Posted on 10/13/2009 2:01:33 PM PDT by fiscon1
Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams ran into opposition within the NFL on Tuesday. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against him and commissioner Roger Goodell said the conservative commentator's "divisive" comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider.
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Screw the NFL. I am sick and tired of em anyways. How lame to be a fan of a bunch of overpaid thugs running around mouthing off.
Is the NFL going to censor the political views of all its owners?
so two race baiters tell the NFL to not let a man make a purchase and they think it is alright
Jim Irsay isn’t a player.
The other team owners are probably afraid that the dazzling urbanites will go out on strike.
And I for one will be THRILLED to see a huge chunk of taxes coming from these overpaid morons.
Yeah, somehow I don’t think the NFL, which mandated that coaches and players wear pink, will be sympathetic to Rush.
Even worse. I like college football but the NFL is getting too lame for me. Go Gators.
The only way these Nazi’s will understand is if every football fan stops watching. For far too long the ‘race’ card has been played in the NFL
Jim Irsay needs to hear from some Colts fan.
It amazes me that smart people, or supposedly smart people are so damned stupid.
Heck yeah! College football is infinitely more exciting. These kids are hungry, want to play and have some seriously great coaches. Unfortunately, college ball also has some seriously flawed zebras.
I still love my Saints, and as yet they’ve not given me any reason to cancel NFL Sunday Ticket so I can watch them, but if they start acting like @$$hats, then DirecTV has lost a customer.
So why does the NFL get to decide who gets to own a team and who doesn’t. And Rush should sue those who slandered and libeled him in their remarks and in that letter re the players.
The no vote is based on “divisive comments” ... Rush made it plain today that he was going to give the “journalists” who published and republished that fictitious “slavery” quote a chance to retract and apologize ... even if they do they may not be immune from a lawsuit if he is not approved due to their lies.
They are not stupid. They are cowards.
Hmm...would those be the same “Colts” whose owner snuck them out of Baltimore in the middle of the night?
No the problem is image is everything. Some people are controversial in a way we tolerate a la Mark Cuban and some aren’t a la Rush Limbaugh. Rush doesn’t have a right to an NFL team and he’s just too controversial to be an owner it is that simple. It isn’t fair but it’s reality.
Mark my words, within the next few years the NFL is going to be in financial dire straits, they will literally be begging Limbaugh to buy a team.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against him and commissioner Roger Goodell said the conservative commentator’s “divisive” comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider.
As a Colts fan I’m extremely embarrassed that Mr. Irsay has no clue what he’s talking about.
I was hoping he’d buy a radio station(s). The NFL isn’t worth the hassle.
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