This may somewhat fly in the face of some of my recent posts, but it seems to me that if Rush Limbaugh wants to be part of an ownership group to buy the St. Louis Rams (who at one time were the Cleveland Rams, for the record) he should be examined not on the basis of his controversial on-air personality, but rather by how committed he would be to putting a winning team on the field and being a good steward of an NFL franchise.
(That was a really long sentence.)
To consider: Mark Cuban, George Steinbrenner, Marge Schott and Daniel Snyder have been controversial.
Bill Bidwell (losing for a looooong time) or Carl Pohlad and whoever the hell owned the Montreal Expos before they moved to Washington DC (both teams willingly scheduled for contraction by their owners in 2002) certainly have not always been good stewards of their franchises.
And, what about the political activity of Steelers owner Dan Rooney, who was named by President Obama as ambassador to Ireland after openly supporting Obama in the 2008 election?
If Limbaugh can be a good owner, he should be allowed to own the team. If he going to be like Rachel Phelps from the movie "Major League," he shouldn't.
(Boy "Major Leagues generated a lot of funny quotes. Probably more than Limbaugh, and he's been on the air for 20 years!)
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Rush Limbaugh commands enough A.M. radio space to promote a sport.
The NFL does not need Rush Limbaugh to promote itself.
The nation needs to take back A.M. radio from Rush Limbaugh and give it back to local communities for news and sports.
Rush Limbaugh does not have a chance of becoming an NFL owner because the owners won't vote him in, and players and fans generally do not listen to his radio program.
Rush Limbaugh is a primary example of why monopolies should be broken up and what the internet was invented for. Limbaugh should have a website with sound, not radio time, or only be on one local station.
A.M. radio belongs to the people the same way roads do. Rush is essentially "big government". He could not be on radio without government regulation.
Would Rush advocate suing pirate A.M. and F.M. radio signals attempting to take his airtime?
Why is he not constantly presented with this question?
The NFL and other sports (baseball specifically) are protected by the government as monopolies.
It is interesting that Rush wants to join a monopoly.
Remember the USFL? Brian Sipe and Herschel Walker on the New Jersey General? Steve Young playing fullback for the Los Angeles Express? Young and Walker, top college players, joining an upstart league. What about Paul Brown forming the Browns in a different league long before the AFL.
I liked the Major League reference.
Rush was a sports information guy for the Royals. Maybe he should try, and get rejected, in an attempt to purchase the Royals, the worst team in the American League the past few years.
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