Press Release: LULAC Congratulates NFL for Dropping Conservative Host Rush Limbaugh.

Objections by players, civil rights leaders and team owners.

October 15, 2009

Contact: Contact: Lizette Jenness Olmos
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Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest Hispanic civil rights organization in the country, commends the NFL for their decision to not include right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh’s bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams.

“The NFL is held to a high standard and Rush Limbaugh does not meet that standard because of his derogatory comments on his show,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “Divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about."

The NFL's players union, which has a majority of black members, came out strongly against Limbaugh, while some players said they would not play for any team in which he had a stake.

In 2003 Limbaugh said that McNabb was over-praised as a quarter-back because he was black. Limbaugh resigned from ESPN following his remarks.

In 2007 he said that a particularly brutal game resembled a fight between the Crips and the Bloods, two notorious African-American street gangs.

LULAC praises the NFL for taking the appropriate action and not being associated with someone as incendiary as Limbaugh.

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic membership organization in the country, advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health, housing and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.

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