Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Now to be honest, I'm not so sure that this is a good thing. Yes, I think Rush Limbaugh's an idiot,  but to my knowledge there's still no law preventing idiots from owning sports teams.  Take the NFL's Al Davis for example.  He should have sold out years ago, but instead he's taken the Raiders down a horribly dark blunderous road.  But does that mean that public opinion has the right to deny a persons ownership?

Before the day of corporate ownership and ownership groups, sports teams had many colorful personal owners.  The first that comes to mind is MLB's Bill Veeck.  He created many a publicity stunt, including sending a midget to bat ( angering MLB owners so much they created an anti-midget law in the MLB). Many claimed that Veeck should go, and away he went, on to owning 4 different teams at various times.  In fact we can go back in time in every major sport and find at one time or another they were owned by a flambouant owner. Even poltitiians, like former President George W. Bush (the Texas Rangers), has owned teams.

So, would Rush Limbaugh be a big arrogant loud mouth owner, like he is on the radio?  Probably so,  but does that mean that public out cry has the right to take that ownership possibility away?    10/15/09