Limbaugh as an NFL owner would mean the end of Limbaugh

[grantcart]

Limbaugh the radio personality is a not very well informed blowhard. He doesn't get his facts straight and his primary skill is being able to take a hot topic and give it a clever turn of the phrase that will appeal to 14% of the population that strokes all their superstitions and fires up their paranoia.

An NFL owner is a hands on relationship and not simply an investor.

Limbaugh's previous tryout on NFL commentary lasted about 5 minutes, he was predictable, boring and wrong.

As an owner he would have to make informed decisions about key personnel, make long term plans and budgets based on a rational examination of complex factors, cooperate in a collegial way with other owners, and participate in collective leadership - none of these things are within his skill set.

He would have to listen to people and understand the complexities of their motivation and what they are saying.

Limbaugh is potentially the least equipped person in the US to own an NFL ownership and yes I am including Cliffordu.

A side benefit if he becomes an owner is everything he says will now be examined with greater scruitny.

I hope that he is able to become an owner, in fact I hope that he is the sole owner of a franchise.

He would be yanked from the comfort of his bunker and have to deal with real people in the real world and that would be the end of Limbaugh and his fiefdom of dittoheads.

He would be exposed as being not very intelligent, not particularly well educated and someone who, since kindergarten, "doesn't play well with others". It would effectively discredit him and everything he says.

[Aviation Pro]

1. +1 but the worst owner in the league currently....

...is Danny Boy Snyder.

[madinmaryland]

9. +1

:rofl:

[autorank]

14. It's a tie

Al Davis is a #1 contender. But you're right on Snyder. What a hoax and the DC area is stuck with
him. It makes for a lot of fall foul moods, doesn't it.

[Neecy]

20. Al Davis is my pick, too

Limbaugh is terrible but he it would take him decades to reach such a level of incompetence.

Tough seasons for both of our Oaktown teams...

[NoPasaran]

2. Or it could mean the end of the NFL

Win/win, say I.

[AlinPA]

3. It could also mean the first all white team since the 50's or 60's. nt

[eggman67]

4. That's the General Manager's job

When the owner gets involved they generally fuck it up.

Jeffrey Lurie doesn't get involved in any of that, he has Banner & Reid for that. Dan Snyder on the other hand...

Limbaugh owning the Rams would simply be the end of the Rams until someone else came and bought them.

[grantcart]

6. Most owners get involved in decisions that involve 90 million dollar contracts

and owners have to hire general managers. Limbaugh would be completely incapacitated in hiring a good general manager and then he would never be able to leave him alone.

[eggman67]

8. I didn't say he'd be a good owner

I said it's not the owner's job to do those things. An owner who does those things is referred to as a meddling owner precisely because he's not supposed to be doing those things.

My point is that you gave an inaccurate job description for an owner, based on what the traditional role of an owner has been in the NFL and the hideous track record of medding owners.

[grantcart]

12. while some owners get involved in front of the cameras - most do not

but virtually all owners get involved in three major areas:

1) Senior management - beyond the general manager. Very few coaches are signed without the involvement of an owner

2) Major talent negotiations - with the size of multi year contracts frequently going 8 and now close to 9 figures owners are involved in decisions about major talent.

3) Draft. As was seen in San Diego and the fiasco with Ryan Leaf you can damage the franchise for years with wasting top draft picks and most owners still keep a finger in draft strategy.

[RagAss]

5. I'm thinking Cliffordu can turn the Rams around !

[cliffordu]

22. Thankyouverymuch,,,,,

First thing? ditch the offensive line for a couple of plays just to keep the fucking running backs in line.

Then I'd resurrect my old pop warner league team (the feared and revered 6th grade nemesis, the Marsh Marauders)

And KICK THEIR ASSES.

Oh, yeah, I forgot.

FUCK DALLAS.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. The Ford family is doing just fine

and they own the Lions.

:rofl:

Mis-managing a team doesn't mean the end.

[eggman67]

11. You got that right

"Mis-managing a team doesn't mean the end."

The NFL with profit sharing and TV money is a no-lose proposition for the owner of the team. Ticket sale are nice, but pale in comparison to outside revenues. Winning or losing is largely irrelevant to making money.

[DailyGrind51]

10. to say nothing of the NFL!

[autorank]

13. What a joke k*r

You're right about that. Who would play for him? Plus he's a known drug addict and has a record
as such. They tried to toss Steinbrenner from baseball back in the day because of some under the
table contributions, as I recall. So what, everybody did and does that. But Rush is a "rush"
junkie.

I'm in my annual angry depression over the Raiders being stuck with a failed regime. Now this!

It does inspire some thoughts about names: The Drug Store Cowboys, Junk, OxyClean, Skag, etc.

[MajorChode]

15. It can't be too hard if Jerry Jones can do it

[Lerkfish]

16. well, it seems the nfl has made it clear that he will not be able to draft or recruit blacks

so that could be hilarious and fatal to the franchise.

[Johonny]

17. IF the NFL owners used him to break their UNION then

his radio show would be a great tool for doing that.

[juno jones]

18. Politics rarely intrude

upon my sports bar of employment and sports itself tends to ignore or gloss over them so I was surprised to see (overhear, actually) some interviews about the subject with people involved with the upper echelons of the game. I didn't hear much cheering for Rush amongst them.

But I agree, football would be his damn waterloo because he has a woefully narrow skillset.

Edit to add: Limited skillset AND a history of pissing people off. Those men I heard a few days ago were not Fans. Not at all.

[jaysunb]

19. Another thing

Most, if not all the owners made their money by actually working for it. They hired people and made the major decisions that built their wealth to a point they could afford to buy such an expensive toy.
On the other hand...what has Rush ever done but run his mouth ? Sure, you can hire smart people to run your affairs when you make the kind of money he does, but believe me, somebody is telling him how to spend every penny.

Actually running a business, takes brains. :evilfrown:

[grantcart]

24. exactly right. He has no capability to manage a balance sheet or hire

strong managers. He would fire everyone that didn't agree with his blow hard gut opinions.

It would be a disaster for St Louis but everybody else would have a soft win in their schedule, almost like a second bye week.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. Limbaugh will do what only an idiot of his magnitude could do:

Give St. Louis fallen arches.


If Rush the Broadcaster gave you hives, Rush the Owner will make you a honey magnate.

[cliffordu]

23. The only team I'd want to own is the circa 1975- 76 Oakland Raiders,

the one with Otis Sistrunk and John Matuzak on it

The filthiest, most toxic, alcoholic drug addled team in the entire history of the NFL....

Fuck I loved those guys.

If you beat them, they'd make you pay massive prices.

(I met matuzak once - 7 feet tall and 300 lbs. fuck me, I felt like I was 8 years old.) (I'm 6'2 by the way...)

[subcomhd]

25. Did the NFL organization miss Limbaugh's ill fated stint on ESPN?

They are asking for a world of shit-storm controversy that seems bad for their brand if they approve this guy as an owner.