That Rush Limbaugh wants anything to do with the National Football League is baffling ("Marriage made ... where?", Our View, Oct. 11) because the NFL has many policies and traditions that Limbaugh and other conservatives say are the death of everything America stands for.

First, Pete Rozelle, former NFL commissioner and Hall of Famer, preached league-think and revenue sharing. According to Limbaugh and his ilk, revenue sharing should never be successful because it socializes the free market, yet it is. Second, the NFL has an extremely strong union that has brought players unbelievable wealth and made the NFL change its rules on free agency. Conservatives preach that unions are horrible. Third, the cap and basement for player salaries, where teams are limited on how much they can or can't spend on player salaries, goes against every economic principle Limbaugh says he believes in.

Lastly, the NFL team that conservatives really should hate, and one that Glenn Beck should weep about how much it scares him, is the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are -- gasp! -- community owned and operated, and yet somehow they are successful and beloved by fans across the nation.

Matthew Meyer

Evanston, Wyo.