10 Most Unpopular Athletes

Newser ^ | 02/06/2013 | By John Johnson,

[Responsibility2nd]

(Newser) – The new Nielsen/E-Poll survey of the most disliked athletes in America has the not-so-surprising name of Lance Armstrong at the top of the list, reports Forbes. More surprising is that Notre Dame star and soon-to-be-NFL'er Manti Te'o tied Armstrong with a measly 15% approval rating. Even if he was a hoax victim, Teo's fake girlfriend saga has taken a toll on his image.

• Worst three: After Armstrong and Te'o comes Tiger Woods, with a 19% appeal rating. It hasn't budged much since his scandal.
• Middle of pack: Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler (21%), the Lakers' Metta World Peace (21%), Alex Rodriguez (22%), and Michael Vick (23%).
• Final three: NASCAR's Kurt Busch, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, and Dallas QB Tony Romo tied with 27%.

More details on the unlucky 10 here.

[Responsibility2nd]

Loosers.

[struggle]

What about Bill Buckner?

[TexasCajun]

Surprisingly Kurt Busch made the top 10 over his bratty, whiny kid brother, Kyle.

Should have just stated Nascar's Busch Brothers.

[Huntress]

Where’s OJ Simpson?

[oh8eleven]

Yeah, and they probably can't spell either.
But this list is BS anyway. Where's Barry Bonds, Ray Lewis ... and a thousand others?

[Revolting cat!]

OH, jeez, how does one get on that list, I’m pretty unpopular and I’m an athlete, too?!

[dfwgator]

Number One here in Dallas should be Lamar “Kardashian” Odom.

[Revolting cat!]

Unpopular all the way to the

Not bad, not bad at all!

[nascarnation]

LOL on Ron Artest.

He was here in Indy for 4 years, apparently left behind a legendary number of offspring....

[Oberon]

Pete Rose!

[Banjoguy]

...and we should care about this list because..??

[Revolting cat!]

Wait till you see a list of ten most unpopular musical instruments!

[Revolting cat!]

Wait till you see a list of ten most unpopular musical instruments!

[Revolting cat!]

Wait, why isn't this looser on the list?

[WinMod70]

Where’s OJ Simpson?

He’s living in a small bungalo in Lovelock, Nevada.

[Howie66]

“Wait, why isn’t this looser on the list?”

Are “golfers” to be considered athletes? Or....are they just athletic supporters?

PS: Nice shooting! :-)

[razorback-bert]

A list, I agree with.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Wait, why isn't this looser on the list?"

What's a "looser"?

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Loosers."

What are "loosers"?

[Revolting cat!]

What's a "looser"?

A traditional FR enigmatic anomaly.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

This picture, and the one of him throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, demonstrate that he is most certainly NOT an athlete.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

The opposite of “tighters.”

[DaxtonBrown]

Most Unpopular of athletes has always been ‘Foot’.

[Revolting cat!]

This picture, and the one of him throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, demonstrate that he is most certainly NOT an athlete.

HOMOPHOBE!

[Mr. Jeeves]

Despite his talent, watch Te’o go undrafted. Or at best be a 7th round pick by the Raiders. The NFL has less tolerance for head cases than it used to.

[BO Stinkss]

Give Te'o a break - his girlfriend just died.

[Slings and Arrows]

Better hope the mods don’t know what the 2nd item from the right is.

[OldMissileer]

Better hope the mods don’t know what the 2nd item from the right is.

That part of the picture got a chuckle out of me. :-)

[ShasheMac]

Good one. :)

[catfish1957]

Ray Lewis???

[catfish1957]

Tony Romo???? Any guy who can date both Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood has 27% just outright jealous.

[KSCITYBOY]

Everybody but Boston loved Billy Buck

[dmz]

...and we should care about this list because..??

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How ‘bout you tell us why you care about this list - evidenced by your reading and commenting.

For me, I read it because I assumed Ray Lewis was in the top 10, and I’m a Baltimorean but also a mandolinguy.

[KSCITYBOY]

Loosers is loosers...

[dfwgator]

Romo is actually fairly likable, he just can’t win the big game.

[Slings and Arrows]

Me too, which is probably why I’ll never be a mod.

[dmz]

Romo is actually fairly likable, he just can’t win the big game.

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He can’t win the medium sized games that get him to the big game.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Interesting double entendre, but one variant of the entendre lacks in credibility, kind sir.

[rsobin]

McEnroe is the biggest punk bitch loser ever.

[Revolting cat!]

Kind sir, 9 years around, time to get with the program, one rule of which demands humorous uses of commonly known frequent illiterate misspellings.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

I’ve seen “hugh” and “series” used in this fashion, but using “looser” is a new one for me.

[Political Junkie Too]

At least Tim Tebow wasn't on the list.

-PJ

[OKSooner]

LOOSER: Comparative of "Loose", i.e. "I like my shoes looser and not tighter."

LOSER: One who loses often or is a disreputable person, i.e. "He was found innocent of criminal charges but eventually was found liable in civil court, and was later convicted on unrelated charges in the state of Nevada because in post-NFL life he turned out to be a loser."

[Mears]

Boston forgave Buckner April,2008. He got a standing ovation.

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[Darren McCarty]

Titus Young (FORMER Lion) needs to be on the list.

[WellyP]

Good Lord, how many of us saw that poor guy blow the play of the century!

[Responsibility2nd]

I chose ‘looser’ on purpose. Its part of the FR lexicon.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/looser/index?tab=articles

Yes, I’m series. Hope this did not stune you.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Barry Bonds isn’t on the list? Arrogant SOB was hated even before he roided up to look like a circus sideshow act. And it wasn’t because he is black, Al.

[Responsibility2nd]

See post 47.

[KSCITYBOY]

In Prison where he belongs.