SORRY GEORGE STEINBRENTER BUT MARK CUBAN IS AS GOOD TO THE FANS AS YOU ARE AND HE DOESN'T THROW HIS COACHES AND PLAYERS UNDER THE BUS WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL....CUBAN FOR PRESIDENT!!

5/25/2006 2:09:46 PM

yeah mark cuban is the man

5/25/2006 2:10:29 PM

Jerry Richardson

5/25/2006 2:12:17 PM

george has a bigger fan base, more championships, and the most recognizable name of a franchise in the entire country, he wins, and fuck cuban. whiny little bitch.

5/25/2006 2:15:42 PM

George is willing to take a loss in operating the franchise just so he can do more to try to win championships.

5/25/2006 2:17:39 PM

^^YEAH BUT YOU WON'T SEE CUBAN SAYING "MY POWER FOWARD PLAYED AWFUL TODAY"

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 2:19 PM. Reason : STEINBRENTER IS AN ASSHOLE!!]

5/25/2006 2:18:46 PM

^^^but almost all of the was established before he became the owner

5/25/2006 2:23:15 PM

Quote :

"George is willing to take a loss in operating the franchise just so he can do more to try to win championships."

He MIGHT take a loss (and yes I've seen all the numbers that HE gave out..) purely with the Yanks but the YankeeNets thing is definitely in the black.. he isn't losing money ever year. Plus YES isn't included in that number from what I understand..

The Yanks are a cashcow..

5/25/2006 2:23:21 PM

Quote :

"^^^but almost all of the was established before he became the owner"

ANOTHER GOOD POINT....THE MAVS WERE A LAUGHINGSTOCK PRE-CUBAN ERA!!

5/25/2006 2:24:41 PM

somtimes i wish mark cuban was my 2nd dad

no homo

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 2:29 PM. Reason : /]

5/25/2006 2:28:55 PM

Quote :

"Jerry Richardson"

5/25/2006 2:32:05 PM

Mike Ilitch

5/25/2006 2:33:06 PM

haha!!

i agree with spida

what is this world coming to

5/25/2006 2:40:04 PM

Mark Cuban is everything that is right about owning a team.
George is everything that is wrong.

5/25/2006 2:42:00 PM

except the winning championships part, but maybe that'll change this year.

5/25/2006 2:46:10 PM

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"George is everything that is wrong."

That is moronic. "Everything that is wrong" with owners would be someone like George Shinn. A good owner puts money back into his team and does his best to supply the tools to be a winning franchise... Steinbrenner does that about as well as anyone in the business. Yes, he calls out his coaches and his players but with high pay comes high expectations. These guys aren't paid to be mediocre.

5/25/2006 2:51:53 PM

Quote :

" George Shinn"

=

worst owner in sports

5/25/2006 2:54:48 PM

Mike Brown is pretty terrible too. At least until he hired Marvin.

5/25/2006 3:06:46 PM

Bill Davidson

He had 3 teams win their league's championship two years ago.

5/25/2006 3:17:40 PM

Wayne Huizenga, hands down

5/25/2006 3:18:24 PM

ive always liked mark cuban

5/25/2006 3:18:48 PM

1) Cuban
2) Jerry Jones
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3) Rick Hendrick

5/25/2006 3:27:29 PM

the Mara family wins this thread

5/25/2006 3:30:55 PM

George Shinn is a piece of siht

Cuban is more personable than Steinbrenner but Steinbrenner, oops I mean STEINBRENTER, wants to win win win win win more than anything else...also he has been at it longer than Cuban, whatever that means

5/25/2006 3:56:07 PM

i was gonna say cuban before i even clicked this thread

5/25/2006 4:14:40 PM

I fucking hate Mark Cuban.

5/25/2006 5:10:09 PM

1) Everyone else
...
deadlast) Tie: Tribune Co. & William W. Wirtz (NHL- Blackhawks)

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 5:14 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2006 5:13:37 PM

Steinbrenter is only "everything that's wrong" if you happen to not be a Yankees fan...
i'm not, but i still respect him as a good owner for that team, granted he overpays and makes a few foolish contracts, but he's always willing to go out on a limb to try and bring in that talent that'll make his team (ignoring the fact that his championships were won when he was working with a well developed farm system as opposed to just buying hired guns)...

Cuban = Steinbrenter with a salary cap...
Both of them >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> George Shinn

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 5:21 PM. Reason : fuck if i remember how to spell his name]

5/25/2006 5:18:49 PM

everything in this world >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> george shitt

5/25/2006 5:20:15 PM

Rick Hendrick, tremendous setbacks, tremendous success.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 6:00 PM. Reason : sp]

5/25/2006 6:00:23 PM

^ You need to read up on his business history and more of his underhanded dealings. His leukemia came right before his plea deal with the federal government, and, if nothing else, he's one of the healthiest leukemia sufferers I've ever seen.

"In 1997, Hendrick pleaded guilty to bribery and mail fraud. In the 1980s, Honda automobiles were in high demand, and Honda executives allegedly solicited bribes from dealers for larger product disbursements. Hendrick admitted to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars, BMW automobiles, and houses to American Honda Motor Company executives. Hendrick was sentenced in December of that year to a $250,000 fine, 12 months home confinement (instead of prison, due to his leukemia), three years probation, and to have no involvement with Hendrick Automotive Group or Hendrick Motorsports during his year of confinement. In December of 2000, Hendrick received a full pardon from President Clinton."

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 6:24 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2006 6:23:30 PM

^^NASCAR isn't a sport....so he can't be the best owner in sports.

5/25/2006 6:49:16 PM

yeah nascar isnt a sport

5/25/2006 6:50:22 PM

#) everyone else...

# next to last) Tribune/Wirtz (Blackhawks)
# last) Tom Benson (Saints)

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 7:13 PM. Reason : BENSON FUCKING SUCKS AND NEEDS TO DIE.]

5/25/2006 7:13:08 PM

I would like to submit the Rooney family. They've had two coaches in the last ~30 years....

GO STEELERS!!!

5/25/2006 7:25:15 PM

Quote :

"deadlast) Tie: Tribune Co. & William W. Wirtz (NHL- Blackhawks)"

Good fucking call. I loved me some Blackhawks when I was growing up in Illinois. That ownership group made it real damn easy to start pulling for the 'Canes instead.

5/25/2006 10:53:59 PM

nobody talking about hurricanes owner. ive been on his deck (no homo)

5/26/2006 12:14:07 AM

I'd like to nominate Malcom Glazer for worst owner. His teams may be good, but he has:

1) turned Raymond James into a police state. Students attempting to rush the field after USF's win over Louisville were held down and tasered by some RJS security
2) wont let any other teams that use RJS put up any kind of signs saying they play there
3) wont talk to the media
4) never acts like hes interested in the fans, he never appears at any functions or anything
5) pissed off the entire Man U fanbase by buying the team even though he knows NOTHING about soccer

5/26/2006 12:17:08 AM

^ Glazer is a symptom of the culture that sports are today where they are just another avenue to rape consumers of money. Other examples of that are Wayne Huizenga and Jeffrey Loria.

espn.com's Page 2 with the 10 greediest owners in sports

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/owners/greediest.html



[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 6:08 PM. Reason : .]

5/26/2006 5:50:36 PM

Quote :

"Wayne Huizenga, hands down"

i dont know if you're joking or not, but i've always heard he is an absolute piece of shit

5/26/2006 6:21:52 PM