Posted on 09/15/2014 10:15:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
High powered backing for former Secretary of State to rescue America’s most popular sport
Support is growing for a campaign to draft Condoleezza Rice as Commissioner for the troubled National Football League (NFL).
American football, the country’s most popular sport and a bastion of macho male culture, has suffered one of the worst weeks in its history with three high-profile stars facing accusations of domestic violence.
The crisis has led to calls for Ms Rice, a lifelong Cleveland Browns fan, to step in replace the beleaguered Roger Goodell as Commissioner.
As far back as 2002 Ms Rice described becoming NFL Commissioner as her dream job.
Now she is getting serious backing, including from former members of the Bush administration, for taking on the task of rescuing a sport whose image has taken a severe battering over the last seven days.
Earlier this week the Washington Post carried a piece by a member of its editorial board calling for Ms Rice, 59, to take over from Mr Goodell, who has come under fire over his handling of the domestic violence scandal which has engulfed the sport.
Politicians and women’s groups were enraged by the NFL’s decision to impose what they regarded as an inadequate two match ban on Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens’ running back who knocked his fiancée out cold in the lift of a New Jersey casino.
He belatedly received an indefinite ban after footage of the incident was released by TMZ, a gossip website.
Mr Goodell insisted NFL officials had not seen the incriminating tape when the original ban was imposed.
This has now been disputed and several senators have called for him to step down.
“If he lied to the American people, he has to step down,” said Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat senator for NY.
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Why would Hillary, or the Democrat who beats Hillary, choose Condoleezza Rice as VP? She, as well as most other Blacks, are still firmly on the Dim plantation.
“Think about it. A prominent African-American Woman as NFL Commish would alleviate a host of problems, and the owners could not oppose her on anything because they would be called racists or sexists.................”
That don’t work when the person has an R after their name
Look up “scapegoating.”
“the owners could not oppose her on anything because they would be called racists or sexists”
Dream on; she’s a Republican black female, and therefore neither black nor female. Okay, maybe the female thing will fly since they’re so outnumbered in the NFL, but you cannot be racist against Rice anymore than you can be racist against Justice Thomas. You can’t even be very racist against Colin Powell, despite his self-flagellation over apparently being duped into doing Dick Cheney’s evil bidding in front of the UN.
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