Ranking the NFL Owners: No Surprise, Al Davis is the Worst
1-liner, NFL September 3rd. 2009, 1:15pmNFL Owners: Yahoo’s Michael Silver ranked the NFL owners, and to the surprise of nobody, Al Davis of the Raiders is last. Rounding out the bottom five: 31. Cincinnati’s Mike Brown, 30. Chicago’s Virginia McCaskey, 29. Detroit’s William Clay Ford, 28. Cleveland’s Randy Lerner, 27. St. Louis’s Chip Rosenbloom/Lucia Rodriguez. Common trait: Four out of the five teams have been complete non-factors in the league in the last five years. Number 1 is Robert Kraft, of course. Not that a Raiders fan needs any more salt in the wound, but Forbes also ranked the Raiders as the least-valued franchise in the league. Dallas was first. [Forbes]
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September 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
0-16 and literally the worst NFL team ever apparently means nothing. Great list.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Winning absolutely nothing apparently makes Richardson and Jones better than the Rooneys. Great list.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Ralph Wilson is worse than Tom Benson? Michael silver sucks
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
We may have missed the damn playoffs but at least our franchise is the most valuable
/ sighs in dissappointmenr
// it strangely actually does make me feel a little better
/// GO COWBOYS!!
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Btw dirtheavy your a cowboys fan right? I’m going to the season opener in Tampa. Once every two years the come to Florida and I get to see them live I can’t wait
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Did he manage to work in a reference to his text buddy Warren Sapp? Or the Warner family? Silver is an unabashed fame-whore.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Rams have only had this ownership for like two and a 1/2 years and they seem to have at least attempted to turn the ship around. That rank is unfair, they should have gotten an incomplete.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
how the hell do the redskins generate the most revenue?
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
casinos
/RUN
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Redskins stadium is a cash cow
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
haha + alot
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Jets at 20? That seams about right. The new stadium sounds like a waste of money, and no fan can afford those damn PSL’s.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Fedex is huge, and they charge a fortune for parking (i think its $25 for the lots a mile away that you need to be bussed to/from).
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
You know what this site needs more of? That awful “extract” movie ads all over the page. Like, every character I type should just come out as Mila Kunis’s face.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Sounds about right no me!
Sincerely,
UK basketball fan.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I’ll never completely forgive Benson, but the team has been extremely successfully since Katrina. The team has marketable players. It is a contender now. The front office and coaching situation is stable because he’s keeping out of it now. His team is in arguably the “worst” NFL market in the country, but he still has some minor national following, has a season ticket waiting list of over 50,000 people, and just finished another sweetheart deal with the state that will keep him rich. He’s doing well for himself.
Am I still having trouble trusting him though? Absolutely.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
By bypassing their loyal fans and giving their tickets to Steelers fans for like $1,000 a pop through a ticket “broker.”
/AM Roundup’d
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Didn’t Benson try to move the team before the NFL stepped in and pretty much threw money at him?
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Speaking of the AM Roundup, the second half of comment 9 is the truthiest statement evar.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
You could almost say they are scalping?
/RUNS AGAIN
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Pretty much. We laugh at that because we say that Jerry Jones refused to let him own a team in San Antonio, and the league refused to let him own a team in Los Angeles.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Cowboys have the 4th lowest operating income but are worth the most money.
/looking for MBAs to help me out
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
This would only take a marketing major. Lots of douchebags like the Cowboys. Plus the new stadium and all the sweet shit its going to host raises the value. There also isn’t an ounce of debt involved with the team I believe.
/Hopes there wasn’t a sarcasm tag.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
@sponge,
Basically operating income is extra money they make. This can include ticket sales, jersey sales, beer, parking, sponsors, etc. This is why the locals hate Dan Snyder so much. He only allows his approved media to watch games in person, He had a sign a few years ago that said XM was the official radio of the Skins (Sirius owned the rights to the NFL at the time) things like this. Dude is a greedy whore and his income shows it.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Synder’s not an owner to make friends, dude wants money like everyone else.
Not everyone can be a Steinbrenner!
/leaves to never see the responses
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I’ve said this for years now. William Clay Ford senior is one of the worst owners in professional sports. I sit on my knees on the floor next to my bed every night with hands folded and pray to God that William Clay Ford senior dies so that the city of Detroit and all Lions football fans will no longer be stuck under his oppressive ownership.
I found it laughable driving to work this morning and hearing Mark Schlerth say the Detroit has good ownership.