Here are some of Arte's greatest hits: - Let a drug ring happen under his nose, causing the death of Tyler Skaggs and several others getting addicted. - Forced the front office to sign some of the worst contracts of the past decade (Pujols, Hamilton, Rendon). - Changed the team name from Anaheim to LA despite still being located in Anaheim. - Ran Jerry Dipoto out of town and sided with dinosaur Mike Scioscia only to see him build a playoff caliber team in Seattle (A division rival). - Treats the minor leaguers worse than pretty much any other owner (which is saying a ton). Dude is a Jerry Jones wannabe without the championships.
I doubt hes there too much longer. The other owners are gonna be more hesitant to protect him after it came out he was essentially stealing money from them.
honestly it’s embarrassing i would rather go 0-17 for 2 years straight than have Snyder as our owner Ron Rivera is always talking about changing the culture but that starts with Snyder selling the team
@@michaelleroy9281 You're right, fact is Snyder said it more than once, the last time was 2019, one year before he caved to the woke clan and the last year the team was called the Redskins.
Growing up in Chicago, when you said the way to get a bad owner out is death, I immediately thought of Bill Wirtz and the Blackhawks. Of course now with what has come out about that organization with Rocky Wirtz I could only wish he would sell. Damn that whole thing is toxic.
Chase Carey and the owner group was a pretty bad too though. Drove away many old fans just to appeal to the younger crowd and get bigger. Which isn’t gonna work in the long run
As a Manchester United fan, just so you know how cheap the glazers are, the stadium (Old Trafford) is falling apart, featuring a leaky roof and mice infestation.
Bucs fan here, Wait until you hear some of the cheap moves they pulled when they built Raymond James Stadium and you'll realize nothing has changed with them. I think they still owe Tampa money for the stadium, plus I heard they did days where they let fans do all the landscaping at the new stadium for them FOR FREE (this was before my time so don't quote me on this, but it's stuff I've heard. The landscaping days were very very well marketed, there may have been free food, merch, meet and greets or tickets involved though) Worst part is they arent even the most hated owner in Tampa, Stu Sternberg who owns the Rays is more hated by a long shot
When I heard the Pirates, I nearly commented that you'd have to put the Reds into the same slot. Sure enough, you did. Good list. Surprised Jerry Jones didn't make it, but a good list nonetheless.
I’m from Pittsburgh and I’m a die hard United fan, so the fact that you started the list with Nutting and the Glazers warmed my heart. They’re both fucking insufferable and should be banished to the gulag!
I would say to put John Fisher the Oakland A's owner on the list. But not many people OUTSIDE the SF Bay Area who are A's fans really actually know his name. But he's pretty bad too. He's like the Pirates owner. Makes bank on the team, but is not intending to actually make the team better. And as an honorable mention, at least as a FORMER hated owner how about the former Warriors owner Chris Cohan
Oh, if the A’s end up moving out of Oakland (because the Colosseum is the WORST home venue for any major league team in the country), I’m sure Fisher will make this list.
This list should begin and end with James Dolan. Imagine being given one of the most lucrative and beloved franchises in sports, located in one of the biggest media markets in the world and not even sniffing a conference finals appearance in over 2 decades. The Knicks have devolved from a once respected and formidable franchises to a laughingstock. From the front office to player development, the Knicks are an organization with no direction apart from making money. Couple that with an owner who bears no responsibility for the messes he’s made and you now have a team that can only succeed in spite of its owner, not because of them. The day James Dolan no longer owns the Knicks will be a day of celebration in NY.
The thing with Dolan is he also owns the Rangers and they haven’t been bad. I think that’s because he is less hands on with the Rangers than he is with the Knicks.
@Not Sal, for Ranger fans,thank goodness he hasn't been as hands on lately, because when he has,it's been with disastrous results. Even so,with the rebuild,he made NYR look absolutely foolish with his response to the Tom Wilson incident last year. It's well-documented that he doesn't have the best interests of any of his teams at heart. It's all about the dollars with him,and since 1) New York fans will always go to games, and 2) visiting fans will always happily fill any voids left by NY fans when they don't show up,he makes money,hand over fist,either way. The Knicks and Rangers are stuck with him
@@henrymanzano2201 yep, many hockey fans have “see a game at the garden” on their bucket list. Was in a section with some Habs fans from Quebec, nicest people, super respectful (kneeled down in the aisle to not block the view during play instead of just returning to their seats.)
Eugene Melnyk late owner of the Senators was despised by Sens fans for being a total cheapskate as well as threatening to move before an alumni game, tree has a video explaining how bad he was as owner
I think the main reason is because they have taken their money grubbing tactics ( that Americans will tolerate) to England and the fans are upset about the consequences of that.
I’m surprised Jerry Reinsdorf (aka Reinsdork) isn’t on the list as the most hated owner by everyone given that he broke up the beloved 90s Bulls and ruined a potential dynasty in the White Sox.
Oh yea it's really disgusting just straight up shatted all over the Bulls the last dance explains that perfectly he announced the coach was getting sacked at the end of the season regardless how they did yea that coach who had won 5 of the previous 7 championships ridiculous didn't even give them a chance to go for 4 in a row in 1999
3:24 the way they bought the club would even be illegal to do so in the premier league today. Those clowns aren’t committed to winning neither have an idea of how to run a functional club on the pitch. They treat the team like there’s no such thing as relegation or winning F the Glazers everyday of the week. Also SAF has crimes of humanity to pay for letting the glazers come in over a horse disagreement that was the day the club sold its soul
@@someguy6062 Bears fans pack a stadium on par with some of the larger Premier league stadiums and can’t even create a fan environment level to the smallest stadium, it’s a joke 😂
I'm amazed that the Illich kids weren't on here. Ever since their dad Mike Illich passed away, they've been slashing payrolls and mishandling the Tigers and Red Wings.
What you also should’ve added about the glazers family is that they take the clubs dividends to fill out their own pockets. Also for transfer they use the clubs money instead of their own that puts them more into debt every year.
Clay Bennet got Schultz and Stern to follow his plan to move the Seattle Supersonics to Oklahoma but everyone found out the three of them that was the plan from the beginning.
From the NHL, you could have added Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyck to the list of owners hated by their own fans. He passed away this past year however so I assume that is one reason that he wasn't on the list. Fans had put up billboards calling for his ouster.
You forgot one. Stuart Sternberg, Tampa Bay Rays. If I had to vote out 2 major league sports owners right now, it would be him and of course Snyder. He's a wealthy New York businessman, still lives there and rumor has it he has Mets season tickets. He only seems to come to the games when we play in New York. He treats the team like a toy and is also a HUGE cheapskate, paying almost nothing for players and being too cheap to pay anything for a new stadium. Now he has gotten better about the money issues, but it sounds more like because the other owners and the MLBPA were giving him grief for it. There has been some very fishy stuff money wise but I can't remember specifics. Part of the Rays attendance issues are his fault. He treats Floridians as second-class citizens and thought we'd actually be ok sharing the team with Montreal. I'll tell you what that was. He was too cheap to pay for a stadium with a roof. You must have a roof in both markets. So either he wanted to have open air in both markets and not pay for a roof when it was needed most OR he was trying to start a bidding war between Tampa and Montreal, with the winner getting the team full-time. People hate him just on that, but also he charges way too much for tickets and parking, and he recently banned cash purchases and physical tickets, which ailenates the older folks who live in the area (and a good chunk of the fan base). Also to note, a few years ago, he randomly bought the Tampa Bay Rowdies, a minor league soccer team that plays down the street from the Trop. Still haven't figured out why. I know they were trying to drum up support to join the MLS. That movement sort of vanished when he bought the team so I wonder if he did not want the competition. My other thought is if he plans to move the Rowdies with the Rays once the stadium is built. Personally, I think the Rowdies should stay in St. Pete, and the Rays should move to Tampa.
While the player development is excellent, I feel they are suffering from the same problem the A's had in the moneyball era, where they won't spend the money to get the final pieces to get them over the top. If they can accomplish what they did on a shoestring budget, imagine what they could do even if they were just middle of the pack in payroll. Just look at the Dodgers and Astros, teams that have excellent player development and are willing to go out and get the extra pieces to get over the top. Also the half and half plan would have royally pissed of Montreal fans as well. They aren't going to embrace something that isn't truly theirs and they aren't going to build a stadium for a team that isn't permanent. Sternberg was trying to milk two markets while dipping in revenue sharing. This will just leave both cities angry.
Sternberg is maybe the only cheapskate owner I can actually side with-the Rays are perennially good, but they’re never a good draw mostly due to the shit stadium and that first decade under Vince Naimoli seems to have permanently poisoned the waters. He’s not a great owner, but you can do a helluva lot worse.
Has to be Clay Bennet, he coordinated with Schultz and Stern to for Schultz to buy the team cause he thought people wouldn't find out the three of them that was their plan from the beginning
@@toyotarizzle i mean dan snyder is a predator and enables others to be predators not a single person in his entire organization approves of him or anything he does other than himself
John Fisher from the A’s, never holds star players after their first contract, and we are basically like the Pirates but we get a taste of the playoffs every few years
I say to Reds fans careful for what you wish for. As for Castellini if the pandemic really hit the team that hard just tell the fans the facts. They couldn't have handled the situation more poorly and deserved all the hate they received. It was hard seeing that team get ripped apart. I do like a lot of the young players they're bringing in and might watch a few games next year...mabye
I know. I was hoping after the 2021 season they keep everyone and maybe get better talent. Or even just keep what they have. It just pisses me off when they want the team to do good when they sell other people to teams for prospects that won’t be in the mlb or 5 years
Glad you mentioned Virginia McKaskey, but truth told in Chicago we could have a Hall of Shame of terrible owners such as… Charles Comiskey- such a cheapskate his 1919 team infamously threw the World Series The Wrigley Family/The Tribune Company- two different owners and long line of losing “Dollar” Bill Wirtz- didn’t televise home games. Cheap. His son started a dynasty but sadly tainted due to some bad stuff that happened during those years In fact the “best” owner we got, Jerry Reinsdorf has both being a leading cause of the ‘94 strike(while his team had a realistic shot at winning a WS) and alienating the greatest b-ball player of all time with the Bulls. But being the most successful with 7 total rings for his 2 teams washes off some of the stink.
Wow, Chicago has been especially cursed,having to deal with owners like that. It doesn't even seem worth it to be a fan of any of their teams. It was cool when the Cubs finally won,though
@@henrymanzano2201 yes then the Ricketts turned Wrigleyville into more of a cash cow but haven’t done much to keep a good product on the field. Tough to judge though since they made the right decision on all the guys they let walk and this off season will be an indicator if they can get the team back in the right direction. One such move where they traded Jimenez/Cease for Quintana to try to stay competitive backfired, but still hasn’t yielded the results the Sox should’ve gotten with all the talent they built up from all of their rebuild trades.
Reds owner is feeling kind of gaslighty to me. Demands they keep cheering for the team and conveniently ignores he's giving them nothing to cheer about and insists that they're investing in the team despite that whole thing about Ken Griffey Jr is the sixth highest person on their payroll. Also really telling that he listed profitability over being competitive.
Exactly. And doesn't he realize that fans can,and do,jump ship to other teams? Baseball, probably more than any other sport,has its fans starting young,and if another team outside of Cincinnati catches their attention,it's over
I'm amazed that you didn't mention Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles among hated owners in pro sports. This season notwithstanding, have you seen what a disaster the Baltimorons have been on the diamond in recent years and how empty Camden Yards has been during that time?
No mention of Stu Sternberg? Despite the Rays being a relatively successful team, Stu is by far the most hated owner in Florida sports. He has consistently been awful when it comes to the whole stadium situation and refuses to take that extra step of investing money into a team that is already winning, whether it be through payroll or investing in a new stadium. Then you have the whole Montreal fiasco...
As a Sox fan I wonder what will happen if Reinsdorf doesn't own the team anymore I'm glad he's not on the list I remember 1988 when they were talking Florida
I read an article where Nutting's wealth ranks in the middle among owners, but he's still worth like a billion dollars so his cheapness is unacceptable.
Plus the more money you invest, the more likely your team is a playoff team, hence, more fans come to the ballpark and watch them on TV and more playoff revenue.
Norm Green, Minnesota North Stars, anyone remember him, next year will be the 30 th anniversary of the North Stars leaving Minnesota and he is still hated to this day
He wasn’t the owner, but Josep Maria Bartomeu has to be in this list Not only that he was hated by Barcelona fan but he almost run the club into the ground
Stan Kroenke pissed off Arsenal fans. Them staying pat at the transfer window(the deadline being the same day as the super bowl) made them miss a champions league spot by 2 points
Nutting also owned every ski resort around Pittsburgh. His love of the bottom line didn't stop at the Buccos. Seven Springs and Hidden Valley both went way down in quality. They used to be really nice, but he just never reinvested in them, but he they became really profitable and he was able to make millions off their sale. But seriously Bob Nutting is the fucking worst. He banned a fan for wearing a shirt "Thanks for Nutting, Bob." Ask anyone in Pittsburgh, Nutting is the worst.
Even though the Colorado Avalanche did win the Stanley Cup, lots of Nuggets and Avalanche loathe Stan Kroenke because for almost 4 years straight, Kroenke has prevented almost all major TV providers like Comcast, DISH network, for a little while DirecTV from broadcasting Avalanche and Nuggets games. For a long time, most bars and restaurants could not show these games. Many caved in and switched to DirecTV just so they can show the games. However if you lived outside of Denver, you're fucked unless you have DirecTV or the local bar has it. The Avalanche and Nuggets are exceptionally good and most of Colorado has been robbed of seeing them play during the regular season. At least we can stream the playoff games from espn or the NHL and NBA networks.
The true victim of the Pirates organization is PNC Park. Such a glorious ball park... Sad what's brought onto it is being made possible by a cheap, garbage owner.
We should also include Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates are doing a massive disservice to their fans. Putting such atrocious teams on their fields is blasphemous.
@@AutoArtemAuto You're right. The Orioles are still contending for a playoff spot. Unfortunately, the Pirates are getting closer to another 90+ loss season.
For united fans the problem of the glazers is less the debt anymore but the attitude of profit first they have installed at the club, personified by the ex-chairman ed woodward who infamously said in a board meeting that how manchester united do on the pitch is not relevant to their commercial success off the pitch. Therefore although they put money into buying players, it has been old superstars designed to rack up shirt sales, profits and media coverage rather than youth and footballing sense, the foundation of the great united teams like the busby babes and the class of '92. Add to that that they're the only premier league owners to siphon money out through dividends (this on top of the debt) and you can see why they're hated. Tifo have a great series of videos on this, particularly their ed woodward installment. Glazers out.
In terms of Man. United, the ownership pushed away enough fans to lead to a protest club (F.C. United of Manchester) to be started. I do like that, in English football, if fans are pissed at their favorite team, they can start a phoenix or protest club to take back their fandom and pride. When teams relocate in U.S. sports, fans are screwed, but when Wimbledon F.C. moved to Milton Keynes, fans were able to start a new Wimbledon team, and even got promoted up to MK Dons level in the EFL. I like that a lot about the sport.
Just because owners spend big bucks doesn't automatically mean they'll be a championship team all the pieces have to come together on the field or arena
@Bread And Circuses It took 7 long years from when Robert Kraft bought the Patriots ( 1994) to when they won their first Super Bowl ( 2001) meaning Rome wasn't built in a day, 😂
The problems of Glazers are deep than that 1. They Sold Cristiano Ronaldo and bought cheap counterparts named Bebe (just google it, he is an unknown Soccer player) 2. They Hired AN ACCOUNTANT to run Manchester United, resulting in buying an expensive player that they didn't need (in case of this, a defender name Harry Maguire, Expensive, but useless) 3. Switching Managers since the GOAT sir Alex Ferguson, 5 Changes, and 3 interim managers. Holy sh*t. 4. Snce the previous accountant who runs ManU is gone... Good, right? No, ANOTHER ACCOUNTANT STEPS BY.
It’s amazing how the team has slowly but continually declined since he bought them He came in right after they won the World Series, and the best they’ve done since is being swept in the division series (usually by the Red Sox). Yeah, they owned the division title 2007-2009, but that was when the AL West was the weakest division in baseball. Being the best of four teams when the other three are the Mariners, post-Moneyball era A’s, and pre-2010 Rangers isn’t much of an accomplishment.
You should have also included Robert Irsay who moved the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis.And Art Modell who moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore and becoming the Ravens.
Give Art some credit though, he agreed to not take the history of the team with him, so when the Browns came back as an Expansion Franchise alongside the Texans, they took up the Browns history. Irsay just moved out of Baltimore in the middle of the night without saying anything, the only thing that was spared was the Marching band because, somehow the Drum Major knew what was going on and took all the equipment the day before.
@@supersasukemaniac art only agreed not to take the history because the city of Cleveland sued him and won which forced him not to, he wanted to call the team the Baltimore Browns initally He didn't give up the team history voluntary. No one considers the current brown team as the original one as they simply arent they're a satellite franchise
Not one mention of Robert Sarver, The Bidwells, or Ken Kendrick’s? All 2 of them deserve top honors on this list for how they’ve screwed over the state of Arizona.
That’s what I was thinking too, I mean it’s been two decades since a pro az sport team won a title .. that speaks volumes ‼️ EDIT: Not too mention they’re all cheap skates when it comes time to pay their top playa
“You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket, so shipspace brings them all together in one easy space” I guess a space isn’t necessarily a basket😂 and yeah I realize he’s referring to two different things, still sounded funny.
How is Jerry Jones not on this list? I guess he's not as heinous of a person as some of these other guys and he actually cares about the team he's running (a little too much, I might add) but he pretty much represents everything bad about the Cowboys in the past couple of decades
Well in fairness he did witness 3 championships as an owner and ordered the construction of one of the best stadiums in the NFL " The Death Star " so yea he's a scumbag yea but he's one of the most successful owners in NFL history
@@kurtpunchesthings2411What offends me about Jerry Jones is that he's managed to make the Cowboys the most financially valuable sports team in the world while performance-wise they consistently manage to snatch adequacy from the jaws of excellence. It just feels soulless and money-grubbing
The sad part is that Washington was one of the model franchises in the 90s. You couldn’t get a ticket to those games, they were sold out constantly. Their games against Dallas were must watch football. Great fan base. Then as Snyder bought the team it was a slow decline into irrelevance.
Can we make it to where if ownership is bad enough that they'll be stripped of ownership of the team and that team will then be publicly traded? Oh wait. That's just Fan Controlled Football only you use the NYSE to own part of a team rather than purchasing an NFT.
Here's the deal with Arte, he's not looking to sell the team because he knows he's screwed up or that he's some benevolent man. He's looking to sell the team because he's more than doubled his net worth in his twenty years of ownership and selling the team will make him look good after the numerous scandals he's been involved with.
Here are some of Arte's greatest hits:
- Let a drug ring happen under his nose, causing the death of Tyler Skaggs and several others getting addicted.
- Forced the front office to sign some of the worst contracts of the past decade (Pujols, Hamilton, Rendon).
- Changed the team name from Anaheim to LA despite still being located in Anaheim.
- Ran Jerry Dipoto out of town and sided with dinosaur Mike Scioscia only to see him build a playoff caliber team in Seattle (A division rival).
- Treats the minor leaguers worse than pretty much any other owner (which is saying a ton).
Dude is a Jerry Jones wannabe without the championships.
It's ironic how a team called the Angels has an owner from Hell
And is wasting the careers of two of the best talents we have ever seen
“worst contracts” (Pujols)
If he was playing like he is now it wouldn’t have been a bad contract at all. Being in California just drains the spirit.
Ran Billy Eppler out of town, who went on to build the best Mets team since 1988.
Hard go believe Mike Trouts only play appearance was a 3 game sweep by the Kansas City Royals
The fact that Dan Synder is still in this league is blasphemy
I doubt hes there too much longer. The other owners are gonna be more hesitant to protect him after it came out he was essentially stealing money from them.
If the charges stick he’s gone and gonna be fined massive, maybe even jail time
honestly it’s embarrassing i would rather go 0-17 for 2 years straight than have Snyder as our owner Ron Rivera is always talking about changing the culture but that starts with Snyder selling the team
More like still on this planet
Yeah, tell us about it. The Urinating Tree refers to Dan Snyder as a snivelling rat.
Dan Synder has to be in a league of his own. Absolutely terrible what he has done to the franchise.
*Snyder
Roll back to 2020 and Snyder: "I will never change the name of this football team.."
@@bill2953 Check that out again, he said it in 2013
@@michaelleroy9281 You're right, fact is Snyder said it more than once, the last time was 2019, one year before he caved to the woke clan and the last year the team was called the Redskins.
@@andrewkelly1337 Sorry Andrew that zipped right over my head .
The fact that the Bears owner had out lived the Queen is a complete hacked job.
LMFAO
Growing up in Chicago, when you said the way to get a bad owner out is death, I immediately thought of Bill Wirtz and the Blackhawks. Of course now with what has come out about that organization with Rocky Wirtz I could only wish he would sell. Damn that whole thing is toxic.
Dollar Bill was so hated that when they did a moment of silence before a game, the crowd started booing.
@@Da219StarWarsGuy WOW!!!!!!!! That's a level of hate I could never imagine.
@@CJEstradaMartinez yeah, look it up on here. I was not very surprised honestly.
Then they won 3 Stanley Cups after Bill Wirtz died
@@Da219StarWarsGuy That's amazing
Honorable mention, John Fisher for the A's
If Bernie Ecclestone still owned F1, he'd def be amongst the most requested figures for this.
100% the man thought he was bigger than F1
Yeah 2005 US grand prix at indy lets not talk about that.
Chase Carey and the owner group was a pretty bad too though. Drove away many old fans just to appeal to the younger crowd and get bigger. Which isn’t gonna work in the long run
As a Manchester United fan, just so you know how cheap the glazers are, the stadium (Old Trafford) is falling apart, featuring a leaky roof and mice infestation.
And to think it's all thanks to a horse
Bucs fan here, Wait until you hear some of the cheap moves they pulled when they built Raymond James Stadium and you'll realize nothing has changed with them. I think they still owe Tampa money for the stadium, plus I heard they did days where they let fans do all the landscaping at the new stadium for them FOR FREE (this was before my time so don't quote me on this, but it's stuff I've heard. The landscaping days were very very well marketed, there may have been free food, merch, meet and greets or tickets involved though)
Worst part is they arent even the most hated owner in Tampa, Stu Sternberg who owns the Rays is more hated by a long shot
Mice? Get a few cats.
#GlazersOut
Do you have raw sewage running into the stands ? If not then don’t complain.
When I heard the Pirates, I nearly commented that you'd have to put the Reds into the same slot. Sure enough, you did. Good list. Surprised Jerry Jones didn't make it, but a good list nonetheless.
Yeah, I thought about that racist carnival barker Jones as well. I think the issue is, most Cowboys fans like him. Enjoy those Ls!
as a cowboy fans i agree, Jerry jones should be on this list
I mean at least Jerry spends money and tries to win a super bowl theh might not work out or overpay but at least jerry tries to win
@@YankeesFan-yq1fc Could say the same about Arte Moreno but that doesn't make him any less of a god awful owner
@@YankeesFan-yq1fc yes but its his fault jimmy Johnson and the man hast hired a decent coach since with maybe an exception for bill parcels
Thanks to Tree, I learned a bit about Marge Schott being the most controversial sports owner too.
Honorable mention the Maloof family. Sacramento just about lost their team more than once during the end of their ownership.
I’m from Pittsburgh and I’m a die hard United fan, so the fact that you started the list with Nutting and the Glazers warmed my heart. They’re both fucking insufferable and should be banished to the gulag!
Glory, Glory Man United. Middle Finger to Glazers
@@rahmadgerpol GGMU! Fuck the Glazers!
Daniel Levy is pretty bad
#SpendNuttingWinNutting
I would say to put John Fisher the Oakland A's owner on the list. But not many people OUTSIDE the SF Bay Area who are A's fans really actually know his name. But he's pretty bad too. He's like the Pirates owner. Makes bank on the team, but is not intending to actually make the team better.
And as an honorable mention, at least as a FORMER hated owner how about the former Warriors owner Chris Cohan
Oh, if the A’s end up moving out of Oakland (because the Colosseum is the WORST home venue for any major league team in the country), I’m sure Fisher will make this list.
As a Jays fan, thank you for the 3rd basemen. We have gotten Donaldson and Chapman from the A's.
As an Earthquakes fan, we've been asking for Fisher to resign or sell the team for years after years and years of not making the playoffs.
James Dolan! Jerry Jones! John Mara for starters 😂
At least both have won something 🤣
@@FivePointsVids This is true!
Yeah James Dolan said hes never selling the Knicks. Sucks for yall Knicks fans
Any hockey fan knows there’s 2 owners that have left a legacy of being a laughing stock:
Eugene Melnyk and Harold Ballard
To give Melnyk credit, he dud keep the Sens in Ottawa.
David testa Absolutely right, though with Ballard the fans knew he had no interest in building a winning team, it was all about making money.
That’s unfair. Melnyk was incompetent, he’d put his foot in his mouth. He wasn’t evil. Ballard was evil, he belonged in jail.
@@sdeepj Ballard did go to jail if I recall.
@@BunnEFartz Yeah, he went to jail. That’s what I meant, belonged in jail
This list should begin and end with James Dolan. Imagine being given one of the most lucrative and beloved franchises in sports, located in one of the biggest media markets in the world and not even sniffing a conference finals appearance in over 2 decades. The Knicks have devolved from a once respected and formidable franchises to a laughingstock. From the front office to player development, the Knicks are an organization with no direction apart from making money. Couple that with an owner who bears no responsibility for the messes he’s made and you now have a team that can only succeed in spite of its owner, not because of them.
The day James Dolan no longer owns the Knicks will be a day of celebration in NY.
I getchu bro but knicks fans have never stormed msg and postponing a game to show how much they hate ownership like man United fans lol
At least the Rangers were made the playoffs last season… until they hit a wall in Tampa. Ouch.
The thing with Dolan is he also owns the Rangers and they haven’t been bad. I think that’s because he is less hands on with the Rangers than he is with the Knicks.
@Not Sal, for Ranger fans,thank goodness he hasn't been as hands on lately, because when he has,it's been with disastrous results. Even so,with the rebuild,he made NYR look absolutely foolish with his response to the Tom Wilson incident last year. It's well-documented that he doesn't have the best interests of any of his teams at heart. It's all about the dollars with him,and since 1) New York fans will always go to games, and 2) visiting fans will always happily fill any voids left by NY fans when they don't show up,he makes money,hand over fist,either way. The Knicks and Rangers are stuck with him
@@henrymanzano2201 yep, many hockey fans have “see a game at the garden” on their bucket list. Was in a section with some Habs fans from Quebec, nicest people, super respectful (kneeled down in the aisle to not block the view during play instead of just returning to their seats.)
Eugene Melnyk late owner of the Senators was despised by Sens fans for being a total cheapskate as well as threatening to move before an alumni game, tree has a video explaining how bad he was as owner
Kinda surprised you didn't go more in depth with Kroenke, especially the part about how Arsenal fans hate him almost as much as they hate Spurs
The entire Spanos and Montford families belong all over this list
Quite funny that two NFL owners are successful in their own country but hated by the fan bases of the teams they own in England
I think the main reason is because they have taken their money grubbing tactics ( that Americans will tolerate) to England and the fans are upset about the consequences of that.
I’m surprised Jerry Reinsdorf (aka Reinsdork) isn’t on the list as the most hated owner by everyone given that he broke up the beloved 90s Bulls and ruined a potential dynasty in the White Sox.
Oh yea it's really disgusting just straight up shatted all over the Bulls the last dance explains that perfectly he announced the coach was getting sacked at the end of the season regardless how they did yea that coach who had won 5 of the previous 7 championships ridiculous didn't even give them a chance to go for 4 in a row in 1999
3:24 the way they bought the club would even be illegal to do so in the premier league today.
Those clowns aren’t committed to winning neither have an idea of how to run a functional club on the pitch. They treat the team like there’s no such thing as relegation or winning
F the Glazers everyday of the week. Also SAF has crimes of humanity to pay for letting the glazers come in over a horse disagreement that was the day the club sold its soul
Fuck soccer.
@@someguy6062 Bears fans pack a stadium on par with some of the larger Premier league stadiums and can’t even create a fan environment level to the smallest stadium, it’s a joke 😂
@@AntFarmer47 Soldier Field (where the Bears play) IS the smallest stadium in the NFL.
The day Chris Simms referred to the Glazers were good owners was the last i listened to his podcastwound me up so much
They're good owners for the Bucs honestly, but they f!@# Man U in the rear end with the wide end of a rake every chance they get
I'm amazed that the Illich kids weren't on here. Ever since their dad Mike Illich passed away, they've been slashing payrolls and mishandling the Tigers and Red Wings.
What you also should’ve added about the glazers family is that they take the clubs dividends to fill out their own pockets. Also for transfer they use the clubs money instead of their own that puts them more into debt every year.
Over 2 billion pounds over the 17 years of ownership
Part 2 is needed big time. The monforts own the Rockies and everyone in Denver hates them
Clay Bennet got Schultz and Stern to follow his plan to move the Seattle Supersonics to Oklahoma but everyone found out the three of them that was the plan from the beginning.
And they're still looking for another team 2008 was a long time ago
From the NHL, you could have added Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyck to the list of owners hated by their own fans. He passed away this past year however so I assume that is one reason that he wasn't on the list. Fans had put up billboards calling for his ouster.
Canucks too
Dan Snyder, Dan Snyder, Dan Syder, Dan Snyder, and finally - Dan Snyder.
Commies 😂
Dont forget dan snyder
And Jerry Jones
As a Texans fan, I am genuinely surprised Cal McNair isn't on here
I was about to say the same thing lol
Just a guess but I think he is not hated as much because people perceive that he is trying and has had a few bad breaks.
after the Avalanche won the stanley cup and had their parade the entire city of denver booed kroenke when he was on stage😂
It’s mind fucking how Kroenke won 5 trophies with 3 different sports teams
Colorado Avalanche: 1996 2001 2022
Colorado Rapids: 2010
LA Rams: 2021
Sun's owner, Rays owner, Raiders owner
You forgot one. Stuart Sternberg, Tampa Bay Rays. If I had to vote out 2 major league sports owners right now, it would be him and of course Snyder.
He's a wealthy New York businessman, still lives there and rumor has it he has Mets season tickets. He only seems to come to the games when we play in New York. He treats the team like a toy and is also a HUGE cheapskate, paying almost nothing for players and being too cheap to pay anything for a new stadium. Now he has gotten better about the money issues, but it sounds more like because the other owners and the MLBPA were giving him grief for it. There has been some very fishy stuff money wise but I can't remember specifics.
Part of the Rays attendance issues are his fault. He treats Floridians as second-class citizens and thought we'd actually be ok sharing the team with Montreal. I'll tell you what that was. He was too cheap to pay for a stadium with a roof. You must have a roof in both markets. So either he wanted to have open air in both markets and not pay for a roof when it was needed most OR he was trying to start a bidding war between Tampa and Montreal, with the winner getting the team full-time. People hate him just on that, but also he charges way too much for tickets and parking, and he recently banned cash purchases and physical tickets, which ailenates the older folks who live in the area (and a good chunk of the fan base).
Also to note, a few years ago, he randomly bought the Tampa Bay Rowdies, a minor league soccer team that plays down the street from the Trop. Still haven't figured out why. I know they were trying to drum up support to join the MLS. That movement sort of vanished when he bought the team so I wonder if he did not want the competition. My other thought is if he plans to move the Rowdies with the Rays once the stadium is built. Personally, I think the Rowdies should stay in St. Pete, and the Rays should move to Tampa.
While the player development is excellent, I feel they are suffering from the same problem the A's had in the moneyball era, where they won't spend the money to get the final pieces to get them over the top. If they can accomplish what they did on a shoestring budget, imagine what they could do even if they were just middle of the pack in payroll. Just look at the Dodgers and Astros, teams that have excellent player development and are willing to go out and get the extra pieces to get over the top.
Also the half and half plan would have royally pissed of Montreal fans as well. They aren't going to embrace something that isn't truly theirs and they aren't going to build a stadium for a team that isn't permanent. Sternberg was trying to milk two markets while dipping in revenue sharing. This will just leave both cities angry.
Sternberg is maybe the only cheapskate owner I can actually side with-the Rays are perennially good, but they’re never a good draw mostly due to the shit stadium and that first decade under Vince Naimoli seems to have permanently poisoned the waters.
He’s not a great owner, but you can do a helluva lot worse.
If Dan Snyder isn’t #1 I’ll be suprised
Has to be Clay Bennet, he coordinated with Schultz and Stern to for Schultz to buy the team cause he thought people wouldn't find out the three of them that was their plan from the beginning
it's probably not even a list and he'll still slither his way to 1
@@toyotarizzle i mean dan snyder is a predator and enables others to be predators not a single person in his entire organization approves of him or anything he does other than himself
Snyder lost any respect after changing their name I didn't know he was so liberal. I thought redskin potatoes since he wanted to change the name
@@toyotarizzle Just like Cleveland changed their MLB franchise's name to the Guardians, I will never support the Commanders.
John Fisher from the A’s, never holds star players after their first contract, and we are basically like the Pirates but we get a taste of the playoffs every few years
Chris Ilitch Treatment of the Detroit Tigers
I say to Reds fans careful for what you wish for. As for Castellini if the pandemic really hit the team that hard just tell the fans the facts. They couldn't have handled the situation more poorly and deserved all the hate they received. It was hard seeing that team get ripped apart. I do like a lot of the young players they're bringing in and might watch a few games next year...mabye
I know. I was hoping after the 2021 season they keep everyone and maybe get better talent. Or even just keep what they have. It just pisses me off when they want the team to do good when they sell other people to teams for prospects that won’t be in the mlb or 5 years
Are you Bob's burner account?
As a "Pirates Fan" the Reds could be worse.
This video was as amazing as I thought it would be.
At this rate I’m about to abandon the pirates
The pleasure of being a Packers fan and not having to do deal with this type of stuff is immense.
Glad you mentioned Virginia McKaskey, but truth told in Chicago we could have a Hall of Shame of terrible owners such as…
Charles Comiskey- such a cheapskate his 1919 team infamously threw the World Series
The Wrigley Family/The Tribune Company- two different owners and long line of losing
“Dollar” Bill Wirtz- didn’t televise home games. Cheap. His son started a dynasty but sadly tainted due to some bad stuff that happened during those years
In fact the “best” owner we got, Jerry Reinsdorf has both being a leading cause of the ‘94 strike(while his team had a realistic shot at winning a WS) and alienating the greatest b-ball player of all time with the Bulls. But being the most successful with 7 total rings for his 2 teams washes off some of the stink.
Wow, Chicago has been especially cursed,having to deal with owners like that. It doesn't even seem worth it to be a fan of any of their teams. It was cool when the Cubs finally won,though
@@henrymanzano2201 yes then the Ricketts turned Wrigleyville into more of a cash cow but haven’t done much to keep a good product on the field. Tough to judge though since they made the right decision on all the guys they let walk and this off season will be an indicator if they can get the team back in the right direction. One such move where they traded Jimenez/Cease for Quintana to try to stay competitive backfired, but still hasn’t yielded the results the Sox should’ve gotten with all the talent they built up from all of their rebuild trades.
The White Sox did win a World Series, 2005
The biggest irony about Bob Nutting is that his team is called the Pirates.
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! Now, that's the definition of irony.
It not Nutting's fault, they've been there Pirates since 1900 or before
I'm surprised the Ford family isn't on this list for owning the Lions.
Reds owner is feeling kind of gaslighty to me. Demands they keep cheering for the team and conveniently ignores he's giving them nothing to cheer about and insists that they're investing in the team despite that whole thing about Ken Griffey Jr is the sixth highest person on their payroll. Also really telling that he listed profitability over being competitive.
Exactly. And doesn't he realize that fans can,and do,jump ship to other teams? Baseball, probably more than any other sport,has its fans starting young,and if another team outside of Cincinnati catches their attention,it's over
@@henrymanzano2201 hell they're not even the only team in Ohio
@@bigbearkat2010 Exactly
I can't wait to get my Arte video out, it's crazy how one guy can single handedly ruin a franchise AND a city council so thoroughly
I'm amazed that you didn't mention Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles among hated owners in pro sports. This season notwithstanding, have you seen what a disaster the Baltimorons have been on the diamond in recent years and how empty Camden Yards has been during that time?
You knoe its bad when the glazers is recognized by a none football watcher
No mention of Stu Sternberg? Despite the Rays being a relatively successful team, Stu is by far the most hated owner in Florida sports. He has consistently been awful when it comes to the whole stadium situation and refuses to take that extra step of investing money into a team that is already winning, whether it be through payroll or investing in a new stadium. Then you have the whole Montreal fiasco...
The fact that you didn't mention Jerry Reinsdorf who owns the White Sox and Bulls is surprising. Sox fans really hate this guy, I hate him.
As a Sox fan I wonder what will happen if Reinsdorf doesn't own the team anymore I'm glad he's not on the list I remember 1988 when they were talking Florida
Joey Votto, national treasure? He doesn't play hockey, therefore he is not a treasure to his nation.
I read an article where Nutting's wealth ranks in the middle among owners, but he's still worth like a billion dollars so his cheapness is unacceptable.
Plus the more money you invest, the more likely your team is a playoff team, hence, more fans come to the ballpark and watch them on TV and more playoff revenue.
You forgot John Fisher who owns the Oakland A’s and the San Jose Earthquakes
U should see Red Bull who owns the NY Red Bulls and Leipzig and Salzburg
Norm Green, Minnesota North Stars, anyone remember him, next year will be the 30 th anniversary of the North Stars leaving Minnesota and he is still hated to this day
Washington nickname is perfect Commies
Good thing you added the death clause at the beginning or the Eugene comments would be overflowing
Why do almost ALL major sports owners look like the biggest (and obviously richest) dorks in the world 😆
He wasn’t the owner, but Josep Maria Bartomeu has to be in this list
Not only that he was hated by Barcelona fan but he almost run the club into the ground
I'm disappointed there was no "Fuck you, Spanos!" in this video
Dan Snyder is, as they say in France, "le pooh pooh"
Stan Kroenke pissed off Arsenal fans. Them staying pat at the transfer window(the deadline being the same day as the super bowl) made them miss a champions league spot by 2 points
Nutting also owned every ski resort around Pittsburgh. His love of the bottom line didn't stop at the Buccos. Seven Springs and Hidden Valley both went way down in quality. They used to be really nice, but he just never reinvested in them, but he they became really profitable and he was able to make millions off their sale. But seriously Bob Nutting is the fucking worst. He banned a fan for wearing a shirt "Thanks for Nutting, Bob." Ask anyone in Pittsburgh, Nutting is the worst.
He just loved "Nutting" all over people who saw him in a negative light, didn't he?
You should do another mascot video
My mom was a nanny for some of the glazers. She has some crazy stories on what they are like.
Even though the Colorado Avalanche did win the Stanley Cup, lots of Nuggets and Avalanche loathe Stan Kroenke because for almost 4 years straight, Kroenke has prevented almost all major TV providers like Comcast, DISH network, for a little while DirecTV from broadcasting Avalanche and Nuggets games. For a long time, most bars and restaurants could not show these games. Many caved in and switched to DirecTV just so they can show the games. However if you lived outside of Denver, you're fucked unless you have DirecTV or the local bar has it.
The Avalanche and Nuggets are exceptionally good and most of Colorado has been robbed of seeing them play during the regular season. At least we can stream the playoff games from espn or the NHL and NBA networks.
The true victim of the Pirates organization is PNC Park. Such a glorious ball park... Sad what's brought onto it is being made possible by a cheap, garbage owner.
We should also include Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates are doing a massive disservice to their fans. Putting such atrocious teams on their fields is blasphemous.
@@CJEstradaMartinez Difference is, the Orioles right now are looking better. Pirates just suck. Still, the owners are cheap.
@@AutoArtemAuto You're right. The Orioles are still contending for a playoff spot. Unfortunately, the Pirates are getting closer to another 90+ loss season.
For united fans the problem of the glazers is less the debt anymore but the attitude of profit first they have installed at the club, personified by the ex-chairman ed woodward who infamously said in a board meeting that how manchester united do on the pitch is not relevant to their commercial success off the pitch. Therefore although they put money into buying players, it has been old superstars designed to rack up shirt sales, profits and media coverage rather than youth and footballing sense, the foundation of the great united teams like the busby babes and the class of '92. Add to that that they're the only premier league owners to siphon money out through dividends (this on top of the debt) and you can see why they're hated. Tifo have a great series of videos on this, particularly their ed woodward installment. Glazers out.
I literally heard him say James dolan and verbally muttered "fucking dolan, sell the team"
In terms of Man. United, the ownership pushed away enough fans to lead to a protest club (F.C. United of Manchester) to be started.
I do like that, in English football, if fans are pissed at their favorite team, they can start a phoenix or protest club to take back their fandom and pride. When teams relocate in U.S. sports, fans are screwed, but when Wimbledon F.C. moved to Milton Keynes, fans were able to start a new Wimbledon team, and even got promoted up to MK Dons level in the EFL. I like that a lot about the sport.
Just because owners spend big bucks doesn't automatically mean they'll be a championship team all the pieces have to come together on the field or arena
@Bread And Circuses It took 7 long years from when Robert Kraft bought the Patriots ( 1994) to when they won their first Super Bowl ( 2001) meaning Rome wasn't built in a day, 😂
To say that Stan Kroenke is merely hated in St. Louis is a colossal understatement.
Bucs fans do hate the Glazers. They've never forgiven them for firing Dungy.
The problems of Glazers are deep than that
1. They Sold Cristiano Ronaldo and bought cheap counterparts named Bebe (just google it, he is an unknown Soccer player)
2. They Hired AN ACCOUNTANT to run Manchester United, resulting in buying an expensive player that they didn't need (in case of this, a defender name Harry Maguire, Expensive, but useless)
3. Switching Managers since the GOAT sir Alex Ferguson, 5 Changes, and 3 interim managers. Holy sh*t.
4. Snce the previous accountant who runs ManU is gone... Good, right? No, ANOTHER ACCOUNTANT STEPS BY.
For personal reasons I add the Ford family, Tom Gores, and Larry Tannenbaum.
I feel like a couple more names are needed
Jerry Reinsdorf (Bulls and White Sox)
Rocky Wirtz (Blackhawks)
Rocky Wirtz had a dynasty with the Blackhawks in the 2010s nothing wrong with him
I know what is coming next, and I wanna get ahead of it. The Rooney family is one of the most loved group of owners in all of sports.
Terry and Kim Pegula (at least amongst Sabres fans)
How could anyone screw up owning the Angels? Moreno somehow did it.
And then decides to sell the team only after getting caught with his pants down bribing public officials.
It’s amazing how the team has slowly but continually declined since he bought them
He came in right after they won the World Series, and the best they’ve done since is being swept in the division series (usually by the Red Sox). Yeah, they owned the division title 2007-2009, but that was when the AL West was the weakest division in baseball. Being the best of four teams when the other three are the Mariners, post-Moneyball era A’s, and pre-2010 Rangers isn’t much of an accomplishment.
@@warlordofbritannia Don't forget the Astros when they joined the AL West in 2013
Forgot to mentioned that majority of the Pirates salary is covered by the concession stands and merchandise.
ThebGlazers getting Man Utd was rocky of Gibraltar 😆
You should have also included Robert Irsay who moved the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis.And Art Modell who moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore and becoming the Ravens.
Give Art some credit though, he agreed to not take the history of the team with him, so when the Browns came back as an Expansion Franchise alongside the Texans, they took up the Browns history. Irsay just moved out of Baltimore in the middle of the night without saying anything, the only thing that was spared was the Marching band because, somehow the Drum Major knew what was going on and took all the equipment the day before.
@@supersasukemaniac art only agreed not to take the history because the city of Cleveland sued him and won which forced him not to, he wanted to call the team the Baltimore Browns initally
He didn't give up the team history voluntary.
No one considers the current brown team as the original one as they simply arent they're a satellite franchise
Bud Adams, who moved to Oilers to Nashville to become the Titans
@@michaelleroy9281 That move made Bud the most hated man in Houston, hands down.
Mets owner Steven Cohen is pretty hated for things outside of baseball.
Him and Astros owner Jim Crane are the epitome of scummy rich guys
I'm surprised Vivek Ranadive isn't on this list. Only reason I can think of is because he's part of the reason Sacramento still has the kings.
Vivek Ranadive and Vlade Divac have ruined the Sacramento Kings.
Where’s Peter Angelos? Orioles fans have been suffering for 30 years with him😢
Oh, yes. I'm also surprised his name wasn't included under honourable mentions.
Of course Bob Nutting is 1st listed off on the list
Not one mention of Robert Sarver, The Bidwells, or Ken Kendrick’s? All 2 of them deserve top honors on this list for how they’ve screwed over the state of Arizona.
That’s what I was thinking too, I mean it’s been two decades since a pro az sport team won a title .. that speaks volumes ‼️
EDIT: Not too mention they’re all cheap skates when it comes time to pay their top playa
How about the Bidwills in St Louis
*cough cough* Old Lady McCaskey
You forgot about Dick Monfort, the owner of the Colorado Rockies
Oakland a’s owner john fisher should have been on here as well
“You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket, so shipspace brings them all together in one easy space”
I guess a space isn’t necessarily a basket😂 and yeah I realize he’s referring to two different things, still sounded funny.
How is Jerry Jones not on this list? I guess he's not as heinous of a person as some of these other guys and he actually cares about the team he's running (a little too much, I might add) but he pretty much represents everything bad about the Cowboys in the past couple of decades
Well in fairness he did witness 3 championships as an owner and ordered the construction of one of the best stadiums in the NFL " The Death Star " so yea he's a scumbag yea but he's one of the most successful owners in NFL history
@@kurtpunchesthings2411What offends me about Jerry Jones is that he's managed to make the Cowboys the most financially valuable sports team in the world while performance-wise they consistently manage to snatch adequacy from the jaws of excellence. It just feels soulless and money-grubbing
The second Arte leaves the Angels I will actually feel happiness and hope for my favorite team again. Fucking bum
As a St Louisan, I believe Stan Kroenke deserves his own 1+ hour long video
The Titel would be
Stan Kroenke How to be hated in two types of football
@@epicchk4319 🤣🤣🤣
Jerry Jones as well, for the way he has his mouth glued to Stan's rear...
The sad part is that Washington was one of the model franchises in the 90s. You couldn’t get a ticket to those games, they were sold out constantly. Their games against Dallas were must watch football. Great fan base. Then as Snyder bought the team it was a slow decline into irrelevance.
Even more so in the 80s
It breaks my heart to hear and witness what Daniel Snyder has done to this model franchise.
If melynk wasn’t dead he would be here
Yes
I was thinking of that
Yet the Senators are still in Ottawa
Can we make it to where if ownership is bad enough that they'll be stripped of ownership of the team and that team will then be publicly traded? Oh wait. That's just Fan Controlled Football only you use the NYSE to own part of a team rather than purchasing an NFT.
Arte Moreno treats the angels like Sephiroth treats the cast of FF7
2:23 sums up so well how it feels to attend a Bucs game at PNC... and I'm one of their fans...
Here's the deal with Arte, he's not looking to sell the team because he knows he's screwed up or that he's some benevolent man. He's looking to sell the team because he's more than doubled his net worth in his twenty years of ownership and selling the team will make him look good after the numerous scandals he's been involved with.
It's a red flag when your team owner is known for being a fan of your biggest rival,or hails from a rival city
Surprised you didn’t mention the Angelos family (Orioles)
If they only have 10 you can only include so many