The 15 Worst Owners In Sports

Chris Greenberg, Huffington Post
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 8:07am

Sports arguments compensate for our powerlessness. We will never be permitted on the playing field, court or ice to change the outcome of the game – and even if we were, we'd be toast – so we soothe our nerves by preemptively doubting the efficacy of a play, screaming at it as it happens and second-guessing the whole thing when it's done.

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