Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay isn’t too wild about the prospect of working alongside Rush Limbaugh.
Irsay said at today’s NFL owners meetings in no uncertain terms that he opposes Limbaugh’s buying into the St.
Louis Rams.
“I, myself, couldn't even consider voting for him,” Irsay said at the owners meetings.
“When there are comments that have been made that are inappropriate, incendiary and insensitive ... our words do damage,
and it's something that we don't need.”
Irsay said he has not spoken to other owners about Limbaugh. And
at this point, he doesn’t intend to. He barely thinks it’s worth bringing up.
“I come from a
different era where Marvin Gaye and John Lennon were speaking about [certain things] and we’ve been doing a slow crawl
to some of the things they talked about,” Irsay said. “We don't need to go the other way. We can't go the other
way where there isn’t forgiveness and understanding but we gotta watch our words in this world and our thoughts because
they can do damage.”
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Jim Irsay smacks down idea of Rush Limbaugh as NFL team owner
October 13, 2009
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I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
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Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
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On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
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It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.
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Why don't you check your facts (and your spelling), here's a link to the most recent story from Fox about Rush and the Rams, and not from Wikipedia (I chose Fox because it sounds like it's your choice of news):
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10219568/Limbaugh-lashes-out-after-Rams-bid-debacle
Copy and paste that link into your browser... and in case you don't, here's a piece of the article:
[Limbaugh's history hurt his participation in the bid. In 2003, he was forced to resign from ESPN's Sunday night football broadcast after saying of the Eagles' Donovan McNabb: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well."
According to transcripts posted on his Web site, in 2007 Limbaugh said: "The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."]
Rush is something that the NFL doesn't need and doesn't want. Enough said.
Oh, and I'm not a liberal before you go down that road... just know a nutjob when I see one or hear one. And the left has some nutjobs as well.
It's a business decision. It's about the fans. If there were no fans they wouldn't have anything. Why would you want an owner that would take fans away from the team? Obviously a good idea to pull him. Rush would be a distraction to the team.
If the two comments listed are the reasons you call Rush a racist then you are on shaky ground.
The first one "The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it." Not sure how this is racist, unless you feel all Bloods and Crips are black. Of course that would be racist. Bloods and Crips cover many racial groups including whites. The only racism in his comment is what the reader or listener brings to it.
The second one "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well." Again, He is not saying anything racist. it is his opinion that certain forces are trying to push for a black to succeed at QB. There is a long history of that, and very few that would be called great QB's. Donovan McNabb and Steve McNair, were good, but were they argueably great? Vince Young, too early. Michael Vick, too many off field issues. Akili Smith, enough said. Daunte Culpepper, definitely not great. Byron Leftwitch, same thing. David Garrard, Charlie Batch, Tavaris Jackson or Aaron Brooks? I think to find GREAT, you need to go back in history to Doug Williams, Randall Cunningham, Warren Moon. Those were great black QB's. But the press like in racingm is trying very hard to push for a great black QB.
Second, yes, Donovan McNabb and Steve McNair are arguably great. No one ever said Vince Young was (in the pros)... he has shown that college was the extent of his greatness. Michael Vick... well, he was great until his off-the-field, stupidity. The definition of a great QB does not mean "winning the Super Bowl". One big example... Dan Marino. And the others you mentioned... never even considered great, in the pros.
So, in the end... yes, in my opinion and seemingly others, those two comments are racist. Not saying anyone on this blog is... but I'm definitely saying Rush is. And therefore, he isn't wanted or needed in the NFL.
He made comments that "could" be taken racial. When you are in the spotlight and work for a company (ESPN) who doesn't need or want the negative publicity, he should have watched what came out of his mouth...but he has a running record of poor judgement.
Rush should just stick to doing what he does best.....d.r.u.g.s.