maroonmania said:
What do you think would be the reaction if Obama (perhaps after out of office) was part of some group that wanted to purchase a professional sports team. It would be lauded as a great and wonderful thing. And he's just as liberal politically as Rush is conservative even though granted Obama is not in the entertainment business. But heck, I doubt there would even be backlash if Al Franken wanted to own a franchise and that guy is a senator now who has said more outlandish things than Rush has ever said (and also use to have a radio show). This political correctness today is gotten to the point of sickening and creates a huge double standard. Rush hasn't harmed anyone or broken any laws. If he has the money and wants to be part of owning a franchise then he should have that right unless the current owner just simply doesn't want to sell to him.
Obama is the President of the United States. That carries quite a bit more weight in social circles than the "Golden EIB Microphone". Obama is also a moderate in words. Sure, he's done some things that the right doesn't like and the religious right freaking hates him but you have never heard him say something that was outright controversial (on purpose). Before we hop on the "Rush only talks" let's not forget that he was a drug addict. That has to give the NFL some pause especially when putting him in the spotlight as a team owner. I gotta be honest with you, I used to listen to Rush a lot back when the Republican party stood for something and wasn't the *** clown of the Neo-conservative movement, and I can tell you that ever since the whole drug thing he just hasn't been the same.
He used to be funny and a bit biting but he always brought it around to a point. It was about some core belief in all Americans or some biting truth that maybe people didn't want to hear. Now, he's just a *******. He parrots the talking points with a mean tinge to it going after people to help push an agenda rather than to highlight some truth we had been forgetting. As my brother says, "Rush has become a caricature of himself."
The NFL wants to put asses in the seats and eyes on the TV. They don't give a rats *** about anything but money. Rush, love him or hate him, is controversial and there are people, lot's of people, who wouldn't go to the games or watch the Rams with him as the owner. While I don't see Obama in the same light I do see Hillary Clinton that way and I bet the NFL would balk at her owning a team just as much.
Edit to Add: on a personal note it doesn't bother me at all. If he has the cash let him be the owner. I'm just speculating on why the NFL would have a problem with it.
