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| Rice Says She Won't Apply for NFL Post |
| 2006-03-22 |
| I'd heard the owners were seriously thinking of asking her about it... NASSAU, Bahamas - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a big football fan, ruled out applying for the job of NFL commissioner after Paul Tagliabue retires. "Unfortunately, it came open at the wrong time," Rice said Wednesday, clearly amused when a reporter posed the question. "Obviously, I'm very busy as secretary of state, and I intend to continue to be secretary of state as long as the president of the United States will have me." Rice, an avid follower of the Cleveland Browns and pro football in general, has frequently said she aspires to run the league one day. In the days since Tagliabue announced he would retire in July, Rice's aides have said she was not interested. Rice spoke while in the Bahamas to meet with 14 foreign ministers and the secretary general of the Caribbean Community and Common Market, a regional trade bloc. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Condi versus Terrell Owens . . . that one'd be over quick, and T.O. wouldn't stand a chance. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-03-22 21:28 |
| #5 She would make a good tight end. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-03-22 16:29 |
| #4 She had previously brushed off questions about Presidential aspirations with a statement to the effect of rather going for Commissioner of the NFL. I suppose it would be unseemly for her to lobby for that job, but I wouldn't be surprised if sometime post-2009 she were to take that job. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-03-22 15:31 |
| #3 Dar, wishful thinking. Condi has made it clear numerious times she isn't interested in the Presidency. Though we can all keep praying, I don't think it's going to happen. |
| Posted by: Charles 2006-03-22 14:16 |
| #2 She's made it very apparent that she's a big football fan, so I'm sure she didn't dismiss it out of hand. However, I hope the real reason she dismissed it is because she's gearing up for the "Condi in '08" presidential campaign! |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-03-22 13:20 |
| #1 Hmmm - lessee, NFL Commissioner or Secretary of State of the United States? Gee, that's a hard choice to make. I think the NFL owners are legends in their own minds. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-22 13:13 |