Rush & the Rams
Allow me to chime in on the whole Rush Limbaugh/Rams controversy. I know there are a lot of people who think Rush was booted from a joint bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams because he’s a conservative radio talk show host.
Sorry folks, but you’re not looking at the whole picture.
Rush was booted because he became was more trouble than he was worth.
The NFL is a business. The goal of business is to make money and keep the hassle down to a bear minimum. Now before we go down the road of the NFL has dog beaters and wife fighters, think about this. As long as those players who behave badly keep making the teams money, the owners don’t care.
The problem with someone like Rush is that he has a very popular 3-hour a day radio program where he makes quite a good living saying controversial things. Now imagine, if you will, Rush saying something on his radio show and his players being peppered with questions by the media about it on game day? Or the other NFL owners being compelled to respond to everything he says? Who really needs that hassle, honestly?
Were some people against Rush because he was conservative or they perceived him as racist? Of course. But at the end of the day this was a business decision.
And when you are bad for business, you need to go.
