There have been some new developments regarding the question of whether radio host Rush Limbaugh will become part owner of the St. Louis Rams. In lieu of laying them all out in one comprehensive piece, we’ll break them out over a series of postings that we’ll cobble together over the next several hours.
Last week, Limbaugh found an unlikely ally in MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who chastised those opposing Limbaugh’s efforts.
“There’re now gonna be character tests for sports owners?” Olbermann
said. “There’ll only be three of them left. Unless they beat the
Vikings Sunday as of next Thursday it will have been a full year since
the Rams won a game. My God, if Limbaugh wants to buy them far be it
for me to tell him he’s flushing his money down a rat hole.”
More recently, Stephen A. Smith also spoke out in favor of Limbaugh’s bid.
“If he has the dollars,” Smith said, “he should be allowed to do it.”
Smith also said that black players who claim they’ll refuse to play for the Rams are “lying through their stinking teeth.” Smith argues that, in the end, players will go where the money is.
But that’s where Smith, who never met a nuance he couldn’t grasp, misses the point. Teams win in free agency by “winning the ties” — in other words, by convincing players to take the same (or even less) money than they could get elsewhere.
So, under Limbaugh, the Rams would have to overpay to attract free agents.
That’s the point — it will as a practical be harder and more expensive for Limbaugh to do business because all ties will go to some other team.
Unless the other team is the Raiders.
The tie-breakers are often things like PT. I agree with Smith. I don’t think it would be that big of an issue.
Not unlikely at all actually. If you did your research Mr. Florio, Smith is a moderate to right leaning individual. He voted for Obama because he wanted to see a black man crack a historical barrier. It said so in an interview with Mark Levin.
I really want everyone to check out the transcript from Rush’s show today from 2:06-2:22 where he adresses the claims that he is racist. He did a great job articulating his point that he is not at all a racist. But then again a lot of the people claiming he is a racist arent bright enough to read and even if they could they wouldnt take the time to find out the truth anyways.
I am Rush Limbaugh and the St. Louis Rams!
Florio, you are wrong. Playing in the NFL (with these salaries offered) is a privilege. Only so many roster spots and contracts out there. Players will go where the money is regardless of the owner. I have rarely seen a player turn down cash.
And as Mike Wilbon said last week…more of the owners probably have similar political beliefs to Rush than to their own players.
if he left knows so much more about making money than normal people, how come the left’s standard bearer (and the left’s house and senate) is driving the nation into the poor house…
Although this was televised several days ago at least Florio reported it (maybe he was advised to). If Rush becomes an owner much of what is being bantered here will be a non issue.
Florio and his ill advised, misinformed name calling minions will continue on. Funny things is they would prefer that Fidel Castro be the new buyer with hopes that Fidel would move the team from St Louis to Havana.
I didn’t realize every current NFL owner is a liberal…
Jerry Jones had George and Laura Bush in the owners suite 2 weeks ago. Maybe free agents should stay away from Dallas as well.
it sickens me that players in this league are saying they won’t play for rush because he is racist, when he hasn’t said anything racist. on the other hand they back obama who has said, racist things in the past. went to rev. writes church and listened to his racist rants for 23 years. put a good many racist ppl in his adminstration….
but i guess all that racism is ok cause it’s against the white man.
look up
“Awhite mans greed versus a world in need”
look up some van jones comments from the past.
or what about Chareles Rangel saying
“I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers. ”
there are many many others i could point out. those are racist comments from racist ppl.
plus al sharpton meeting with goodell today give me a break is there a bigger racist on the plantet. i don’t care who buys what team, if they have the money let them buy it is a free country right. my issue is don’t sit there and call a guy racist without knowing the facts. i have to listen to rush everyday at work, and he is not racist… an elitist, yeah. is he vocal about his opinion of course.
can we please put the race card away
Baloney. All true red blooded Americans would love to have him as a boss.
You left wing anti-American nutjobs hating a middle of the road average American is just crazy.
The left wing media always tries to make his politics seem right wing when they are only middle of America.
Many on the right do not like many of Rush’s liberal views but accept him as a loyal American and capitalist. Those are the two main tests of any public figure.
The complete irony of Limbaugh buying an American professional sports team when he rails all day about how Obama is trying to destroy the private sector in this country is not lost on me. Obama is trying to destroy business owners according to a man who wants to become a business owner. If Obama throws his weight behind a VAT, expect Limbaugh to bow out. It is not about the majority ideology of NFL owners, it is about EIB’s golden microphone and the power it has weilded and the slander it has transmitted. What a hypocrite Limbaugh is. But nobody needed me to point that out. He has done a great job of doing it himself over the years.
Sorry Mike,
You have zero credibility on this matter. NBC, for whom you are now affiliated with, is one of the most liberal biased networks going. They are in bed with Barry Obama, especially since Barry has picked GE, which owns NBC, to carry on his “green” environmental bs agenda.
So, spare us your nonsense about Limbaugh. You’ve probably never listened to him anyways.
Why not sell the Rams to Bin Laden because I can’t see a difference, both want our President and country to fail.
Florio, what evidence do you have to make the statement (presented as fact, not your opinion) that the “…Rams would have to overpay to attract free agents?” Spouting off by Bart Scott? Good grief.
Florio, you’re not just gay you are also an idiot. If anything Limbaugh having a financial stake is the Rams will improve the NFL’s worst franchise. Does it matter what McNabb thinks? He is over the hill and has always been over rated. Rams would never want him.
I accidentally posted this under the Ralph Wilson thread first
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This is all a publicity stunt. Limbaugh does not have the cash. He will be as much of an owner of the Rams as all those goofy celebrities are owners of the Dolphins.
It is one thing to have a disposable 10 or 20 million on hand but 500 million to a billion is some serious money.
It’s funny that after 5pm there are so many more Conservative/Republican comments. Could it be that us Right wingers are out working and supporting our families while the left wingers are at home collecting welfare checks?
fan_of_four give me a break u compare a known terrorist to a talk show host. let me guess if it was up to u rush wouldn’t be able to broadcast anymore cause of what he says… and as for the country and president failing, check your sound bites cause he said he wants his policys to fail cause it would be bad for the country.
ex.
if i say i want to see obama fail on getting national health care passed does that mean i want the country to fail. no. that means i don’t want him to succeed in passing that bill.
if i say i don’t want obamas green taxes, is that anti country no it’s anti policy.
how bout u look into things before you spew ur nonsense to others
Browns_fan_in_therapy says: “Maybe free agents should stay away from Dallas as well.”
If they want to win a playoff game, that would be sound advice.
@ citizne strange
NFL teams never have 1 owner. I actually think it is against the rules to have 1 owner. They usually have a majority owner but never just 1. By your logic only a handful of people could buy and own an NFL franchise. Good try though.
So, under Limbaugh, the Rams would have to overpay to attract free agents.
Bull. You think every football player is a kook liberal?
I would have to see this in practice to believe it. It’s not like Rush will be going to their homes to recruit them. He’s not replacing JoPa.
“If Obama throws his weight behind a VAT, expect Limbaugh to bow out.”
If Obama throws his slight weight behind a VAT, I firmly expect that he’ll be a one-term wonder and the Democrats will hemorrhage seats in Congress. That is, unless they can accomplish their nefarious plan of making millions of illegal aliens into new Democratic voters/dependents.
Florio,
You are a proven entrepreneur. Great site idea and development. Bravo.
Beyond that- keep your ignorant ass out of sports analysis. You suck in this sandbox you’re trying to play more than anyone on the planet.
Exhibit Too-Many-Too-Count:
No free-agent in the history of time has based their final decision on a like or dislike of an owner. Your vegetable-vision assessment that “So under Limbaugh, the Rams would have to overpay to attract free-agents” strains even your zero credibility.
Naturally, you’ve never been in position to make those kinds of decisions, but when the money’s similar…scheme, city, coaching staffs, family arrangements, on and on come so far before the nature of someone you very rarely see that it doesn’t bear mentioning…unless of course you know nothing about the subject you’re mentioning.
A nice vocabulary with a lil’ wit & syntactical skill doesn’t hide so well your short-bus pass-holder logic. Stick with some topics more your speed…
Hey, Manning throw good…Peterson run fast…football brown…etc., etc.
…unless of course Dancing with the Stars hires a new judge because he’s seen “Saturday Night Fever” 74 times. In that case, keep up the good work.
“Why not sell the Rams to Bin Laden because I can’t see a difference”
The difference is that if you and your family were in the same room with bin Laden, he’d try to kill your family. Rush Limbaugh would just make fun of you.
Clown Citizen Strange,
He’s not trying to buy the who team–we are only talking about a 60% stake. Additionally, he is part of a potential ownership GROUP, you clown. Read the article again.
according to a man who wants to become a business owner.
You do realize, he has a business already, he’s owned it for over 20 years, and it’s made him rich beyond all recognition.
Don’t you?
Those people who don’t want to believe Rush Limbaugh is a racist should go to the following site: http://newsone.com/obama/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/
Among his remarks are suggesting a medal of honor for James Earl Ray, the convicted murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Personally I think he should be allowed to buy a team if he has the money. While I believe Steven A. Smith is one of the biggest windbags on the planet I also believe black athletes will not avoid the Rams because of Limbaugh.
Finally, will America ever get over its racial angst?
I wish some white player would come out and say he would never play for Miami because the Williams sisters are racist. Then everyone would blow up and prove how stupid this whole thing really is.
“Teams win in free agency by “winning the ties” — in other words, by convincing players to take the same (or even less) money than they could get elsewhere.”
Maybe in the beginning. But if the Rams start winning, players won’t give a rat’s ass who signs the checks. Smith is absolutely right. If a team is merely competitive money-wise, they will get the free agents they want if they are winning on the field. And that’s to the players’ credit. They want to win, not talk politics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCuRymj-sFA
Part 1 of his Today Show interview… maybe you libs might learn something
Rush should be allowed to sign. And the Rams should be allowed to decline. The NFL should be allowed to decline. They’re both private organizations.
And here is the transcript for all of you who don’t know how to work an internet.
RUSH: Dawn said to me during the break here, “You didn’t deny what they’re saying you said about slavery!” I’m not going to dignify it by denying it. Deny it? It’s an outrageous slander, which I did say. People saying I made jokes about the good points, whatever, the finer points of slavery. So to set the record… No, not to set it straight. To confirm the record, I don’t know how many times on this program I have gotten into arguments over the last 21 years with people when I have asserted that the Civil War primarily was about slavery. People have called me, “No, it wasn’t! It was about states’ rights. It was about this,” and I said, “Don’t be silly. Abraham Lincoln knew what the union could not survive in one man was allowed to own another. I have uttered those words, quoting Lincoln favorably, too many times to count.
Slavery — indentured servitude, whatever you want to call it — is abominable, particularly in a free country. I’ve had people call this program and say, “Well, the Founding Fathers, I mean they were slave owners! Three-fifths of a person for blacks.” Yeah, it’s a sad shame. It’s an absolute sad shame but I’ve given people the history. At the time there were 13 colonies. Getting them to all agree to rebel against the king and to declare independence, there were compromises necessary for that unity. Then when the Founders wrote the Constitution, they put the prescription in the Constitution for ending slavery, in the amendments — and in our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, “All men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.” How many times I’ve quoted that, I can’t remember.
If I had said what they say I said, I would be gone. There would be nobody around. Snerdley would have resigned on the spot, even if I was trying to be funny. I’ve endeavored to go a little deeper into it, though, and explain how slavery has led us into some of the acrimony that we still have today in that there are some people who won’t forget it, who are still trying to capitalize on it and portray this country as though it is still in many ways no different than it was, and I have argued with those people vehemently. I’ve had people say to me, “I think you’ve got a blind spot. You don’t know what it’s like to have a heritage that black people in the country have.” Oh, I most certainly do not have a blind spot and I most certainly do understand it.
I understand that all human beings have obstacles. We all have to overcome them. There’s no better place to overcome those obstacles than the United States of America. The freest country and the freest people on earth, and what really saddens me and disappoints me to this day is that there are people who are not inspired and taught about how great they can be because they are Americans. Frankly, the biggest problem I face in the current climate of political correctness is that I’m colorblind about it. I don’t say politically correct things about it. For example in the Today Show interview, Jamie Gangel asked, “Weren’t you moved by the election of the first black president?” Yeah, I was. Great historical fact. But I got over it pretty quickly because I don’t see him as black. I see him as president of the United States and I’m more concerned about his policies.
I love this country. I want everyone in this country to succeed. I want everyone in this country to pursue happiness. I want everyone to benefit, as an American, as I have. I stand in no one’s way! I am not the one putting obstacles in people’s way. I’m the one trying to sweep them away. And in so doing I don’t speak politically correct language — and, as such, I’m accused of being insensitive. I guess my problem is I treat people as adults. I treat them as informed. I treat them as educated and I treat them as equals. I don’t condescend to people, and I don’t run around feeling sorry for people because that doesn’t help them. After you feel sorry for somebody then what do you do? It’s all up to us to make the most of the one life we are blessed to be given by God, and I cringe when I see so many lives not reaching anywhere near their potential because others capitalize on their failure to do so.
And that happens just only with racial issues, it happens with all minorities. We have assumed that we’re an unjust and unfair country, that all of the minorities (for whatever reasons they’re minorities) are victims of an unfair, unjust, immoral America. And there are white people that buy into that stuff, too, because they don’t want to run around feeling guilty and they don’t want to run around with people thinking that they are racists. It’s all political correctness that has lead people thinking this. So when I, for example, say, “I think the media has a little interest in a black quarterback doing well,” I mean it! Most of the sports media is politically correct, and that kind of surface stuff matters to them. I’m interested in people’s hearts and their souls because that’s what animates us as human being, not our skin color.
I’m colorblind. I have reached the point where everybody professes we need to go. I treat everybody equally. In the political arena, I don’t care. Male, female, black, white, gay, straight, bisexual, if you are opposed to the things I think are great for the country, I’m going to say so. I’m going to criticize you. Not because of whatever it is distinguishes you from me on a surface basis, but because of ideas. I’m just a lone guy here in the arena of ideas, sharing mine. I don’t have the ability or power to force ‘em on anybody. Yet there are those throughout our society and culture who are trying to force their views — whether they be militant vegetarians or environmentalist nutcases or what have you — on all of us. And too few people, frankly, have the guts to stand up and say, “Screw you! Live your life and I’ll live mine. As long as we do so within the bounds of the law, it’s none of your business what I’m doing.”
I don’t make it my business what other people are doing, certainly not to the point that I want to censor what they say or become an obstacle to what they can accomplish because I want everybody to succeed. That’s what, frankly, broke my heart about these two sound bites, the situation in Detroit in Cobo Hall last week. “Well, what about these parodies? You make fun of people.” Hey, we’re always up fronts and honest about those. All you have to do is listen here to understand them. There’s nobody that listens to this radio program that thinks that those things are horrible. It’s only the people who hear about it out of context.
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There you have it, in his own words and in complete context. Cant wait to here what people have to say now.
@ bdinpheonix
You are quoting a liberal article that takes lines out of context.
Seriously, every comment above this one except 2 (fan of four and citizen strange) illustrate a problem. Rush is not a hero. Although it’s true that other owners probably share the same sentiments, but they don’t spout off at the mouth for a living, giving insight as to their political beliefs. They don’t get up everyday and say something that could be seen as insensitive on TV or Radio. Most of the stuff that comes out of his mouth is not expressly racist, but his commentary is loaded with racial undertones because the policies he advocates disparately impact blacks.
For once, I think Florio actually has a good point. Look at the Raiders. You’d have to break the bank to get many of the mid -to-big named guys there for an extended period of time. It’s not unreasonable to assume the same thing would happen with a team owned by Rush.
Also, it frustrates me that mainstream america has decided to label Barry O for going to Rev. Wright’s church. Fact of the matter is that:
1) Not everyone going to Wright’s church agrees with Wright’s political/personal beliefs,
2) in the same way that the moral majority separates their political and personal beliefs (i.e. citing scripture, claiming to espouse conservative political values but paying for hookers, doing drugs, cheating on wives, and other forms of sexual immorality) one can compartmentalize someone’s ability to preach a good Word from their personal/political beliefs. To suggest otherwise is silly. Clearly, we compartmentalize all the time.
3) Attacking the President accomplishes nothing. Constructive disagreement is one thing but attacking does nothing, that is unless the President that your party nominates is an idiot name George W. Bush. At least then you can laugh about it and feel better. I don’t agree with everything that Obama says and does but at least he tries; the fact that he to listens to both sides of issues says a lot. When was the last time that happened?
4) The comments of many Republicans and other “blue blooded Americans” suggests that racism is alive and well (not letting their kids listen to a speech targeted at encouraging children to study hard in school b/c Obama’s a “liberal” is just ignorant).
5) Lastly, main stream America defines “a liberal” as anyone who doesn’t let them have their way. That’s not to say that Barry isn’t but stop the over-generalizations.
I’m kind of indifferent to Rush. That said wasn’t he caught up in some kind of perscription drug prosecution? I don’t know what happened with all of that, but I wonder if it would preclude him from any sort of ownership in a team. Don’t know,….. just askin’.
I agree with Smith, but I disagree with you on this Mike. I don’t see the Rams overplaying for people. Look at all the free agents just waiting for a chance to play. If it comes down to it, the Rams will be a suprise team consisting of Veterans who want a few more years and rookies/washouts from other teams looking for a second chance. I would instantly become a Rams fan if that were to happen.
Maybe this will take some heat off of Mr. Davis.
Hey Citizen Strange, get a clue. Rush Limbaugh signed a 8 year $400 million contract in ’07 for his radio show. Combine that with the fact that he has had several huge contracts before that, best selling books and news letters, not to mention he gets paid as much as Donald Trump to just show up and speak for an hour to companies and organizations if he so chooses. He is worth well over a billion, and there is no end in sight to his earnings potential.
Gloria Estafan or The Williams Sisters he aint!
I look at it this way: The Rams are now so bad, that Rush wants to buy the team. Draw your own conclusions here.
You are right and before the Raiders over 30 or 40 years it was the Pats and so on.
It kills me just how slow most of you people are, it all goes in cycles.
As New England has run it’s cycle and is on the down side of the roll, I know they are still better than many but will never be what they were and just how the 49ers fell in the 80′s so do all teams.
Sad part is most teams never even get the one good run and most that do get a good run have been and will go back to being shit for the bulk of their history (ie; see New England).
The Raiders as bad as they have been of late were always able to get the players because unlike many teams they have been pretty good over the bulk of their history.
As Brady weathers and old Bill gets older and looking for more time with the lady’s and it starts to sink in thaat although they did a good job, luck played a much bigger role in getting the HOF type players they had.
They will fall back down to the bottom feeder that they were most of their history. Just see Bill Walsh for example.
You want to see a run over a period of years that make the Raiders look ok?, see the New England run over 10 year run with all the 2 win seasons, Free Agents?, hell their own players ran from them, see Mike Haynes.
The author’s point is almost too ridiculous to attack. But nice job Vox, Chad D, Well-Said Fred…
Florio always has to take a jab at the Raiders. How’s that Redskins win the Super Bowl prediction going? Punk!
With any luck at all, Limbaugh will realize the polarizing he has done with the NFL community and gracefully bow out as not to diminish the sports he claims to love.
If that doesn’t happen, I hope he and his group bid an insane amount of money thinking they won’t get turned down, then have the current Rams ownership tell him/them to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. It will be fun watching Limbaugh play the victim again, a role he has played since his drug addiction/arrest!
Before any right winger starts calling me names and how stupid I am, I consider myself an independent. I try to listen to all sides then come to a conclusion.
In my opinion, Rush has proven himself a racist because of the things he has said and done. No racist deserves the privilege of owning an NFL franchise. The difference between he and other NFL owners is that the other NFL owners (reps or dems) don’t speak out of their beliefs and are smart enough not to put down people of any race.
Let the flaming begin……….
I also believe that Rush should be able to be an owner. I also believe that he is an out-and-out racist. And I am an avid listener, because I listen to just about everyone (Rush, Rev. Al Sharpton, Warren Ballentine, Sean Hannity etc.) And Rush is a straight-up unapologetic racist.
But if you are a racist with some money, you should be able to spend it on buying a team, if you want to. And if the league believes that is the best thing for the league, then they should have that right. And if players want to play for him, then let them play. And if customers want to buy the product, then let them buy the product.
In other words, Rush Limbaugh is a big ole racist. But that’s the racist and bigot we know. What about the racists and bigots that we don’t know that runs sports organizations. You think he’ll be the only one?
But let’s get real: You think that the NFL will actually allow someone that spews that garbage to actually own one of their franchises? This whole thing is just more junk that will make Rush Limbaugh look like a victim (when he’s turned down.)
Another unlikely Limbaugh supporter
Posted by Mike Florio on October 12, 2009 4:55 PM ET
There have been some new developments regarding the question of whether radio host Rush Limbaugh will become part owner of the St. Louis Rams. In lieu of laying them all out in one comprehensive piece, we’ll break them out over a series of postings that we’ll cobble together over the next several hours.
Last week, Limbaugh found an unlikely ally in MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who chastised those opposing Limbaugh’s efforts.
“There’re now gonna be character tests for sports owners?” Olbermann said. “There’ll only be three of them left. Unless they beat the Vikings Sunday as of next Thursday it will have been a full year since the Rams won a game. My God, if Limbaugh wants to buy them far be it for me to tell him he’s flushing his money down a rat hole.”
More recently, Stephen A. Smith also spoke out in favor of Limbaugh’s bid.
“If he has the dollars,” Smith said, “he should be allowed to do it.”
Smith also said that black players who claim they’ll refuse to play for the Rams are “lying through their stinking teeth.” Smith argues that, in the end, players will go where the money is.
But that’s where Smith, who never met a nuance he couldn’t grasp, misses the point. Teams win in free agency by “winning the ties” — in other words, by convincing players to take the same (or even less) money than they could get elsewhere.
So, under Limbaugh, the Rams would have to overpay to attract free agents.
That’s the point — it will as a practical be harder and more expensive for Limbaugh to do business because all ties will go to some other team.
Unless the other team is the Raiders.
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BrownsTown says:
October 12, 2009 5:03 PM
The tie-breakers are often things like PT. I agree with Smith. I don’t think it would be that big of an issue.
chapnasty says:
October 12, 2009 5:09 PM
Not unlikely at all actually. If you did your research Mr. Florio, Smith is a moderate to right leaning individual. He voted for Obama because he wanted to see a black man crack a historical barrier. It said so in an interview with Mark Levin.
I really want everyone to check out the transcript from Rush’s show today from 2:06-2:22 where he adresses the claims that he is racist. He did a great job articulating his point that he is not at all a racist. But then again a lot of the people claiming he is a racist arent bright enough to read and even if they could they wouldnt take the time to find out the truth anyways.
Train_Wreck says:
October 12, 2009 5:09 PM
I am Rush Limbaugh and the St. Louis Rams!
jersey73 says:
October 12, 2009 5:12 PM
Florio, you are wrong. Playing in the NFL (with these salaries offered) is a privilege. Only so many roster spots and contracts out there. Players will go where the money is regardless of the owner. I have rarely seen a player turn down cash.
And as Mike Wilbon said last week…more of the owners probably have similar political beliefs to Rush than to their own players.
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I see your point, yes their are people that would play there regardless. However, more than not it would take less money with a well liked owner. Prime example on how this is in the NFL a couple days earlier Florio posted an article about how an agent has swayed his players from going to certain teams for whatever reasons. This would be a prime example. Players would simply just ask for more money vs if they had an opportunity to play for another team. Everyone has a price
Rush Limbaugh is just the white version of Louis Farrakhan. It’s quite amazing actually how many idiots are lining up here to associate themselves with this bigoted, racist moron.
He’s no better than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton either. None of them have ever had a real job, and all make their living pushing the very agendas they claim to hate. Fear & hate mongering. Limbaugh’s views are equivalent to Hitler, yet he manages to have a following of brain dead, can’t think for themselves, hiding behind a bible, confederate flag waving dittoheads.
Rush’s views are in line with the NFL player that looks at his take home pay and wonders what the hell happened to the money that is given to him by the team. The money he is given is his career earnings, a career that lasts a few years, if that.
So this guy is taxed at a super high rate on the lump sum of his earnings that he is given for his entire career.
That must hurt like hell, but it doesn’t seem to bother lawyers like Florio or journalists like Olby.
Once Rush gives a talk to a prospective player about playing for his team, and he hears how to maximize his earnings, and how Rush views the people who make money in the US, I think MANY MANY MANY players will seek him out to play for him.
These players get screwed over in HS, college and the NFL, and vultures like PFT and the rest pick away at them not really getting the way they are exploited. And with that stat the 78% of them are flat busted broke in a few years after leaving the NFL, maybe we need more of what Rush talks about and less of the foggy nonsense of Olby and Olby Jr.
Maybe that’s what’s got all the liberals so up in arms, seeing black men move up in the world and not be busted out.
If Rush Limbaugh can be part owner of a team, then Stephen Colbert should be an owner, as well. His team could play as Prescott Pharmaceuticals Field.
I can’t believe I actually agree with Bob Nelson. Surely, hell has frozen over.
“This is all a publicity stunt. Limbaugh does not have the cash.”
Betcha he can get a loan. Like just about every owner in the history of the modern NFL did when they bought a team.
bdinphoenix look at the websites name you just put up. In the URL it has the name Obama and the title says the site is for black people. These people hate Rush more than nay other demographic. They could make up any shit they wanted to about Rush. Show me a CNN, Time, or New York Times website or article that quotes him saying this.
“Among his remarks are suggesting a medal of honor for James Earl Ray, the convicted murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King.”
Urban legend. He never said it. Originally perpetrated by some liberal jackass on Wikipedia. Please remove the ring from your nose so that the liberal smear machine can no longer jerk your chain.
Go for it Rush, I hope you get it.
Fox News Rules!!!
“Seriously, every comment above this one except 2 (fan of four and citizen strange) illustrate a problem. Rush is not a hero. Although it’s true that other owners probably share the same sentiments, but they don’t spout off at the mouth for a living, giving insight as to their political beliefs.”
Ever heard of a guy named Dan Rooney? He spouted off, now he’s Ambassador to Ireland!
“I probably supported him before anyone in western Pennsylvania”
“They were all for Hillary. And I kept saying, ‘No, I’m not for Hillary.’ I said, ‘I’m for this new kid that’s Barack Obama.’ I said, ‘He’s going to be great”
“As a grandfather and a citizen of this community I think Barack Obama’s thoughtful, strategic approach is important for America. When I hear how excited young people seem to be when they about this man, I believe he will do what is best for them, which is to inspire them to be great Americans.”
All the people that have came out to support Limbaugh in my few are hurting his chances even more. Because I hate Olbermann and Stephen A. Smith just as much as I hate Limbaugh. Now all we need is Jim Rome and Sal Palantonio to come out and support him and his chances are over.
Unlike some liberals, I believe in a free market and free speech, and believe that as long as Rush can come up with the cash, he has every right to purchase a team. Of course, there’s that little matter of his being a convicted felon and drug user for the other owners to consider………
Having said that, since this ever more silly blog site has turned into a site for political commentary, let me just say that you idiotic ‘conservatives’ are showing with each passing day just how stupid and hateful you really are. YOU LOST THE ELECTION, and I mean bigtime, because you were unable to convince the AMERICAN electorate that your ideas hold any water, and considering the shape you left this country in, they obviously don’t.
Let me repeat, YOU LOST, because you have nothing more to offer this great country than hate-filled vitriol and invective.
This country is in the shape that it’s in because your party RUINED this economy causing tens of thousands of AMERICANS to lose all they have, and started a pointless, needless war, that has cost thousands of young AMERICANS their lives. Now you want nothing more than to see our nation fail (as so many of your leaders and idiot writers to this blog have actually stated. Why don’t you just admit that you hate the fact that you have a black president (nothing else could possibly explain the level of hatred displayed here and elsewhere in the conservative media), and that the MAJORITY of AMERICANS preferred him to your very good and decent man, but utterly washed up, candidate.
The level of vitriol that you are spewing has less to do with his policies than with him. Again, you LOST the white house, you LOST both houses of congress, and you LOST the confidence of the people of this great land. Stop dragging your bleeding knuckles and GET OVER IT!
P.S. Also, most of you seem to know as much about pro football as you do about politics and government, that is, less than zero. No wonder we are in a deep recession……..
Vox, you’re right. I totally see where you’re going but that’s a weak argument. Dan Rooney and Rush Limbaugh are not analogous. The difference between the 2 is that Rooney came out to support a candidate during campaign “season” (give or take a few months), like most people.
In contrast, Rush bashes both people and ideas for a living. Further, he, like most media hounds, has been known to put a spin on people’s comments (yes Florio you spin stuff too). The problem that some, including me, have is that Rush and his ilk/disciples (Hannity etc…) deliberately take people’s commentary out of context for the purpose of attacking them and undermining their authority.
Offering occasional support pales in comparison. If Jon Stewart, Farakhan, etc… were to try and buy a team, that would be more germane.
In this sense, I don’t think people would mind playing for him if they felt like he had integrity. I don’t think his views are necessarily problematic as much as what he does and what he represents. Again, many owners probably feel the same way…they just don’t discuss their opinions for a living, try to slant things so that everyone else sees the world their way (for a living)(this applies to every owner except Jerry Jones) or publicly condemn others for doing something they disagree with (for a living). Even if Rush didn’t do those things for a living, people might not want to play for someone who has those views.
My point is everyone is different and would have different motivations for playing for a Rush owned team. Surely, some players, irrespective of race, are going to take the money and the chance. Others not so much.
btw, the blogosphere really lets people show their inner fears and racism. Some of those comments…wow. Can’t we all just get along?
You know, Limbaugh should be able to buy into ownership. And the NFL should be able to deny him.
The key here is for those morons (and that’s putting it lightly) to realize that Rush is, in fact, an overt racist. And people have a legitimate gripe about him owning a team on which non-whites play.
Need proof that he is a card-carrying bigot?
He referred to Ray Nagin as Ray Nager…you know, because he’s black. There! Now all of his ditto-heads, who apparently can’t remember what happened at the beginning of this paragraph, can see for sure why he is a controversial person.
Chapnasty – you want an immediate example of owners having to over-pay? Al Davis. Period. Need evidence? Talk to Richard Seymour.
Want an example of owners impacting the players? Talk to Arthur Blank – who invests inordinate amounts of money into facilities.
Want another? Talk to Jerry Jones about the team, the draft, the stadium, how he handled PacMan Jones, the collapsing practice tent, and on and on and on…
Owners…do…matter. To think otherwise is beyond foolish.
As for Olberman’s comment. Character requirements exist on every level, across every professional sport.
Ask Marc Cuban about how he was judged when trying to buy the Chicago Cubs.
Ask Tom Cable whether the league contacted him about breaking an assistant coach’s jaw.
Ask the Rooneys about mixing gambling and ownership.
Ask Ed Roski about the hoops required to bring a team to LA.
Ask any player who tests positive for drugs.
Ask any prospective owner who needs league and ownership approval to buy a team.
In the end, Rush chose a profession that would pay a TON of money, but alienate the vast majority. He wants to gloss this over and become a distinguished public figure? Who is he kidding?
Why would anyone care if Rush buys the team or not? I listened to him back in the 80′s and have always disagreed with him on most stuff, consider myself a conservative liberal (traditional conservative, not a Sid Vicious conservative) and can’t imagine why anyone would object.
In fact, I don’t think we have the right to object to him buying the team. If he’s got the money and they want to sell then thats that.
“He referred to Ray Nagin as Ray Nager…you know, because he’s black.”
I remember him, he said he wanted to rebuild a “chocolate New Orleans”. You know, because he hates white people. Then he tried to cover his dumb ass by saying that when you mix dark chocolate with white milk you get a delicious drink, as if he meant to say “chocolate milk New Orleans”. Somebody needs to kick chocolate Raycist Nagin in his white teeth. Or to put it another way, turn his face into a chocolate sundae with strawberry sauce and crushed chiclets on top. IMO he’s personally responsible for the deaths of thousands.
From the number of people who appeared all of a sudden repeating the liberal lies about Rush and what he said and what he did, it appears the ACORN/SEIU conference call ended about 7:00PM tonight.
Mike Florio says: “So, under Limbaugh, the Rams would have to overpay to attract free agents.”
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Is that what your crystal ball tells you? I think it needs a tune up.
Players will stay with a winning Rams team much more readily than an O-fer Rams team and will take less to do it. It’s been proven. As far as what they think of the owner, who cares? I’ve heard negative comments about Rush from less than a dozen mouthy wiseass players, hardly a majority. The players will all fall in line, believe me. Millions of dollars have a way of doing that to people.
“But that’s where Smith, who never met a nuance he couldn’t grasp, misses the point.”
LOL probably the single best line you have ever written, Florio
Conservatives are funny.
“Someone on the left (Usually J. Jackson or A. Sharpton) has said racist things, so it’s okay that Rush does it!”
It’s never okay.
But keep on fearing the white man’s decline, conservative America. In two generations, your decendants will have to learn Spanish in school just to get about their daily lives. I’m sure that just boils your blood.