I’m writing about this so I don’t forget it, because I’m sure it’s going to disappear to never be heard of again – unless I start listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show. The man with talent on loan from God is part of a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams. I think this is made of pure unadulterated fail for a bunch of reasons, some of them I will get into. My favorite sports writer, Jason Whitlock, thinks the whole thing is a publicity stunt, which I hadn’t thought of but wouldn’t surprise me if it was true. Limbaugh bids for the team. He gets rejected. He pretends to be all butthurt about liberal drive by media bias and reverse discrimination, while he doubles his ad revenue for his radio show.
I see ya working. The main reason I think he’s going to get rejected is because Rush would be bad for the NFL from a business standpoint. News of the bid was barely announced before everyone and their communist brother was protesting. That would be good if Rush was premiering a movie, but it’s bad because NFL owners don’t like being hassled. They want to run their teams and collect their money, and the controversy that follows Limbaugh would interfere with that. The reason controversy follows him is because he can’t – physically can’t – keep his mouth shut. The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the players is going to expire after next season, and the way these things go in the media is that the players run their mouths, digging a public relations hole as a bunch of millionaires complaining about not getting paid enough. The owners are silent, and usually win. The chances of Limbaugh screwing that up would be infinity percent. There’s also a subtle cultural difference and Limbaugh wouldn’t fit in. The NFL owners are all industrialists or the children of industrialists, while Limbaugh is an entertainer. Money, in this case, is irrelevant. Rush Limbaugh wouldn’t fit in. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank started Home Depot. Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen started Microsoft. Wayne Weaver started Nine West. Rush Limbaugh is an extremely highly paid employee of the Premier Radio Networks. There’s a difference no matter how much money is involved. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is slamming the door shut on Limbaugh as I write this. We’ll find out in the next week or so if the whole thing was a publicity stunt or not.
3 comments:
I'm so happy that I'm one of those people who could care less what Mr. Limbaugh does, says, wants to do, or believes. He holds no power over me because I don't listen to a single utterance from that fat, obnoxious mouth of his.
I might add that my father (a liberal Dem like myself) purposely listens to him and then rants on and on about what he said or did.
Dad... TURN OFF THE RADIO!
I wouldn't have thought I'd be interested but this was an interesting post.
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