Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?

In the wake of the sell of the St. Louis Rams, there has been much controversy of the sell to one group in particular. The Checketts group, owners of the St. Louis Blues, is one of the groups bidding for the national football league franchise.

Here is where the controversy comes in.

One of the members of the group was Rush Limbaugh. Yes was. He was ousted out this past Wednesday by the group stating that his presence within the group was hurting there chances of winning the bid for the franchise.

Their main objective is to keep the franchise in the city of St. Louis and it seems that they are willing to do any and everything to do so.

These questions have to come up. Why was Limbaugh even apart of the group in the first place? If they knew who he was and about the comments that he has made in the past, why is he apart of the group? Who is to say that they do not think the same way as Limbaugh? Who is to say that if they do win the bid for the franchise that the Checketts group will not pick him back up?

Roger Goodell has already come out and stated that the comments made by Limbaugh in the past about the NFL are "polarizing" and have no place in the realm of the NFL.

Limbaugh has spoken out against Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and DeMaurice Smith saying that they and the media are the reasons behind him being dropped from the group.

If the group does share some of Limbaugh's views on the league and they do win the bid, how will it reflect upon the league?

Another Dose of Hypocrisy

I thought about the quickest incident of this recent ruling of ineligibility. Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State University's top wide receiver, was ruled ineligible for the season on Wednesday. It speaks volumes of how hypocritical the NCAA can be.

Earlier this year Stephen Strasburg, the number one overall pick in the MLB draft this past summer,was profiled on ESPN Outside the Lines. The media portrayed him as the next phenom to come into the league because of his pitching performances at San Diego State University.


What caught my attention is that Strasburg's "advisor" was super sports agent Arn Tellem.

My beef is that the NCAA is suspending Bryant for the same thing that was virtually going on with Strasburg and Tellem. Strasburg conveniently chose Scott Boras as his agent when he entered his name in the draft.

Dez Bryant had lunch with retired NFL player and current NFL network analyst Deion Sanders. The NCAA is saying that Bryant lied about the event and for that he must punished. Even if he did, does the punishment fit the "crime" per say?

No. In fact, there was no crime. Sanders has come out and said that he is a mentor of Bryant. Correct me if I'm wrong but advisor and mentor seems to be pretty similar to me. So why wasn't Strasburg deemed ineligible especially when the Outside the Lines' profile was broadcasted?

The problem is that there are many more instances where the NCAA contradicts itself and for that reason the organization is hypocritical.