Top ten disliked athletes

It is interesting that the top 8 and 80% are minorities. What does this say about this poll – prejudice or jealousy? You be the judge.

An OPINION is how people view a topic NOT what is actual reality......so I guess people have the right to air their opinions.....here's mine. Why were so many minority athletes LISTED, however any athlete's name could be mentioned in reviews.

I am a supporter of President Obama's Health Care initiatives. But to change gears, it would be good to know what time he plans to have beer with Prof. Gates, Mr. Crowley. I'd like to join them and have a beer at the same time, remotely, of course. Thanks.

Michael Vick should be band for life from any kind of sports. Vick needs to be punished in the same fashion as he did to those helpless animals. He did it for money! I think his team was paying him millions! The NFL has a lot of spoiled babies and they need to clean up their act.

How do folks feel about Tiger Woods these days?

I HATE what Michael Vick did~BUT he paid his debt to society. As far as I know, with "great" humility (which I'm sure was difficult). I'm GLAD the Falcons declined his gifts, but I think he should be able to play ball again. I don't get how all these multi-million dollar a year athletes can't manage their money better than they do. So sad!

For Rafer,
Most hated so called athletes is a tie right now, Michael Vick and the DUO of Cassius Clay and Jane Fonda. Vick for the Dogs and "Ali" and Jane for the Anti-American love they've shown for our troops.

This "poll" is a joke. Kobe Bryant 5th? Maybe because he just beat all the teams to win the championship this year, still lots of sour fans out there whose teams got beat.....Either that, or the racist vote because he slept with a white woman in Colorado. Kobe does more for charity (without the cameras following him) than possibly any other athlete today. Take a look at what he has done for the Make-A-Wish foundation and all those children before you put him on a list like this. (I also feel that the token whites #9 and #10 were added by your editor so it doesn't look so obviously racist. Many sports fans don't even know who John McEnroe is, it's not the 80's anymore, so I call fake on that one)

Robin, you were glowing and beautiful every morning this week–as always !!! Your array of fashion was like a rainbow of colors with your
personal touch of morning sunshine; what more can we say . . . just so perfect in every way !!! We must not forget our Natasha and Jenn, who are always very pretty and spiffy !!! Now, in regard to personal dislikes, criticism, etc. of certain individuals, we must seriously think before speaking offensively of others !!! In the event that someone has been living under a rock–or even stranded on a remote island–we must remember the nationwide, infamous police officer-college professor Massachusetts incident we have been enthralled with at every watercooler discussion !!! Let's face it: harsh words can be very hurtful to all the parties involved !!! The only serious objections we have when it comes to sports figures are when their egos are larger than their overpaid salaries !!! Also, when they are portrayed as fashion models–flashing their bling-bling in all the
tabloids/magazines !!! Many of them tend to forget who put them on the high pedestals on which they are supposedly sitting high and almighty !!! It's the die-hard fans, especially our New Orleans Saints followers who put aside funds (such like a Christmas account for presents) to purchase Saints season tickets for their families to be there in the Superdome–and not in front of their televisions !!! The majority of this clique are hardworking, regular-paid guys who have a strong belief in this custom– sort of like a handed-down family tradition !!! Just ask our Rafer, as he can relate to going to (and appreciating) all the Chicago baseball games he and his remarkable father attended as he was growing up !!! So, guys, when the National Anthem is being played as you stand on the sidelines, say a prayer of thanks for who you are today . . . and for those who made it possible to be there !!! Have a great weekend, Robin; you definitely deserve it !!! Remember: we love ya, Ohio girl . . . Robin's Follies !!!

Look @ this list.... I suppose since Stallworth only killed a Hispanic man, that rates just below the dogs. Kobe made the list but Rothlisberger did not oh but wait, there were no criminal charges. T.O. Let's see what did he do? Was he the one photographed smoking a bong?

OK REGGIE GARCIA WAS BORN YESTERDAY, BECAUSE HE MUST BE FORGETING THAT KOBE BRYANT WRECK A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ( THE DYNASTY)
HE SNITCHED ON SHAQ FOR NO REASON BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT CHEATING ON HIS WIFE WITH A HOTEL BATHROOM MAT ADJUSTER. (ARE YOU FORGETTING) LETS JUST SAY THAT WHEN THE LAKERS LOST SHAQ THEY TURNED INTO ONE OF THE WORST TEAMS ON THE WEST COAST AND THEY DIDNT GET BETTER UNTIL THEY BROUGHT IN OTHER ALLSTARS.

SO HE HAS 4 RINGS NOW...... IF HE WASNT A TEAM OBLITERATOR THEY JUST MIGHT HAVE HAVE 7 RINGS RIGHT NOW!!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!.....

YOU CANT HAVE JUST STARTED WATCHING THE NBA THESE PAST TWO YEARS AND PLACE YOUR JUDGEMENT ON THESE MATTERS . YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOR AT LEAST10 YEARS TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE DESTROYS A TEAM CHEMISTRY

ITS FAIR TO SAY THAT IN THIS PRESENT DAY HE HAS CHANGED BUT ITS TOO LATE HE DESTROYED THE UNSTOPPABLE LA.LAKERS WHO USED TO SWEEP WORTHY TEAMS. FANS HATE THAT.( WOULD JERRY WEST WANNA GET RID OF WILT?)

KOBE AND IVERSON WERE ALIKE BUT KOBE HAS MATURED IVERSON IS STILL A TEAM OBLITERATOR

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THIS LIST IS NOT RACIST...I AM BLACK LOOK AT MY PICS ON MYSPACE (JAY-VON1@HOTMAIL.COM)
I LOVE THIS LIST BECAUSE ITS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE ..MABEY NOT IN ORDER BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE ALLEN IVERSON UP HIGHER BECAUSE HE WONT GO TO PRACTICE..... PRACTICE...

SO HE DOSENT KNOW THE PLAYS AND WHEN HE STEPS ON THE COURT HE CANT PLAY TEAM BALL BECAUSE YOU LEARN THE PLAYS IN PRACTICE....... PRACTICE......

NOT TO MENTION HE WRECKED DENVER AND DETROIT, AND THATS A FACT

THIS LIST IS FAIR AND JUST AND IAM GLAD SOMEBODY HAS THE COURAGE TO POST THE LIST....

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If Michael Vick is back in the NFL, I will ban any team that takes him, he displayed too much cruelty in the pleasure he took to kill the dogs, his only regret is losing all the money he could make in football.

I don't like LeBron James. He's a big cry baby that will never be as good as Kobe Bryant. He Cried when they lost in the finals and wouldn't speak to the press. He also cried to Nike when an amateur dunked on him. He didn't want the public to see the footage so he had it confiscated. What a stupid monkey boy.

You know what people... If Mike Vick would have killed a man we wouldn't have shown him this much hate. TO's great at his craft but trust and believe that he's not the only athlete that doesn't know how to keep his mouth closed. Oh but talk about someonw like Babe Ruth and his scandels and all of New Yorks mafias want to come looking for you. Whatever grow up people! Keep Brett Farve retired then talk. He's an embarrassment to football.

You know what people... If Mike Vick would have killed a man we wouldn't have shown him this much hate. TO's great at his craft but trust and believe that he's not the only athlete that doesn't know how to keep his mouth closed. Oh but talk about someonw like Babe Ruth and his scandels and all of New Yorks mafias want to come looking for you. Whatever grow up people! Keep Brett Farve retired then talk. He's an embarrassment to football. You all are absolutely right about one thing Kobe slept with a white woman but wait he was never convicted of that right?

Where's Barry Bonds??? He's the Madoff of baseball. Wish he could get 150 years!!

I can't believe n e one would want this dog killer on there team. whoever picks this guy up is sick .

McEnroe seems to have mellowed and pokes fun at his behavior when he was playing. I always disliked him then, but don't know.

As for the top 8 being minority ... doesn't that pretty much mirror the percentage of top pros playing now?

Roger Clemens would have been up there pretty high for me.

I saw funny sketch about that... http://www.faqsnews.com/2009/07/28/huge-sports-fan/

Wake up America…when is enough, enough? In the midst of this Gates, Obama vs. the Police saga the media just can’t get enough of …now we have to deal with this nonsense.
I guess Forbes doesn’t think people of color read their publications…so they wouldn’t run the risk of offending them by taking such a waste of time poll.

Ok…the pollsters had to add a white coach (not an athlete) and a former spoiled brat from two decades ago to this list of rich, successful and famous athletes of color so not to reflect its true “Blacklisting” intent.

What was the mind set of the geniuses who thought this was a great question to begin with? Was it yet another attempt to berate men of color on a national stage? They couldn’t think of any other controversial sports figures to list? Oh, what about George Steinbrenner, Al Davis, Bobby Knight, Pete Rose, Mark McGuire, Roger Clements, Bill Romanowski, etc…oh…their WHITE!

Though these sports figures may be disliked or even hated within the game, they never seem to generate enough anger or rage from fans as to take it out of the arena of sports into everyday life as the athletes of color seems to do. One should ask one self where is this coming from? Is it his talent you resent or the money he makes? Did he beat your favorite team? Did he cause you to loose a bet…because even these shouldn’t be reason enough to take it outside the sports world.

It’s obvious, there has always been resentment of athletes who make large sums of money and generate fame for playing a game for a living; by the average Joe, who has to get up at some un-godly hour of the morning, take two buses to a job he most likely doesn’t like that pays even less and puts up with a jerk for a boss. So, it’s understandable what this guy feels when a guy who plays a game starts crying about how bad he has it.

Now the poll that should have been asked is “why are athletes of color more hated than their white counterparts?” That would have been a more enlightening poll. I know it comes with the territory…fame creates enemies and most men of color usually become the face to their respective sport, so when they’re associated with any negative situations it’s always blown way out of proportion, over punished and over ridiculed, where as their white counterparts are always under publicized, slapped on the wrist and forgiven all their sins and welcomed back into society and even elevated to poster boys for the great American myth of “Second Chances”.

The media in its intent to titillate and entice readers/viewers seem to only concentrate on the athlete of color…thereby manipulating and shaping the view of fans across the world.
No wonder most fans’ have a negative view of the athlete of color. If we as fans would not bring social ills like racism, sexism and bigotry into the sports arena the tabloid media would not be able to fan the flames of hatred as reflected in this poll. It is that simple…we just have to stop the HATE!

[...] would certainly be understandable if the Vikings were hesitant to sign Vick. Who would want the guy just voted the most disliked athlete in the world to be the face of their [...]

I agree with the first poster about the bias of this poll- what, Todd Bertuzzi cripples a guy, but he's OK? Lenny Dykstra drives drunk, but he's now a role model? Pete Rose and Marge Schott disgrace their team, but no mention? Mark McGwire is accused of steroid use alongside Sammy Sosa and Jose Conseco, but he escapes squeaky clean? Lemme guess, Jerry Tarkanian also wins the prize for integrity in sports...

I don't excuse the conduct of Vick, and agree with some of the picks here, but who the h@ll did the pollsters survey when they did this topic, the Klan? Bad behavior and unpopularity have no color, neither in sports nor any other endeavor in North American life. Try polling again, and while you're at it, ask any Canadian about Gary Bettman, and you'll see that he'll top any list for most unpopular sports figure.

Keep in mind this survey included a coach who is definitely not now an athlete, so you may want to tighten up what is meant by athlete, as well as define which decades you want to include. However, I have a better idea- try an online poll next time, so that you get a more representative sample rather than one that seems to have been derived from a bar full of bigots.

Well I can understand why people are hating on Vick, but why is T.O on that list ? sure he has a huge ego but there are alot of athletes that did alot more worse than him, and people brought up a nice point in that most of the people on that list are minorities (the top 8 are either black or hispanic).

Personally I hate (just a bit) brett favre, not for his game but for his unwillingness to retire like a normal human being and toy with the fans of the Jets and now the Vikings, either retire or play !

This list is pretty interesting. The one that doesn't seem to fit is Michael Vick. All of the other selections have to do with personality and performance on the field, etc. If we base it on off-field things that we as a society should hate... I would have to include the following people above Michael Vick:
Leonard Little
Dante Stallworth
Rae Carruth
Ray Lewis
OJ Simpson
Pacman Jones
Mike Tyson

As for on-field thingsk, more minor off-field things, or just personalities that people hate, these should have cracked the top 10 I would think:

Tonya Harding
Barry Bonds
Bill Laimbeer
Bill Belichick
Jose Conseco
Reggie Miller
Pete Rose
Nick Saban
Roger Clemens
JJ Reddick
Tyler Hansbrough
and my personal fav to hate since Miami... The soldier... Kellen Winslow Jr.

I didn't see the poll for this just the results so I don't know what the spread was here as far as the minority issue is. I'm a white guy and a huge sports fan and I can name plenty of White, Black, and Hispanic athletes that I think should have made this list that didn't. The most puzzling people on the list to me our guys like Michael Vick who has not played in what, 3 years now why was he even put on the poll? Johnny MAC!?!?!? This guy has not played since the early 90s. Where are guys like Kurt Busch and David Beckham? Isaiah Thomas is no longer an athlete and who are they polling that he would even make the top 10? Again Sabin not a liked guy but not an athlete. If we are going to throw former athletes on this list how about Pete Rose, Claude Lemieux and Floyd Maywhether? Anyway this poll is in my mind very off and could use a lot of revamping.

What? Mike Tyson and Charles Barkley are no longer in the top ten! Of course, there are plenty of sports enthusiasts who don't know who Charles Barkley is even. And there are plenty of sports stars to dislike. The current list is just a fad and will quickly change as we move into yet another season and more boneheaded events occur. And just for the record, sports owners should be included which would place Jerry Jones as number one followed by Art Modell as number two.

Bud Selig, for making the greatest hitter in Baseball history for serving more time than most 2nd degree MURDERERS IN THIS COUNTRY, wake up BUD, we want Pete IN THE HALL, BY SPECIAL AWARD, ONLY YOU CAN DO!!!

I dont agree with what micheal vick did. I live here in Texas where people taxedermy deer and place them on wooden mantles just for sport. Do you think God would be o.k with you killing his creations out of sheer sport and not for necessity. Bitbulls kill each other in those circles. He tried to pull the race card when his case had nothing to due with race but I still think race is an issue due to our now diverse population.
South and Western States/Country Folk- (Irish,Germans,english)
East coast states- Italian Americans and Jewish Americans
Real Hispanics are White and from Spain/Europe but there is a fast growing population of Brown Latin Americans or (Mestizos and Mulattos) from Cuba,Columbia,Mexico, El Salvador, Puertor Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
Some what sizable groups of colored people- Asians, Arabs, Indians, and Blacks.
smallest group of colored people- Native Americans.

what a bunch of LOSERS trying to make this a race thing, GET OVER IT. 80% of your pro-athletes are minorities! You guys just wont let it die huh?

I am not a huge sports fan but i do agree with this list,i watch the news on HLN almost every morning and everyday it's the same people in sports in the highlights and lately it hasn't been good things being said.Michael Vick is number 1 and for good reason,i know other people have done worse things but to be that took the whole thing and i'm glad people are responding in the way they are,it was very wrong.

I wouldnt put Vick at the top but maybe 5th, chad (ochocinco) johnson should be there. defintely Mike tyson, It all depends on timing of the poll. take the same poll next spring & you would see different results.

By the way Rafer whats your top ten list?

dante stallworth....no prison time for murder!!!!

For god sake give give a Vick a break man, he has served his time he did not kill the dogs his self.

Professional athletes are so overpaid for what they do! Then when they resort to stuff like this, cruielty to animals, there is no excuse for that and they should be banned forever from returning to any type of professional sports! That is so unhuman. Think about those that have commited crimes less than this and they serve more time than the professional athletes that commit cruielty to innocent animals.
Barr him forever!!!

Whatever happen to Ben Johnson being on the list. What about Marion Jones and the three other athletes on the relay team that might have to give up their medals. Just a thought and to be honest I really don't dislike them. I was hoping they would make a comeback from their mistakes.

And when I said the relay team. I meant they were clean and they might have to give up their earned medals because of someone juicing(or flax-seed) lol.

Wait a minute NICK SABAN is on the list. Listen Miami, MSU and LSU please let this man be a success. Coaches come and go. Sometimes they leave for something better. Only thing I want is for him stay at Alabama for awhile can't get much better than that program. Unless he wants the Ohio State job(are you kidding me). How about putting the Cleveland Browns management on the list. Or better than that Art modell(hope I spelled that right) lol. By the way I love Cleveland regardless.

I hope that Michael Vick and the Eagles BOTH go bankrupt because of Vick and his vicious acts. He has NOT paid his debt to society. He cannot bring back the innocent dogs he knowingly killed. I will boycot Vick, the Eagles and any other association he has with anyone. That includes the US Humane Society for backing him. If he were truly sorry he would lead the police to all his buddies that were involved in the dogfighting. I hope the Eagles play near my hometown so I can protest in person.

Morning you 'al , one name came to mind is , Dennis Rodman. Need I say more?

Are the Eagles crazy my family will never watch a game that includes Vic, what a way to teach our young people how they can do something that they know is wrong and then reward them for it. The Philadelphia Eagles should be ashamed of themselves

Sick Vick.
Everyone knows that heinous felons start with torturing and/or killing small animals. They may start with birds or squirrels. They graduate to dogs and cats. Next....humans. They are sociopaths. I'm sorry. Vick knew what he was doing to those dogs. Does spending a few months in prison warrant a clean slate? Not in my opinion.

Michael Vick, Michael Jackson, who cares??

Welcome Back Michael...It all lays in your corner. I don't care what the naysayers think or say, He's back. He deserves a chance to prove himself. The reason why most feel he's a grimace to society, is beyond me. Get over yourselves, as if your first name is Christ. We're such a grumbling country, let it go and move on.

Vick does not deserve a second chance in making mega dollars. He is not an individual that has changed. The change came due to the money he will earn and isn't that sad. The eagles made a poor choice.

Vic not only fought the dogs, he tortured them. I have seen the personal picuures of one of the investigators that never made it to the media because they were WAY too gruseome!

Every time i hear Vic's name or see his photo I get nausious because I remember the pictures of Vic's house, the torture devices he used and the stains from the dogs that were left on the torture implements.

He has NO business being back in the NFL where there is any remote possibility that he could be considered a hero or looked to as a role model!

Robin, Michael Vick paid his dues.Let him try to get on with his life.

This would be a tie between Vick and OJ.
However, OJ is not longer in the sports arena.
Unfortunately the Eagles do not seem to see any problem with having a sadistic torturer and compulsive liar as their representative and a role model for impressionable youth.
Thanks to the city of brotherly love!!!
May he and McNab have a successful and profitable career together.
Who gives a damn about dead animals anyway? They can breed more to fight and torture to death with his new income.
It's reality that the almighty $$ is more important than justice, humanity, and compassion in the US.
And football is way more important than the welfare of voiceless dogs.
We should pay him MORE than 1.5 million so he can set up a chain of dog fight kennels. It will give the young in the US a vocation during this recession. Yeah Michael!!
How sad.

hope the other dirty birds never win a game, unless its against dallas

All the negatives about M. Vick signing with the Eagles or returning to football. That's all he knows and should be allowed to earn a living. Perhaps he should move to a country where dog fighting is legal, start a ring there and post the fights on you-tube for you whiners to watch. He's done his time and paid his dues. Get over it!!!

Dear Peggy, Are you insane? You are suggesting the only way Mike Vick can pay his debt to society is by bringing back to life the dogs that died?
Comments like that are the reason animal rights groups are thought of as lunatics.

You are going to boycott the US Humane Society?! How in the world does that help further your cause? The Humane Society teaming with Vick in the inner cities could do a lot of good to STOP future cruelty to animals.

I think (and hope) that you are speaking from emotion right now, because those comments don't shine a positive light on animal lovers, including myself. Let's take a deep breath, and find the positive in this situation, because it does exist. Michael Vick has the opportunity now to help a lot of animals.

A lot of these guys have huge ego,s. Some of these guys swear they are the stuff legends are made of, but only one of these guys can take a faithful dog who will do anything to please his master, including fighting for its very life! and then procedd to reward it by choking it and looking into its glazed eyes.....
Truly a behaviour that cannot be understood,

People, people, people, this should not be about black or white is should be about how ANY athletes brought shame to his or her family, fans and most of all TEAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's no way Terrell Owens can be listed as #4 in any area of the
top ten. Now maybe O.J Simpson as #1 due to the murder of his lovely
wife and her friend and some-how got away with (But Not Now)! What goes around comes around! Terrell Owens only states what he see &
feels about the coaches & players do on the field and I agreed with him! I'm a Cowboy fan since 1971 and I hate the pressent coach of the Cowboys period. If you want to add a top ten hated coaches in the
NFL #1 in my list "Cowboys" head coach. I hate this man so much I don't want to write or think about his name due to the sloppy way his handling the "Cowboys" since being hired by yes, "Jerry Jones" put him in #2. for the owners of the top ten hated list! The worst mistake
Jerry Jones did was get rid of Terrell Owens! as one of my (example)!
To have an opinion about a "Person or Organization" of something that is wrong is "Not a Crime", but the "Truth"! There it is!

AT... I am CERTAIN that Vic could learn how to push a vacuume or flip a burger. To say that the only thing he can do is play football is ldicris to the point of ignorance! I guarntee that he can empty garbage cans extremely well.

Putting a fealon who gets off on torturing ANYTHING that is living in a position where he/she could be a role model (which all persons in the entertainment industry unfortunately end up being) should be criminal in and of itself. No one NEEDS the kind of money that Vic makes to live.

There are other names that should be on this list like Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Isiah Thomas, and Mark McGuire, Brett Favre.

And Vick SUCKS! he isnt nearly the player he used to be, and i really dont see him getting back to be that standout player in the NFL. i think we could add jeff Gordon, Kyle Bush, pacman jones, Albert haynesworth and a few others to that list!

Why the hell is Vick number 1???? He didn't even kill dogs! All he did was let the people use his house for the fights. Donte Stallworth kills a man at 3-4 am while under the influence and only gets 24 days in jail!!!! If that was me, they would have locked me up and threw away the key. Oh and were is Barry Bonds, OJ Simpson, Vince Carter, Ron Artest, Mark Mcguire, Mike Tyson,Bruce Bowen,etc. Horrible list, I mean Kobe at 5!! The dude has just as much jockers as he does haters so it evens out.