for all the talk of role models in the nfl, occasionally there are.

“I’ve spoken to the Commissioner [Roger Goodell] and I understand that this ownership consideration is in the early stages. But sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred.”

- DeMaurice Smith, in an email to union’s executive committee opposing a bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams by a group which includes Rush Limbaugh.