{"id":13738,"date":"2012-12-11T17:53:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T17:53:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-11T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T17:53:06","slug":"football_as_we_know_it_is_over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/","title":{"rendered":"Football as We Know It is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: The left is pervasive, the tentacles of liberalism, socialism are deep into this culture. I\u2019m telling you right now, football as you know it is over<\/a>. It\u2019s only a matter of time. It\u2019s finished. <\/p>\n

When I saw that cover story, TIME Magazine and the idea that no more kickoffs because of injury, that you take the ball on the 30, it\u2019s fourth and 15. Folks, it\u2019s just a matter of time. You start listening to the people talk about the negatives of the game. It creates aberrant behavior. There\u2019s too much drinking. People are shooting people because of the concussions, it\u2019s altering minds. It\u2019s just becoming too dangerous and we as a society are becoming too bloodthirsty in wanting it. And I\u2019m just telling you, I\u2019m giving you a forecast, not tomorrow, I don\u2019t know when, but it\u2019s over. That\u2019s the direction that we are trending. Well, you just sit tight. <\/line>I got a sound bite from Bob Costas coming up. <\/line><\/p>\n

Dennis Miller earlier this week, you know, he spent a couple seasons in the Monday Night Football booth. He sees it. He says, “This game can\u2019t go on. You might as well just stop it and retool it and start again, because what\u2019s happening is they are starting to make the spectators feel guilty watching this savagery, this potential life-altering injury on every play.” And he\u2019s right. That\u2019s how the left does it. They guilt you into accepting their global warming belief. They guilt you into accepting everything they want. They make you the one responsible. You, the spectators, the fans, you\u2019re the real reason football is the bloodthirsty killer sport that it is, because you\u2019re willing to pay to see people maimed. You\u2019re willing to pay to see the risks these people put into their lives by playing this game. I\u2019m telling you, I\u2019ve seen this for 25 years. I know the left. I know liberalism. I know how they accomplish things. <\/p>\n

I can see it on Snerdley\u2019s face. He thinks I\u2019m nuts. I\u2019m exaggerating, maybe misreading this. I\u2019m not. This may not transpire in my lifetime, but I\u2019m just gonna tell you: You are going to see the beginning… Well, you are seeing the beginning of it. You\u2019re seeing the signs of it. In virtually every walk of life. The global warming argument\u2019s a great model. So is the entire subject of environmental destruction. And at the end of the each of these stories, items, topics — at the end of it — is “the fix.”<\/p>\n

<\/a>And the fix is an ever-growing governing body with ever more power to regulate whatever is deemed harmful, dangerous, risky — including capitalism, which is deemed to be the riskiest thing by people. “Why, you\u2019re risking everything you\u2019ve got! Why, people risk everything they\u2019ve got investing in this or investing in that. It\u2019s not something that people should be doing. We need people taken care of so that they never lose anything, so no one gets hurt playing football, so they never get hurt in a car, so we don\u2019t destroy the planet with global warming.<\/p>\n

We need to stop eating popcorn so that they don\u2019t get sick and die and put pressure on the health care system. Stop drinking sodas that are bigger than 16 ounces. Stop smoking cigarettes. Stop doing all of it, folks! There\u2019s another fun fundamental to it, too, and that is for all of this to happen, you gotta lose a lot of freedom. You have to give up a lot of liberty in order for all of this to transpire.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Grab sound bite 18. It\u2019s Bob Costas. I said earlier, folks, that football as you know it is over. It\u2019s just a matter of time. Here\u2019s Bob Costas on Piers Morgan Tonight last night.<\/p>\n

COSTAS: I don\u2019t know if it approaches crisis, perhaps it does, but it\u2019s at a crossroads because there\u2019s an issue about the fundamental nature of the game. It\u2019s so popular and so profitable, but it takes a tremendous toll on many of those who play it. Not just body, but as we\u2019re now learning, mind and emotions, and it\u2019s a legitimate question to ask whether, for some players at least, the toll that the game takes — brain trauma, medications that they may take either to enhance performance or deal with pain, all those things, if the culture of the league increases the likelihood of aberrant behavior, it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

RUSH: The culture of the league increases the likelihood of aberrant behavior, they\u2019re gonna guilt us into taking too much pleasure from watching this bloodshed and these young men destroy themselves, and wait \u2019til they throw the race angle in there, which will happen, too. I\u2019m telling you, folks, it\u2019s only a matter of time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: The left is pervasive, the tentacles of liberalism, socialism are deep into this culture. I\u2019m telling you right now, football as you know it is over. It\u2019s only a matter of time. It\u2019s finished. When I saw that cover story, TIME Magazine and the idea that no more kickoffs because of injury, that you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFootball as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Football as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: The left is pervasive, the tentacles of liberalism, socialism are deep into this culture. I\u2019m telling you right now, football as you know it is over. It\u2019s only a matter of time. It\u2019s finished. When I saw that cover story, TIME Magazine and the idea that no more kickoffs because of injury, that you […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GeorgePrayias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/\",\"name\":\"Football as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-11T17:53:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-12-11T17:53:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Football as We Know It is Over\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\",\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GeorgePrayias\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Football as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Football as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: The left is pervasive, the tentacles of liberalism, socialism are deep into this culture. I\u2019m telling you right now, football as you know it is over. It\u2019s only a matter of time. It\u2019s finished. When I saw that cover story, TIME Magazine and the idea that no more kickoffs because of injury, that you […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GeorgePrayias","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/","name":"Football as We Know It is Over - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2012-12-11T17:53:06+00:00","dateModified":"2012-12-11T17:53:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/11\/football_as_we_know_it_is_over\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Football as We Know It is Over"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4","name":"GeorgePrayias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GeorgePrayias"},"url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}