Posted on 10/14/2009 12:48:14 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Rush Limbaugh is expected to be dropped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams, according to three NFL sources.
Dave Checketts, chairman of the NHL's St. Louis Blues and the point man in the Limbaugh group attempting to buy the Rams, realizes he must remove the controversial conservative radio host from his potential role as a minority member in the group in order to get approval from other NFL owners, the sources said.
Three-quarters of the league's 32 owners would have to approve any sale to Limbaugh and his group. Earlier this week, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay predicted that Limbaugh's potential bid would be met by significant opposition. Several players have also voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh's potential ownership position, and NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith, who is black, urged players to speak out against Limbaugh's bid.
Ultimately, the sources said, Checketts must reconfigure his group and find another investor to make his bid more viable.
Exactly when Limbaugh will be dropped is uncertain, though some familiar with the situation said it could be within the next week. It is unclear if the two sides even have spoken.
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Rush better get this straightened-out, and fast. The Steelers could go on the market in the next few years and he wouldn’t want this slander to go unanswered.
NASCAR is going all politically-correct, too.
Just read your excellent and appropriate post. So glad that I saw it!
Why would anybody want to be associated with those thugs
Haven’t you been listening? Rush HAS been talking about those things. The Left has been trying for 21 years to get him off message. It hasn’t worked yet. That’s why they are trying so hard to destroy him.
There is more than one battle in this war.
Haven’t you heard??? - Rush got rid of the drug problem and the weight. ; )
Knocked out by a couple of racists like Jesse Jackmail and Al Step-n-fetchon. The only ones left you can discriminate against are White Men.
Pray for America and Our Troops
This family looks forward to football season every year. Sundays are devoted to it. We discussed the situation over the dinner table tonight. While depressing, we came to the family decision that we could no longer support in any way an organization that bars Conservatives.
We’re signing up for the Hockey Channel. ;)
No more Blues games or NFL for a while. The NFL was known as the No Fun League not it’s the National Fascist League.
Thank you—I don’t know if you’re acquainted with Eric Hoffer-if not, I recommend his writings highly. His life story is very interesting, as well.
After having been publicly dumped from the ownership team why would Rush want to be allowed in through the back door? The man has some self-respect.
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