa-filled hypocrite he would be screaming for such an anti-capitalist enterprise to fail ? just like he wants Obama to fail.
Yet here he is, the inaptly named ?Rush? (the only place it looks like this guy has ever rushed is to Taco Bell for the 2-for1 Chimichanga special) lining up to buy the hapless St. Louis Rams. (Joke: If Limbaugh gets the Rams they?ll be easy to beat. They always run to the right. Bah-dum-bum).
Luckily for him, he will not have to endure such a spiritual conflict, as the powers that be in professional football will never allow him to join their ranks.
The most elite sports league in the world, the same league that fines players for not pulling up their socks, or coaches, general managers or even owners for uttering the least negative word, will never allow an entity known for outrageous statements, repeated seemingly racist comments and the recent disparaging of a great American city in their midst.
They have certain standards and the bare minimum would be - having a guy the other owners could stand getting their picture taken with.
That?s because Limbaugh isn?t really that popular with the players these days ? and players like to like their owners and visa versa.
In 2003 Limbaugh worked for ESPN commentating on Football Sunday. It was clear he didn?t respect Eagles QB Donovan McNabb at all ? and the reasons became pretty clear.
?The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well? [McNabb] got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve.?
Unfortunately for Rush, the idea of a ?Black Quarterback Succeeding? had already been a dead issue for years, so his comments were seen not only as patently racist, but also as incredibly stupid. Limbaugh quickly decided it was time to quit - or more likely he was promptly pushed off the air.
That lesson didn?t mellow him. Less than a year later he said ?the National Basketball Association should be renamed the ?Thug Basketball Association?; the teams should be referred to as ?gangs??.
Just this year he said that the, ?NFL looks like a game between the bloods and the crips without any weapons.? Nice ? from a guy who looks like a Manitee without the flippers.
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the Players Association wrote this week, ?Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred.?
Limbaugh defended himself saying ?If I?m a racist why do I want to be part of a business that is 70% African American that pays them millions of dollars a year? The two do not go together.?
Sometimes they do. Sometimes people like to put themselves in positions of power and push others around ? like Rush Limbaugh does on his radio show every single day.
He is right about one thing. A full 70% of the NFL is African American. Rush Limbaugh has a history of disparaging athletes based on the color of their skin ? and during his day job his number one target, pretty much only target it seems, is the first African American President of the United States.
Those two definitely do not go together.
According to the NFL rules, ?The ultimate decision on the purchaser?s application for membership in the NFL will be based on the NFL member clubs? assessment of whether the proposed ownership is likely to result in successful operation of the club, with acceptable ownership and management operating in compliance with all league rules and policies and in the best interests of the league.?
There have to be very few folks out there who believe Rush Limbaugh being in the NFL would be ?in the best interests of the league?.
Except for Rush of course ? and he is an extremely vocal minority.
Cheers ? Gavin McDougald ? AKA Couch
