Talk about your double standards. The National Fools League has fumbled again.
First they let a convicted felon return to the game, with open arms no less. I'm talking, of course, about Michael Vick, the guy found guilty of torturing dogs. In my book, you can't get much lower than causing harm to defenseless creatures.
Now Vick's playing for the Iggles, a team I used to support. And the NFL welcomed him to the nest with no questions asked.
What riles me most is that if Vick had been the average Joe on the street, do you think he would have been hired - anywhere? I can just see "Joe" filling in the "convicted felon" portion of the job ap. His application would hit the circular file before he even left the room.
Now, to add insult to injury, the National Fools League has said it would not support conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh in his bid to own a football franchise.
The chief "fool" himself, Bob Goodell, said he would take issue if a team owner frequently made controversial comments about issues of politics and race.
"I have said many times before that we are all held to a higher standard here," Goodell said. "I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about. I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL. No. Absolutely not."
Higher standard? Divisive comments? What about divisive actions? What about drug use among players? What about players who electrocute dogs?
And since when does having an opinion, conservative or liberal, bar you from owning an NFL team? What happened to freedom of speech and the right to have an opinion?
Ridiculous.
