Black Players Crush Prospect of Playing for a Rush Limbaugh Owned Team

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/10/09/2009-10-09_black_nfl_players_crush_prospect_of_playing_for_a_rush_limbaughowned_st_louis_ra.html ^ | 10/09/09 | Ohm Youngmisuk

[originalbuckeye]

Mathias Kiwanuka loves his former defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, but the Giants' defensive end says he will never play for Spagnuolo's Rams if Rush Limbaugh purchases the team.

Kiwanuka and the Jets' Bart Scott made it clear Thursday that they would never play for the Rams or any team owned by the controversial conservative radio host.

"All I know is from the last comment I heard, he said in (President) Obama's America, white kids are getting beat up on the bus while black kids are chanting 'right on,'" Kiwanuka told The Daily News. "I mean, I don't want anything to do with a team that he has any part of. He can do whatever he wants, it is a free country. But if it goes through, I can tell you where I am not going to play."

"I am not going to draw a conclusion from a person off of one comment, but when it is time after time after time and there's a consistent pattern of disrespect and just a complete misunderstanding of an entire culture that I am a part of, I can't respect him as a man."

Limbaugh said on Tuesday that he is joining former Knicks president and Madison Square Garden CEO Dave Checketts in a group bidding to purchase the Rams. Checketts, who owns the NHL's St. Louis Blues, is heading the group, reportedly one of many bidders. The potential sale is still in an early stage. If the Rams are sold, St. Louis will choose one bidding group, which will then be subject to a vote by the NFL's 32 owners, with approval needed by 24 of them.

Limbaugh's controversial comments are well-known. He resigned from ESPN in 2003 after he said the media were "very desirous that a black quarterback do well" in reference to Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb being overrated. "If he's rewarded to buy them, congratulations to him," McNabb said during his weekly press conference. "But I won't be in St. Louis anytime soon."

Scott says players remember what Limbaugh said, and adds that the NFL would be wise not to allow the nationally syndicated host into the league. "It's an oxymoron that he criticized Donovan McNabb," Scott said. "A lot of us took it as more of a racial-type thing. I can only imagine how his players would feel. I know I wouldn't want to play for him. He's a jerk. He's an ---. What he said (about McNabb) was inappropriate and insensitive, totally off-base. He could offer me whatever he wanted, I wouldn't play for him. ... I wouldn't play for Rush Limbaugh. My principles are greater and I can't be bought."

Limbaugh, who grew up in Missouri about 100 miles south of St. Louis, is an avid sports fan who once said that "the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons."

Kiwanuka cringes at the idea of Limbaugh becoming an NFL owner. "They are flat-out racist," Kiwanuka said of many of Limbaugh's statements. "He jumps on Obama and he jumps on other people for being racist. But a lot of the comments that he said, I feel like they have no place in journalism. It is just an opinion show that should be only be taken for shock value. I liken it to 'South Park' when I am listening to him."

"I love Spags and would play for him in a heartbeat, but under that situation ... obviously trades you have no control over, but if it was a free-agent thing, I wouldn't care if I only had one offer on the table, I would rather stay a free agent."

[originalbuckeye]

FWIW.

[GeronL]

The event did happen, dummie. Rush was simply mocking the left over it.

[La Lydia]

Guess they’re going to have to leave the country, too.

[MNJohnnie]

BS, these clowns will sell themselves to the highest bidder no matter who it is.

[Dewey Revoltnow]

He can buy a team and rename it the "Fighting Whities".

[Non-Sequitur]

Yeah. Dangle enough free-agent money in front of them and they’d play for the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Thank God we live in a country where you can decide who you do or do not want to work for. Unless it’s in a State where union shops can decide for you.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

And when do you listen to him Mathias? When have you sat down for three hours and considered what he’s saying? What’s that? You heard some five-second sound bite that was taken out of context by the media, so you’ve made up your mind. You are a closed-minded bigot, Mathias.

[originalbuckeye]

I think there is already a Fightin Whities in Colorado.

[HamiltonJay]

Fine don't play, believe me there are pleanty of other folks more than willing to... Professional athletes are overpaid primadonnas anyway. You really think any owner won't be able to field a competitive team? Be serious, for every 1 of this jerk there are hundreds of hungry players desperate for a chance to play.

[astyanax]

"All I know is from the last comment I heard, he said in (President) Obama's America, white kids are getting beat up on the bus while black kids are chanting 'right on,'" Kiwanuka told The Daily News.
Geez, put down the comic book and pick up a newspaper now and then...

[Cheetahcat]

Good do not Play I would not want to watch someone who condones White kids getting beat on!

[ClearCase_guy]

The level of racism in this country is unbelievable to me. I was born in 1960, so I realize I missed the really, really bad time of Jim Crow. Thus, my perspective is somewhat limited, I suppose. However, I have to say that the level of racism right now exceeds anything I've previously seen in my life.

And, no, I'm not talking about Rush Limbaugh.

[FatherofFive]

"I am not going to draw a conclusion from a person off of one comment, but when it is time after time after time and there's a consistent pattern of disrespect and just a complete misunderstanding of an entire culture that I am a part of, I can't respect him as a man."

So what do you think of a single white kid being beat up by a bunch of black kids?

I guess I do misunderstand your culture as well.

[paulycy]

Let’s see how many millions of dollars a year it’s really worth to these... athletes... to continue calling Rush Limbaugh a racist.

[originalbuckeye]

So far. I shudder to think what our country will look like when Zero is through.

[bboop]

They’d turn down $1M?? “Cutting off nose to spite face.”

[Carley]

Imagine even the suggestion that anyone in the media would want someone to succeed because they are black.

What a thought!!!!!

[originalbuckeye]

Agree.

[pgkdan]

Good. Maybe the Rams can be the only gang banging thug free team in the NFL. Any chance Rush could buy every team?

[Canedawg]

the media were “very desirous that a black quarterback do well” in reference to Philadelphia’s Donovan McNabb being overrated.

And?

the media is very desirous that a black POTUS do well, even if he too is grossly overrated.

[cardinal4]

"All I know is from the last comment I heard, he said in (President) Obama's America, white kids are getting beat up on the bus while black kids are chanting 'right on,'"

But that is exactly what happened..

[raybbr]

"I am not going to draw a conclusion from a person off of one comment, but when it is time after time after time and there's a consistent pattern of disrespect and just a complete misunderstanding of an entire culture that I am a part of, I can't respect him as a man."

At least he admits he's not part of America but sees himself as apart from the rest of us.

Diversity - forcing Americans apart for decades.

[originalbuckeye]

Yeah. He shouldn’t let the truth get in the way of his rant.

[pgkdan]

"It's an oxymoron that he criticized Donovan McNabb," Scott said. "A lot of us took it as more of a racial-type thing. I can only imagine how his players would feel. I know I wouldn't want to play for him. He's a jerk. He's an ---. What he said (about McNabb) was inappropriate and insensitive, totally off-base. He could offer me whatever he wanted, I wouldn't play for him. ... I wouldn't play for Rush Limbaugh. My principles are greater and I can't be bought."

Someone needs to explain to the moron named Scott what constitutes an oxymoron.

[LibLieSlayer]

Lies... these whores will play for anyone with the $$$ to pay their worthless a$$es.

LLS

[Alter Kaker]

Thank God we live in a country where you can decide who you do or do not want to work for. Unless it’s in a State where union shops can decide for you.

Or you work for the NFL and you have to work where they tell you to work until you're a free agent.

[Navy Patriot]

Cool, let these players tank their salary potential, some other team will now be able to get them for MUCH less and their behavior regarding interaction with all white players and officials will be closely monitored.

[Interesting Times]

It would be interesting to see how many spoiled, rich, knee-jerk leftist black athletes would actually take the pay hit to strike over a Limbaugh ownership. My guess is not many.

[FrankR]

"Kiwanuka cringes at the idea of Limbaugh becoming an NFL owner. "They are flat-out racist," Kiwanuka said of many of Limbaugh's statements. "He jumps on Obama and he jumps on other people for being racist. But a lot of the comments that he said, I feel like they have no place in journalism. It is just an opinion show that should be only be taken for shock value. "

Well, Rush has made it abundently clear for many years that he is NOT a "journalist"...he is an "entertainer".

Kiwanuka is obviously another "obamanoid" who can't handle the truth; another race pimp who has a one-track mind when it comes to anything involving a white person - not unlike his mentor and idol, barrack hussein obama, Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm.

I think Kiwanuka should stay a "free agent"...it's not like the total future of the team depends on his contribution, I mean, if he hadn't jumped on this "racial moment" to get attention, very few people have ever heard of him...or care what he thinks.

If I was Rush and I wanted the team, I would buy it, and then say to all players who wanted some camera time to whine about it, that "you are released from your contract, you are a free agent...goodbye.".

Rush is also an avid football fan and a loyal supporter, and I'm guessing those players under him would be treated better than a lot of owners treat their players.

If self-proclaimed "African-Americans" every decide to become just "Americans", the whole country will be a lot better off.

[yazoo]

‘the Giants’ defensive end says he will never play for Spagnuolo’s Rams if Rush Limbaugh purchases the team.”

Yeah, right. He’ll play for whoever pays him the most.

[exit82]

The color of money is green.

[nina0113]

After this garbage, if Rush actually needed money to buy the team, I’d pitch in.

[pgkdan]

What he said (about McNabb) was inappropriate and insensitive, totally off-base.

What he said about McNabb was true and has been proven true by McNabb's own mediocrity. Same can be said for my own Redskin's Jason Campbell. If the guy were white he'd have been bencehed by game 10 LAST YEAR! Hell if he were white he would never have been drafted to play in the NFL.

[GnuHere]

I guess it’s easy to claim you can’t be bought if the system has already allowed you to become a multimillionaire...

Here’s a scenario I don’t see happening - an NFL player telling his wife, “Nah, honey, I turned down that $20 mil contract ‘cause I won’t play for DA MAN!” That would go over well.

[bluecollarman]

All I know is that a large percentage of the black community treats “people of color” far worse than Rush’s program. They really should fix that before chunking rocks at Rush.

[Antoninus]

Yeah. Dangle enough free-agent money in front of them and they’d play for the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

And vote for him. And defend him against critics.

[Williams]

So by criticizing racism, you are a racist.

[originalbuckeye]

I agree. The money will be more important. I hope Limbaugh and his partners get the team. I’d love to see the Leftists heads explode if the team starts doing well!

[ichabod1]

I hate pro football. I hate pro sports in general. They can kiss my TWA.

[OldNavyVet]

It appears that Rush Limbaugh breaking into the NFL will be akin to Jackie Robinson breaking into major league baseball.

The irony in this is that Limbaugh is not racist.

[TheRightGuy]

these clowns will sell themselves to the highest bidder no matter who it is.

a tradition that goes back about 400 years

[mewzilla]

Note to the NFL: Keep diggin’....

[matginzac]

Beat me to it!

[07Jack]

Although I’m sure none of these thin skinned, race baiting creeps would have a problem being a teammate of a convicted felon and sociopath... ie: Michael Vick.

[brownsfan]

“BS, these clowns will sell themselves to the highest bidder no matter who it is.”

Exactly. If the Rams hold a guy’s contract, he has two choices, play for the Rams for millions, or work at McDonald’s for $7.25 an hour. Even these genius players will figure out working for the Rams isn’t so bad.

[originalbuckeye]

That’s the way They think. It’s Bizarro America. Where up is down, wrong is right and a businessman wanting to buy an NFL team to help the team should be shut down for his politics. Sad.

[pallis]

Oh well, that should raise the intelligence quota of the team.

[jennyjenny]

The question is: Will Rush have you?

[NormsRevenge]

sometimes, even helmets don’t prevent heads from going mushy.