NFL union head slams Rush

[IDemo]

NFL Players executive director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday made a move to solidify the union against a bid by conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh as part of a group that aims to purchase the St. Louis Rams.

In an e-mail to the union's executive committee on Saturday specifically addressing Limbaugh's bid, Smith said, "I've spoken to the Commissioner and I understand that this ownership consideration is in the early stages. But sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred."

Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts are among six potential ownership groups that have discussed buying the Rams. League sources say the current sale price has ranged from $700-to-$750 million but that there did not appear to be an imminent transaction.

On Sunday, Smith briefly elaborated, "This communication is more about what we stand for than the reality of our role in any franchise sale. While it's true the subject matter was related , I do understand that the NFL does not present ownership bids to me or the NFLPA. I encourage our players to express their views."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4551010

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. They should make it a stipulation that he quit ALL media and just STFU and be an 'owner'

I would be all for it then. :evilgrin:

[Democrats_win]

2. Rush's lifestyle of hate and greed always catches up to him.

It is really the only morality left in this nation: that Rush Limbaugh, a drug abuser, a racist, a man who works to deprive working Americans of a decent income--that this man should face extreme barriers to anything he wishes to do outside of his cave. At least, we have that.