From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doug Pensinger wrote:
> I used to be a Raider hater, but after all their fans have gone > through, I don't hate them anymore. I even think that they got > robbed in the AFC championship a couple years ago on that bogus not > a fumble call.
It was a pass attempt, really! OK, maybe not. A lot of people around here
think it's some karmic recompense for a blown "roughing the passer" call that
cost the Patriots the AFC championship vs the Raiders back in the 70's. And
of course, Al Davis blamed it on a conspiracy against him by the NFL.
> I do hate Al Davis though. Not only is he continually f**king his > fans - some of the most faithful in football, but he completely > ruined the Oakland Coliseum for baseball with the "Mt. Davis" > addition when the Raiders came back to Oakland. One of the biggest > a**holes in sports.
My mother-in-law hates the Raiders *because* of Al Davis. At this point, though, she might have to hate the Cowboys due to Jerry Jones, I think, and I'm not sure she's willing to go *that* far.
Al Davis is my primary reason to hate the Raiders, too.
What other owners are hated by fans?
Robery Irsay, now-deceased owner of the (then) Baltimore Colts was hated by a lot of people when he snuck them out of Baltimore.
Art Modell is hated similarly for moving the Browns from Cleveland (though he was forced to leave the team name behind).
Mike Brown, the owner of the Bengals, is hated by some Bengals fans, mostly because they think he's inept at running the team.
Dan Snyder, owner of the Redskins, is widely hated by Gregg Easterbrook (among others), who refers to him as "Lord Voldemort".
What owners are *not* hated by fans?
I was going to mention Wellington Mara, but Tom beat me to it.
Bob Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is generally considered a pretty good guy. Except the people of Hartford, who hate him because he made a deal to move the Pats there, but then backed out and kept them in Foxboro.
Art/Dan Rooney, owners of the Steelers, are also generally considered good guys.
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