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Originally posted by seretogis
As for "racial undertones", puh-lease. Limbaugh is far from a racist, and the fact that he is opposed to preferential treatment of any race should be proof enough. What Limbaugh was bringing attention to is the racist manner in which attention is heaped upon non-whites who do not perform much better than whites in the same position. If someone is an amazing qb, regardless of their skin color, they should be held up as such. If they are "eh, pretty good" but they happen to be black, they shouldn't be touted as being amazingly wonderful. The same people who would call Limbaugh a racist for this, are the ones who would call the MSU (?) students who ran the bakesale/protest, or anyone opposed to affirmative action, "racists." (aka whiney liberals)
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Both you and Rush need to get up to date. It's been many years since the color of a quarterback's skin has been an issue. Look around the league. Vick, McNair, Culpepper and McNabb are among the best QBs in the game. Their skin color is not an issue, except in the eyes of someone intentionally making an issue of it (that's racism).
Rush is a lousy judge of football talent. He must not even be able to read a stat sheet, or he never would have said that McNabb was never any good "from the get-go".
He's also acting like a coward. He took "the path of least resistance" (his own choice of words) by resigning. His comments have not elaborated on his statements, but merely defended his right to have an opinion. He has that right, but, with his reach and influence, he has the responsibility to be well informed and back his words with something tangible.
ESPN is well rid of him. They need someone with some football knowledge on their show, not someone obviously pushing a personal social agenda.