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RUSH: This is Craig in Lake City, Florida, as we start on the phones today. Great to have you, Craig. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush. I\u2019ve been a big fan of yours since 1989. I just wanted your thoughts, I read an article Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota had made a comment he didn\u2019t feel comfortable with the Vikings releasing Chris Kluwe and wanted football teams and sports teams to be more honest about why they release players. I thought it was another example of them sticking their nose where it don\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Yeah, I saw that. Folks, let me bring you up to speed. Chris Kluwe is a punter for the Minnesota Vikings. He\u2019s not had stellar performances in the past couple, three seasons. He ranks near the bottom of NFL ranking of punters in many categories. In addition to that, Chris Kluwe has been quite vocal and active in his support for gay marriage and urging that gay marriage become the law of the land. He\u2019s been one of the two loudest voices, as such, in the NFL for that. The other being a linebacker for the Ravens, Brendon Ayanbadejo.<\/p>\n

Now, Kluwe was cut by the Vikings this past week or so, and they said it had nothing to do with it. They drafted a punter in the fifth round and they said they needed some competition because Kluwe has not been performing. Kluwe had first thought that, “No, no, no, my actions don\u2019t have anything to do with it.” Then he changed his mind, maybe it does. The Vikings said, “No, it doesn\u2019t. He\u2019s been talking like this for a long time, we didn\u2019t do anything about it. This is strictly an on-the-field performance issue. We drafted this guy in the fifth round. He\u2019s a younger punter and we\u2019re gonna go with that.” <\/p>\n

The governor of Minnesota is not satisfied. The governor of Minnesota is demanding that a private business, the Minnesota Vikings, explain why they cut Chris Kluwe, the punter. Now, I\u2019m gonna tell you, folks, look, I don\u2019t want to sit here and keep saying, “See, I told you so.” But your game of football is simply changing<\/a>. The idea that a politician would demand that a team explain its roster moves, just last year and beyond would not have been foreseeable. But it\u2019s not just in Minnesota. There is a lawyer in Jacksonville who is demanding and urging the NFL, convince the Jacksonville Jaguars to sign Tim Tebow. <\/line><\/p>\n

So there are people seeking the authority and power figures in football, “You make the Jaguars pick Tebow. It\u2019s not fair. Tebow deserves — you make \u2019em!” And now the governor of Minnesota is demanding that the Vikings explain why they cut Kluwe, and then he wants every NFL team to have to be more forthcoming in explaining why they cut every player that they cut. These are private businesses. But if it\u2019s ever found they cut Kluwe because the Vikings don\u2019t like the distraction involved in his public statements, all hell would break loose. It\u2019s going to be anyway. It\u2019s going to anyway.<\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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