2009-06-02T17:14:37-04:00 The best and worst owners in sports 2009-05-12T12:12:08-04:00 168 2009-05-12T12:12:08-04:00 1 17 10 2009-06-02T17:14:37-04:00 2 PA adampv12 Pittsburgh 788589 168 Rhonda09 the Rockies were in the WS a few years ago! The Pirates will never be good again because of our idiot of an owner 5612038 2009-06-02T17:12:45-04:00 2 PA adampv12 Pittsburgh 788589 167 Are you kidding me? The Nutting family who owns the Pirates wasn't in the top 5! Going on 17 straight losing seasons... in a great baseball town, now that's failure. 5611953 2009-05-12T14:24:16-04:00 2 NC ca1 Huntersville 777872 40 Snyder gives his coaches what they want (Joe Gibbs, a Hall of Famer liked him as an owner!) and continues to try to improve the team shackled with a QB with no clue. Imagine that, another overrated &quot;leader&quot; in DC who blames everyone else for mistakes and inabilities. Snyder makes the NFL big money with his business sense, he is trusted and respected by the other owners and he improves the lives of and truely cares about his players. In the toughest division in football, the Redskins, while not yet champions, do compete (how many playoff wins for America's Team lately hmm?) yet he's a &quot;worst&quot;? I smell the stench of the typical legacy media, haters and anti-semites. 5386428 2009-05-17T00:36:58-04:00 1 XX Bussy36 No City 780386 Snyder gives his coaches what they want (Joe Gibbs, a Hall of Famer liked him as an owner!) and continues to try to improve the team shackled with a QB with no clue. Imagine that, another overrated "leader" in DC who blames everyone else for mistakes and inabilities. Snyder makes the NFL big money with his business sense, he is trusted and respected by the other owners and he improves the lives of and truely cares about his players. In the toughest division in football, the Redskins, while not yet champions, do compete (how many playoff wins for America's Team lately hmm?) yet he's a "worst"? I smell the stench of the typical legacy media, haters and anti-semites. 166 Haha, the author is clearly anti-Semitic! Why else would he include Robert Kraft on his 5 best list?! Dan Snyder hasn't got a clue. He's an arrogant SOB who thinks he can do it better than anyone else. He gives the fans what they want? That's his first mistake. Fans don't know jack about running a football team. The author's assessment that he runs his team like a first-time fantasy football manager is right on point. I'm so proud to be a Steeler fan, and so happy we have the Rooneys running the show. They're classy to be sure, but above all else, extremely successful. They're responsible for the undisputed best draft in the history of the NFL, (1974, four hall of famers -- Swann, Stallworth, Lambert and Webster) and have proven to be successful both before and after free-agency. Their hiring of Mike Tomlin, an extremely impressive young coach (and their 3rd since 1969) insures the continued success of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Quite frankly, these guys don't make mistakes. They have a philosophy and they don't diverge from it. It's a wonder more people don't imitate the Rooneys. It's a shame that people like Dan Snyder are arrogant enough to believe they can do it better. Sadly, they are mistaken. 5439456 2009-05-16T15:11:05-04:00 2 XX Rhonda09 No City 780247 165 I agree with most of the selections but leaving out Charlie and Dick Monfort from the worst five in Major League Baseball is a serious omission. These cheap owners care nothing about baseball or putting a quality product on the field. By a wierd fluke the team played above their heads and surprised all of baseball in the 07 season but that is unlikely to happen again. Anyone that commands more money is quickly gone from this Major League Team with Minor League talent. 5436692 2009-05-16T14:58:20-04:00 2 XX Rhonda09 No City 780247 164 The Monfort brothers, owners of the Colorado Rockies deserve to be in the worst five somewhere. They have truley screwed Rockies fans for years. As long as Rockies fans keep paying big league prices for minor league baseball these cheap imposters are happy. 5436655 2009-05-15T14:05:16-04:00 3 GA BMN Atlanta 778808 163 ** Obviously that was supposed to read: &quot;Still nothing to persuade me Mike Brown **ISN'T** worse.&quot; ** 5428690 2009-05-15T14:03:27-04:00 3 GA BMN Atlanta 778808 162 Still nothing to persuade me Mike Brown is worse. The Fords, love them or hate them, won a playoff game at one point. Bill Bidwell, love him or hate him, won a playoff game at one point. Dan Snyder, love him or hate him, won a playoff game at point. Mike Brown has had 18 years and only made the playoffs ONCE. The team lost that game. I sometimes wonder if people actually KNOW how bad the Cincinnati Bengals have been since 1991..... .351 people! And do you know how many of the wins came after the team was mathematically eliminated?! Stop pretending like any other NFL owner has anything on Mike Brown here. They don't. 5428617 2009-05-14T11:53:07-04:00 1 NJ stevea1975 Bridgeton 779079 161 how about whoever owns the minnesota timberwolves this team was bad for 8 years good for 6 or seven now is back to another 8 years or better skid and the gm mcfaliure should not even be allowed in the leage thanks for the baby celtics slash timberwolves 5411771 2009-05-14T10:35:06-04:00 1 MI jmp31671 Roscommon 186737 160 It's rather obvious to me that William Clay Ford Sr. is not only the worst owner in the NFL, he is the worst owner in the history of professional sports. The Lions' 0-16 record last year cemented that fact. His record during his 45 years of ownership speaks for itself. 5409848 2009-05-14T10:28:26-04:00 9 WA t3hPhillyf4natic Endicott 770628 159 Stuart Sternburg has a win percentage that would only look good as a batting average, he's made the playoffs once and? His team sucks this year and? He's the fith best owner in baseball??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5409670 168 <p>SI.com has compiled its list of the best and worst owners in sports: five each from <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/05/08/mlb.owners/index.html">Major League Baseball</a>, the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/05/08/nfl.owners/index.html">NFL</a>, <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/05/08/nba.owners/index.html">NBA</a> and <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/05/08/nhl.owners/index.html">NHL</a>.<br /><br />Our list was determined by a number of factors, including the willingness to spend money to improve the team; the stability and capabilities of the front office and management; the amenities at the team's venue; and the club's culture and interactivity with fans. Of course, weighing heavily in the decision was the team's success or failure on the field.<br /><br />So who's No. 1? We picked the owners of the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Red Wings. Bottom? We went with the owners of the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Maple Leafs.<br /><br />Agree or disagree? Let us know your thoughts.</p> 64461 18 NY The SI Staff New York City 21244