Rush Limbaugh Trying To Buy The Rams
I’ve often heard Rush joke that he doesn’t want to run for public office because he doesn’t want to take the pay cut. Given that he’s apparently in negotiations to buy a football team I guess it’s clear he hasn’t really been joking about that.
ST. LOUIS – The lowly Rams have someone who loves them. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, owners of the NFL’s longest losing streak at 14 and just 5-31 since 2007.
In a statement, Limbaugh declined to discuss details, citing a confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs, the investment firm hired by the family of former Rams owner Georgia Frontiere to review assets of her estate, including the NFL team.
Limbaugh also declined to discuss other partners that might be involved in the bid, but said he and Checketts would operate the team.
“Dave Checketts and I have made a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process,” Limbaugh said.
Having grown up in Alaska, far from any professional franchise, I never really had a favorite football team. Mostly I’ve always just rooted against the Vikings so that I’d have something to fight with my North Dakota friends about. But if Rush buys the Rams I may have to start rooting for them.
