I haven't really paid too much attention to the news of Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, but former NFL wide receiver Keenan McCardell's post at the Washington Post caught my eye:
All the players would remember what he said about Donovan McNabb -- what got him fired from ESPN. It's a crazy thing, but it's hard to change what you said once you said it -- hard to get guys to forget and trust again. Sometimes your words speak louder than what you're trying to do.
I don't know how any black football player is supposed to feel comfortable playing for the kind of guy who might talk about them like this -- or in general talks the way Limbaugh does about black people, let alone black football players. If the coaching staff doesn't treat the team's black players poorly, is Limbaugh going to accuse them of "bending over and grabbing his ankles"?
Everyone needs a paycheck. But good luck finding top-tier talent that wants to play for someone who thinks like this. Limbaugh owning the Rams is such a bad idea that I'm at a loss for an analogy. In fact, the next time I think of a really bad idea, I'm probably going to compare it to Limbaugh owning the Rams.
via Oliver Willis.
-- A. Serwer
