Al Sharpton doesn't want Rush Limbaugh to buy Rams
Well, it looks as if at least one person doesn't want Rush Limbaugh to become an NFL owner.
Former presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton wants the NFL to stop Limbaugh's efforts to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh announced last week that he and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts are partnering in a bid to buy the struggling team.
Sharpton, who sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, said he was "disturbed" by Limbaugh's bid to buy the Rams based on "anti-NFL" comments the conservative talk show host has made.
NFL Players executive director DeMaurice Smith also opposes Limbaugh as a team owner.
For more on the Rams' potential future, check out today's column by T.J. Simers.
RELATED: Would Rush Limbaugh buying the Rams be a bad or good thing?
-- Austin Knoblauch
Photo: Rev. Al Sharpton. Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images
Does anyone remember Tawana Brawley? Al and Rush are made of the same dirty racist cloth. I wouldn't want Al to own the Rams either.
Posted by: G. Martz | October 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Wow! The Rev. Al Sharpton doesn't want Rush Limbaugh to
buy into the Rams. Question. How can the Rev.Al force his viewpoint. I imagine that he and the Rev. Jessie Jackson will actively protest any efforts with their "rainbow" coalition of hustlers. I do hope that the NFL ignores these idiots who have nothing better to do since Barry came into office. Hey, NFL. If Rush has the $$$ and wants to buy in, let him. The team is bad and will take some time before it improves. And if a player doesn't like Rush, well, there are other teams out there. The question it, though, does that player want a job or not. This is a nothing issue so drop it. Your posting of this only further the interests of Rush.
LA Times, a bunch of idiots
Posted by: Kevin Davis | October 12, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Right!
The Reverend Al!!!!
Just an incredible "role model" for all reality based people to follow.
Righhhhhhhhht!
Posted by: Paul Cardinal | October 12, 2009 at 01:14 PM
And folks deny the current extreme leftest swing in America isn't a threat to capitalism? You aren't allowed to spend your money where you want if you aren't the right [political] persuasion.... Sound a little like a repressive attitude to anyone else?
Posted by: Quark | October 12, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Sharpton is a BIGOT, don't listen to this man.
Posted by: Tuco Ramirez | October 12, 2009 at 01:34 PM
Why does Al continue to think his opinion carries weight with the vast majority?
He swoopes in when the light is bright, hoping to catch more publicity, then goes away until the next hot issue. He is jealous that Rush is more popular and it kills him, both have issues to carpet a gym floor, but since Rush can afford to partner on a franchise, he is not worthy. The day Al or Jessie can afford it, all will be forgotten! Rush stick to radio and Al stick to, What is it you do?
Posted by: B.E.Carpenter | October 12, 2009 at 01:36 PM
Never has a better argument for Limbaugh TO own the Rams been made.
Posted by: Jeff | October 12, 2009 at 01:36 PM
Sharpton may be a bit of a bigot, but Rush is purely evil, racist and a total bigot. The man spews more hate and garbage then any other person I know on the face of this planet. I have mild respect for the Rams and always have, but if Rush is running them, then they'll lose all of it altogether. Hell if the NFL allows him to become an owner of a team, I'll stop watching the NFL altogether. That man represents everything wrong with America today... I don't care what side of the political fence you stand on.
Posted by: J-Dizzle | October 12, 2009 at 01:41 PM
Honestly if you don't like Rush (like me), it makes more sense to want him to buy the rams. It is just going to be a losing investment anyways.
Posted by: SC | October 12, 2009 at 01:42 PM
What are anti-NFL comments? Are there any football fans in the universe who have not made anti-NFL comments?
Posted by: Witless | October 12, 2009 at 01:49 PM
the NFL should let Rush buy, change the team name to the St. Louis Wingnuts, and encourage endzone fans to dress up like skinheads for games. probably Rush's hopped-up fans would start stomping liberals and moderates in the stands, making euro soccer hooligans look like weenies. but the combination of cage fighting, football, and fawning Fox News coverage would drive major TV ratings! win-win for the NFL and Fox!
Posted by: DfromOhio | October 12, 2009 at 02:29 PM
Al Sharpten is the same man who pushes the same things that Rush Limbaugh does, he just acts as if he is almighty hiding behind the overly used symbol he and Jesse refer to as their own twisted interpretation of racism. Which only applies in one direction.
Posted by: Frank Jenkins | October 12, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Rush is a bigot who has openly attacked black football players on the air. Doesn't anybody remember the racist campaign he launched against Donovan McNabb? I can't ignore the racist garbage that tumbles from his mouth.
He has a right to buy anything he can afford, nobody is preventing that. But I, and like minded people have the right to not put money in his pockets. On this issue I agree with Sharpton, he's not the only one who doesn't want to see Rush as an NFL owner.
Posted by: highmodes | October 12, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Kevin......You HIT it!!
Posted by: dwight dorr | October 12, 2009 at 03:14 PM
Just curious, how is Rush a racist?
DfromOhio - When has he ever advocated physical violence on liberals?
J-Dizzle - how can you say Rush is "purely evil, racist and a total bigot"? That's just crazy.
Oh, I get it, you don't actually listen to Rush. You get your "facts" from Keith Olbermann.
Posted by: sbfromHtown | October 12, 2009 at 03:33 PM
Rush Limbaugh is an unabashed racist. The NFL has made great strides in reducing racism in it's ranks, as evidenced by the number of African- American coaches and quarterbacks in recent years, and the game is all the better for it. It would be foolish and counter-productive to Pro Football itself to allow a bigot like Limbaugh, who undoubtedly has an axe of some type to grind, to turn this issue into a sideshow and take away from the simple enjoyment the sport now provides it's fans.
Posted by: Ron J | October 12, 2009 at 04:05 PM
The question is... why would Limbaugh want to buy the Rams? Has he lost his sanity?
As far as Sharpton, who does he think he is? Why does he think we give a hoot about who he thinks should own the Rams. Does he want his buddies Gloria Allred and Jesse Jackson to buy the team?
If Sharpon had a clue he would have cried fowl when Georgia Frontiere owned the team to the ground! But, he's obviously clueless.
Jeez, what a clown.
Posted by: tonye | October 12, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Al Sharton is a moron and doesn't deserve the coverage. He is a racist who loves the publicity given to him when he flips the race card.
The only opinions that count are the buyers' and sellers' opinions that they have a good deal.
Posted by: Matt Long | October 12, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Post racial president? Nobel prizes? BUT the race-baiting champ rolls on!
You suppose the reverend al will be able to talk the NFL's stars of color into striking if Rush's group buys a team? You suppose race-bating sharpton will be able to shake down the NFL and tell it who can and cannot be a franchisee?
Are Jackie Robinson and the Reverend Martin Luther King rolling over in their graves?
Just wondering!
Posted by: Steve B of Potomac MD | October 12, 2009 at 04:58 PM
Al can't be that far off, considering the Players Union has already taken a stand against Rush. As a Black man, I'd take this as a slap in the face from the NFL, if Rush's group were allowed to purchase a team. The man is a racist.
Posted by: jayphil | October 12, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Al put your money where your mouth is buy a piece of the Rams and you can complain all the time. Al Sharpton is just as much a racist as Rush Limbaugh. My advice to both is, if your not going to be a part of the solution don't be part of the problem. You both can sit back and shout your rhetoric. But in the long run it is as Jim White a local dee-jay on Kmox radio said YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!
Posted by: Willie | October 12, 2009 at 07:14 PM
How Al Sharpton should have a say on anything is beyond me. This is a glory hound in the worst possible way. He is a race baiter and is only about steping on others in order to get his name in the paper. Does anyone still remember the Twanna Brawley incident? Limbaugh biggest crime is that he is a conservative, not a racist, not even having made racist statments. Just an outspoken conservative.
Posted by: john taylor | October 12, 2009 at 08:42 PM
Wow! So much jealousy here. The man is well spoken and well educated. He sees the demise of this once great country and speaks out against it. I'd like to hear some concrete examples of this purported racism and bigotry. Calling obama an idiot is not racism, it is realism and actually quite mild. Limbaugh formerly was involved with the KC Royals and would be a good thing for the NFL. The race card has been thrown so often that it has lost all impact. Al Sharpy is nothing but a conman and an opportunist who has taken far more from this country and its black citzenry than he could ever hope to contribute.
Posted by: Ron | October 12, 2009 at 09:58 PM
Rush ain't no good for the NFL, but Mike Vick and Pac Man Jones are?.. Oh ya, I thought so too!..
Posted by: PatMan | October 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I just don't get it. Why does this man's opinion matter more than the rest of society's? I wish the media would just stop covering this man. He just keeps riding the coattail of MLK and other prominent civil rights leaders who led for change, not attention.
Posted by: oscar | October 13, 2009 at 01:17 AM