26CornerBlitz Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 The 15 Worst Owners in Sports Sports arguments compensate for our powerlessness. We will never be permitted on the playing field, court or ice to change the outcome of the game – and even if we were, we'd be toast – so we soothe our nerves by preemptively doubting the efficacy of a play, screaming at it as it happens and second-guessing the whole thing when it's done. Then, because God is unfair, we lose anyway. The loser has even more reason to argue, if only because a verbal battle prosecuted on its behalf is the only thing his team can win anyway. And if you lose – I mean, really lose – there is no argument more fulfilling than that of who has the worst owner. Because if you can make that one stick, then everything else explains itself: bad players, coaching, drafting, trades, talent evaluation, conditioning?
Saxum Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Technically it should be called Author's opinion on the 15 Worst Owners in US Major League Sports for there are other worst owners in other sports and not in US. Here is list for those who want list without having to go thru all of text. 15 Charles Wang, New York Islanders 14 The Wilpons, New York Mets 13 The Ricketts Family, Chicago Cubs 12 Woody Johnson, New York Jets 11 Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers 10 David Glass, Kansas City Royals 9 Mike Brown, Cincinnati Bengals 8 Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Browns 7 Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers 6 Clayton Bennett and Aubrey McClendon, Oklahoma City Thunder 5 The DeVos Family, Orlando Magic 4 Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys 3 James Dolan, New York Knicks 2 Jeffrey Loria, Miami Marlins 1 Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins Author obviously does not consider CHEATING by Patriiots* owner making owner awful.
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 I'm surprised Pegula isn't on this list because of the fact that he made his money through that evil oil business of his.
TPS Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Bills could've made the list if Trump had ponied up...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 28, 2014 Author Posted November 28, 2014 Bills could've made the list if Trump had ponied up... I am thankful this did not happen because my Bills' fandom would have been challenged.
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Trump would have been the best owner. He told us himself!
SF Bills Fan Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Loria is light years ahead of anyone else on tgat list. He fleeced Miami for the stadium and has run the Marlins into the ground.
SmokinES3 Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Loria is light years ahead of anyone else on tgat list. He fleeced Miami for the stadium and has run the Marlins into the ground. Loria is bad. He'd win a World Series and sell the whole team. Once the novelty of the new stadium wears off it'll be completely empty again. Sad part is, he'll still make a lot of money. The Wilponzies and Katz are the worst. They knew nobody gets 12% return on their investment year after year. They knew their friend Madoff was up to something fishy... Now we suffer the consequences as they can't spend like an NY team needs to and won't sell. How is the Davis family not on the list? Edit: Oooohhh... It's Rolling Stone. That explains it. Edited November 30, 2014 by SmokinES3
Jim in Anchorage Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Stuff like this is why I never read rolling stone "After running arguably the worst non-arms-manufacturing company in the world, Walmart, Glass became sole owner of the Royals in 2000 and immediately treated baseball the way Walmart treats people."
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