So what if someone gets injured or dies once in a while? What's the big deal? Stuff happens! Football is an industry and we need to put industry first above all other considerations. Besides, beer, hotdogs and popcorn go good with football. We need football!!!!

Rush did not say those exact words, that's just my understanding of his thought process. I live in realville too.

Rush did not say those exact words, that's just my understanding of his thought process. I live in realville too.

Just would like to know, Did he say ANY of those words?

Originally Posted by notlongnow

Just would like to know, Did he say ANY of those words?

Here's the words he actually DID say.

See, I Told You So: School Board Member Calls for Ban on High School Football - The Rush Limbaugh Show

Originally Posted by Villages PL

So what if someone gets injured or dies once in a while? What's the big deal? Stuff happens! Football is an industry and we need to put industry first above all other considerations. Besides, beer, hotdogs and popcorn go good with football. We need football!!!!

Rush did not say those exact words, that's just my understanding of his thought process. I live in realville too.

Well, with the cutting of teaching positions--including probably school nurses-- high school football could become more dangeorous than it already is. The Risk of High School Football Tackles - NYTimes.com

Wow! He did not say any of those words. Now I know why we can't communicate! You can say one thing and someone hears something TOTALLY different. Or atleast makes it into what they want to hear.

Thought so.

No one, including me, would ever think I would utter the words, "Well, Rush isn't out in left field on this one."

Very possible someday not too far off in the future that school districts will decide high school football is too dangerous.

Do they still play "dodgeball" in Jr. High with those grapefruit sized red rubber balls? How many guys remember getting hit in the 'nads with one of those?

Can't insulate kids from games. However, the WWE style of "wrestling" with being body-slammed onto tables and having a folding chair smashed on the head are not what kids should be watching on television. Many kids have tried those moves and gotten paralyzed for life. Or is that the Darwin gene kicking in?

Originally Posted by buggyone

No one, including me, would ever think I would utter the words, "Well, Rush isn't out in left field on this one."

Very possible someday not too far off in the future that school districts will decide high school football is too dangerous.

Do they still play "dodgeball" in Jr. High with those grapefruit sized red rubber balls? How many guys remember getting hit in the 'nads with one of those?

Can't insulate kids from games. However, the WWE style of "wrestling" with being body-slammed onto tables and having a folding chair smashed on the head are not what kids should be watching on television. Many kids have tried those moves and gotten paralyzed for life. Or is that the Darwin gene kicking in?

Looks like dodgeball is alive and well.
Dodgeball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cheerleading is supposedly the cause of many concussions too. CDC - Sports - Concussion - Traumatic Brain Injury - Injury Center
Cheerleader

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Here's the words he actually DID say.

See, I Told You So: School Board Member Calls for Ban on High School Football - The Rush Limbaugh Show

He's got this one right.

Lush gets everything right.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to the right.

I would imagine this is a bigger issue in some places versus others. Locally, I voted against having the local high school start up a football program specifically because of the cost per student. It was FAR more expensive to outfit a football team compared to our other existing sports (soccer, baseball, basketball, etc). The election ended up passing the resolution and the local high school got varsity football. Checking the net, I see we've had 6 losing seasons, one .500 season and two of those losing seasons were 0-11.

Now why aren't the Republicans complaining about this waste of taxpayer money?

Originally Posted by Villages PL

So what if someone gets injured or dies once in a while? What's the big deal? Stuff happens! Football is an industry and we need to put industry first above all other considerations. Besides, beer, hotdogs and popcorn go good with football. We need football!!!!

Rush did not say those exact words, that's just my understanding of his thought process. I live in realville too.

Clearly an interpretation of his comments that is way off the mark. But does anyone really care what comes out of a mouth that has a pea sized brain behind it?

Originally Posted by djplong

I would imagine this is a bigger issue in some places versus others. Locally, I voted against having the local high school start up a football program specifically because of the cost per student. It was FAR more expensive to outfit a football team compared to our other existing sports (soccer, baseball, basketball, etc). The election ended up passing the resolution and the local high school got varsity football. Checking the net, I see we've had 6 losing seasons, one .500 season and two of those losing seasons were 0-11.

Now why aren't the Republicans complaining about this waste of taxpayer money?

DJP, I do know about how it goes in the Northeast, but in most of the South, Southwest and central US football is the cash cow. It funds the other programs.

Originally Posted by BBQMan

DJP, I do know about how it goes in the Northeast, but in most of the South, Southwest and central US football is the cash cow. It funds the other programs.

You have that right. Would you even consider sitting through a high school soccer game? Don't think I would.

Originally Posted by notlongnow

Wow! He did not say any of those words. Now I know why we can't communicate! You can say one thing and someone hears something TOTALLY different. Or atleast makes it into what they want to hear.

Thought so.

Not for one minute did he ever give ANY consideration to the complaint about injuries. He didn't say, "yes, I'm sorry to say it is dangerous." And he didn't say, "no, it's not at all dangerous." So, he might as well have said the words I wrote for him.

The words he didn't say show exactly how much he doesn't care about injuries and deaths. If he cared about it, he would have said something to that effect.

life is very dangerous...illness, accident, terrorism, murder....should we just blow up the earth and forget all about it???