Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:48:04 AM
Rush Limbaugh is
being demonized as a racist and the NFL is toying with rejecting his bid to be an NFL co-owner of the St. Louis Rams. Of course the racism schtick is trumped up. What's at issue is Limbaughs political beliefs. He's a conservative, usually supportive of Republicans, so his views on all things are wrong according to the Left Wing smear merchants.
Of course it's political. The NFL has no issue with other team co-owners (and presumptive co-owners). Entertainers such as Gloria Estefan, co-owner of the Miami Dolphins, though she is a staunch "Free Cuba" supporter, is a lefty
who supported Hillary Clinton. Fergie, the female singer of the Black Eyed Peas,
is bidding to become part of the ownership of the Dolphins as well. Fergie objectifies sex and promiscuity to young kids, but she's just fine and dandy as an NFL owner. Why? Because she supports Barack Obama.
The NFL is having a problem with advocacy and the politicization of their sport
as I wrote last night. So far, the NFL has dealt with more or less 'neutral' causes - breast cancer, 'Heritage' months - but the rhetoric coming from the NFL leadership on Rush, being fueled by radicals
like Al Sharpton is based on nothing more than partisan politics. The NFL is willing to throw away millions of dollars for the sake of political correctness.
As I wrote last night, people watch football to get away from the everyday nonsense of life. If for only a few hours, they get into their teams, the game, the experience. Why? Because it's carries no consequences. Oh, there are the rabid fans who invest a lot of time and energy and emotion into their respective teams, but when the game is over, it's over for the fan. One of the attractions to football (and sports in general) is that the average person can invest so much without having to worry about consequences, without having to worry about ideology or politics or partisanship. People don't watch football to get lectured about breast cancer.
Just look at Hollywood. People don't spend money to go to a movie to get lectured to for two hours about the latest cause celeb. How much money did all those anti-Iraq war movies make? Michael Moore's latest screed bombed at the box office. The NFL better take note - sooner or later. letting advocacy and politics intrude on football is going to have negative consequences.