The cheap, the greedy, the inept and unlikeable: These are sports’ worst owners

Between John Fisher doing his best to alienate Oakland A’s fans so he can move the team and get a sweet new stadium, and Phil Castellini telling the Cincinnati Reds faithful that they’re stuck with his low-budget – and losing – operation, it’s hard to say who is the worse owner.

But they’re not the only ones!

Look around the major leagues, and you’ll find plenty of objectionable owners. Some are cheap and some are greedy. Some are inept. Some are just plain unlikeable. And some are all those things — yes, Dan Snyder, I am referring to you.

Sadly for fans, there’s little they can do about the overlords who own their beloved teams. Boycotts aren’t likely to change anything. Burn your beloved jerseys in protest, and you’re going to have to buy new clothes. Take the pennants and posters off your walls, and you’ll have to repaint.

So what can you do? Complain! We’ve seen from some of the thin-skinned responses – ahem, James Dolan – that complaints do not fall on deaf ears. I’ve compiled a list of the worst owners in sports, and you can discuss it, share it with your friends, even mail a copy to your team’s headquarters!

Better yet, make up one of your own. There are no wrong answers here and, sadly, few owners who wouldn’t make an appearance on somebody’s list.

NFL

Jimmy and Dee Haslam, Cleveland Browns

The incompetence alone is enough to land the Haslams on this list. The Browns have had just one winning season in the decade since they bought the team and were 1-31 during one stretch, neither of which is a surprise when you consider some of the decisions the Haslams have made.

Drafting Johnny Manziel. Putting an analytics guy in charge of football operations, an experiment that lasted all of two seasons. Burning through six coaches before finally – finally! – finding one, Kevin Stefanski, who will seemingly work. Alienating the one QB who has gotten Cleveland to the playoffs in the last 20 years.

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