{"id":4239,"date":"2009-05-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/si-worst-owners-list-includes-snyder-lerners-and-angelos.html"},"modified":"2009-05-13T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T14:00:00","slug":"si-worst-owners-list-includes-snyder-lerners-and-angelos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/si-worst-owners-list-includes-snyder-lerners-and-angelos\/","title":{"rendered":"SI worst owners list includes Snyder, Lerners and Angelos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a survey of the top and bottom five owners in the four major sports by <i>Sports Illustrated<\/i> is not well represented. The <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Lerner family<\/span> comes in at <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2009\/baseball\/mlb\/05\/08\/mlb.owners\/index.html?eref=T1\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">5th worst MLB owner(s<\/span>)<\/a> while Redskins owner <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2009\/football\/nfl\/05\/08\/nfl.owners\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dan Snyder is ranked 3rd worst NFL owner<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lerners are on the list because they have seemed only concerned about cash flow and the team is losing. If they draft and sign <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephen Strasburg<\/span>, they&#8217;ll likely be off the list. I think they are coming around a bit &#8212; later than they should have, but signing <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Adam Dunn<\/span> and extending <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> shows some hope. I think they won&#8217;t be on the list next year.<\/p>\n<p>Is Snyder really worse than the Cincinnati Bengals <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mike Brown<\/span>? Snyder runs the Redskins like a fantasy team, but he can&#8217;t be that bad can he? The Redskins are at least competitive most years.<br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"><br \/>Abe Pollin<\/span> cracks neither side of the NBA list and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ted Leonsis<\/span> is not on the NHL list, though I am a little skeptical that he is not one of the five best owners in hockey. Nobody else in sports is as open about running the team and is anybody more fan friendly?<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/labels\/Peter%20Angelos%20is%20a%20coward.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Peter Angelos<\/span><\/a> is the worst MLB owner after 11 consecutive losing seasons. Under him, the Oriole Way means cowardice, unaccountability, pettiness, scapegoating and demands for subsidies from the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonRedskins\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Redskins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/TedLerner\" rel=\"tag\">Ted Lerner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/DanSnyder\" rel=\"tag\">Dan Snyder<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PeterAngelos\" rel=\"tag\">Peter Angelos<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a survey of the top and bottom five owners in the four major sports by Sports Illustrated is not well represented. The Lerner family comes in at 5th worst MLB owner(s) while Redskins owner Dan Snyder is ranked 3rd worst NFL owner. 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