Limbaugh Did NFL Bid In Himself

John McClain, member of the NFL's Hall of Fame Committee and sportswriter for The Houston Chronicle explains the ouster of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams.

(Dave) Checketts asked Limbaugh to withdraw, but he refused, so Checketts had to dump him. Limbaugh blamed the usual suspects ranging from the liberal media to Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and President Obama's administration. The truth is that Limbaugh had no one to blame but himself.

A potential owner can't say publicly things like, “The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons.” The Bloods and Crips, of course, are rival gangs in Los Angeles. Or, a potential NFL owner can't say something like, “I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.” Limbaugh was talking about Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb, seeming to forget that black quarterbacks had been succeeding in the NFL for a couple of decades.

The expectation of Limbaugh that he can make provocative and insensitive comments about race and then be allowed to buy into a franchise in a league whose players are almost 80 percent African-American is amazing. It shows a truly remarkable sense of personal entitlement resulting in the belief that he is immune from the consequences of his actions.

But then, we already knew that about Limbaugh, didn't we?

--Ballard Burgher