The Hockey Stop

It turns out hosting a hate-filled talk radio show can be costly.

Under pressure from the NFL and the public, the group making a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams has dropped Rush Limbaugh as a partner.

St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts, who is heading the group, said this in a statement:

"It has become clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions; endangering our bid to keep the team in St. Louis. As such, we have decided to move forward without him and hope it will eventually lead us to a successful conclusion."

This is a win for common sense and decency. Kudos go to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay who opposed Limbaugh's inclusion.

The divisive rhetoric Limbaugh spews daily to listeners across the country has no place in the National Football League or anywhere else for that matter.

Hopefully this will marginalize Limbaugh even more than he already is.

The situation just keeps getting worse in St. Louis for suffering Rams fans.

Not only is the team the punchline of the National Football League, but now right-wing radio host and Missouri native Rush Limbaugh is teaming with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts (pictured above) on a bid to buy the woeful franchise.

The bid by Rushie could be the tipping point (no pun intended) for Los Angeles to step up its campaign to bring the Rams back to Southern California where the team played since 1946 until Georgia Frontiere moved the franchise from Anaheim to St. Louis in 1995.

Question -- Will Rush hope the Rams fail like he said he wants Obama to? Just asking.