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Latest survey from Nielsen shows Manti " The Catfish" Te'o has taken the title of America's Most Disliked Athlete, tying Lance Armstrong at the top. Here are the rankings:
T-1: Lance Armstrong
T-1: Manti Te'o
3: Tiger Woods
T-4: Jay Cutler
T-4: Metta World Peace
6: Alex Rodriguez
7: Michael Vick
T-8: Kurt Busch
T-8: Kobe Bryant
T-8: Tony Romo
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2013/02/05/americas-10-most-disliked-athletes/
Arbitrarily chose ND coming from Hawaii... That was his biggest mistake.
Why does everyone hate him, he got suckered and publicly shamed. People should feel bad for him.
who carry on phone relationships with guys thinking they're hopelessly sick women... or America hates stoopid peoplez
Reality TV alone should be evidence enough of that. Kim Kardashian is my closing argument. And if you appeal I'm coming back with every single cable news outlet there is...
1). He played up a story to the media about his his gf died, but he had never even met the girl. Want to say that someone you got close to over the Internet died? Sure. Even saying a close friend. But, if you have never met her, she is not your gf. And to allow the media to run with such a story is pathetic.
2) even after he allegedly found out about the hoax, he still gave inter ores talking about his gf dying. At that point, any possible gullibility excuse foes out the window.
...Notre Dame.
Involved. Seriously, this has been a mountain of pain to inflict on us. I would have been happy at fraud being committed. Instead we got him on the talk shows along with his accomplice/buddy/boyfriend(?) which has simply been more than enough for me.
Involved. Seriously, this has been a mountain of pain to inflict on us. I would have been happy at fraud being committed. Instead we got him on the talk shows along with his accomplice/buddy/boyfriend(?) which has simply been more than enough for me.
Tiger woods will always be at the top of a ranking. It's in his DNA.
Also, lol at Kurt Busch getting put on on a list of athletes.
Wow. That's a list of cheaters (in their sports and in their marriages), abusers, drug users, whiners, quitters... and one not so bright Hawaiin. No way he belongs on that list.
But given the death of his girlfriend became the story of college football and even mainstream media for a time, this is the type of reaction I would expect from the general public. No one likes being fed a fake feel-good story.
It doesn't help that Manti and ND continued the hoax well after they knew the truth. I think people would have been more sympathetic if he had come clean earlier before the story broke. If Manti had come clean before Deadspin broke the story, his reputation would not be ruined today.
If we are to believe Manti, his parents should be pretty pissed off at him. After he found out about the hoax, when asked about what was the toughest part of the season, he had the choice between his fake dead girlfriend and his real dead grandmother...and we know which one he picked. Being such a family man, I would think his family wouldn't be too thrilled about that.
But then again, he is a fucking idiot and a liar, so I don't really mind his reputation being ruined
Their choices were/are:
1.) "Our son is a terrible person who manipulated a story of the death of a fake woman for personal gain while simultaneously trivializing the importance of a REAL family member's death. We are truly awful parents. Please forgive us."
OR
2.) "Our son is a sweet, gentle, and naive person who goes to church every sunday and would never do any of that filthy "skype-ing" with a proper woman and was tricked and taken advantage of by a terrible internet person who wanted his money. Thank God we raised our boy right!"
Which story do you think a parent is more likely to want to run away with?
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/nielsen-poll-manti-teo-americas-most-disliked-athlete#comment-1913501
Because he summed it up quite nicely.
Cutler on this list because he has a scowl and the media doesn't like him? OK.
It's because of Kristen Cavilleri, or however you spell it, obviously.
not seeing Ray Lewis on there...
Some of these guys cheated, took drugs and profited from it.
Some (Te'o) lied to America about a dead gf after finding out that she didnt exist.
And some are just dicks.
All deserving of our dislike.
Nut ray Lewis was involved on a double murder, stonewalled the cops, burned his own clothing to hide evidence, plead guilty to impeding the investigation and shows no remorse, and most of the media act as if he is a hero.
Admits he was present at the Super Bowl when the lights were killed, denies any connection.
Plea deal to 2nd degree flickering the switch.
Fuck Ray Lewis. I hope he has a stroke on air while thanking God for his ESPN job.
Good. If you think ND and Teo aren't capable of trying to pull off this ridiculous lie then you don't know ND or their history very well.
That should be enough to make Jack Swarbrick cry again.
I know it is old news, but I can't get enough of this.
Vick should be number one without a doubt.
Killed and hurt dogs.
Ray Lewis was involved in the death of 2 people. And covered it up. If Vick makes the list, Lewis should be 1.
Should be 1, arod 2, then Anderson Varejo because I hate his floppy ass
for an obvious reason.
Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Te'o, any list that doesn't list Armstrong and Metta World Peace at the top is invalid. Armstrong lied to people for over a decade and sued anyone who spoke the truth. Metta is a crazy man who fights everyone and seems to be half a second from killing people, and yet a college kid who lied/was tricked about a GF is the monster.
far gone.
this poll appears to only have queried haters.
how about a list of the most hated athletes compiled by poling people who are not haters!
Randy Moss... the NFL's all-time best receiver... allegedly, should be toward the top of this list.
I don't follow the NFL very closely, but he always seems unobjectionable to me.
Ron Artest?
He changed his name to metta world peace he's tied for 4th
I hate ND in the sense of a bitter sports rivalry, but T'eo simply humiliated himself and made others looked foolish.
Others caused serious harm and are worthy of hate - Armstrong (ruined lives through years of stonewalling), Vick (killed dogs, and I'm a dog lover), OJ Simpson (do you really think he's innocent?), etc.
In case we need any more evidence that America is full of idiots.
Just about everyone on the list has been directly involved in a headline grabbing scandal except Cutler. He's just that big of a jerk eh?
Johnny Miller tops the most hated Golf Announcer list every year. He also tops the favorite Golf Announcer list every year. Stats are just that, a slice of the detail that you are trying to prove. You can make a valid argument about just about anything if you take the right slice of stats.
Speaks to the inability of people to reason. Teo is a kid. And harmed no one except himself. Ray Lewis should be in jail.
But he inspired the struggling blue-collar people of Cleveland, I mean Baltimore!
I'd like to see this poll taken again in two years to see which if any of these players' misconduct has diminished in public perception.
