The 25 Most Hated Teams of All Time

[CF DolFan]

I was surpirsed no one brought this up last week. The Heat have already made the list and haven't even played a game!!

According to this list Miami must be the most hated sports town in the US of A with a number 1, 11 and 25!!

Go to the link for a full description of each one.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/07/23/most.hated.teams/index.html

1- 1986 University of Miami football

2- 1988-89 Detroit Pistons

4- 1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers

5- 1978 New York Yankees

6-  2007 New England Patriots

7-  1993-94 New York Knicks

8-  1976 Oakland Raiders

9-  1989-90 UNLV basketball

10-  1998-99 Manchester United

11- 1990 University of Miami football

12- 1991-92 Duke basketball

13- 1986 New York Mets

14- 1972 Soviet Union Olympic basketball

15-  2005 USC football

16-  1974 Oakland Athletics

17- 1993 Notre Dame football

18- 1976 East Germany women's swimming

19- 1919 Chicago White Sox

20- 2004 U.S. Olympic basketball

21- 2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers

22- 2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs

23- 1983-84 Georgetown basketball

24- 1909 Detroit Tigers

25- 2010-11 Miami Heat

[Brian Fein]

Funny how there's only 1 Yankees team on there.  Lots of people hate the Yankees EVERY year.  hard to believe.  Also, not 1 Lakers entry?

An interesting list.  I wonder if this poll was re-done in January if the Heat would drop off the list.

Also how many of these teams were champions?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

An interesting list.  I wonder if this poll was re-done in January if the Heat would drop off the list.

I don't think this was a poll, just one person's (or a committee) at SI particular opinion. 

Nor is it even logical.  If it represents hatred in the USA neither #10 or #20 should be on the list as nobody really gives a crap about #10 in the USA and #20 wasn't really hated by Americans.  If this was suppose to represent world opinion it has an insane level of USA bias. 

As with most media created lists the goal is not accuracy but controversy.  They want page hits, folks creating blogs complaining that one item was too high or too low.  Why team such and such wasn't on the list, etc.

Oh and yippy for #6!

[Phishfan]

While I agree most Americans could care less about the Man U team, I disagree with Hoodie's assessment of the 2004 Olympic basketball team. After that tournament was over I was pissed at them. Their performance was not good and I felt it was inexcusable. I was indeed angry with that team and the foundation that put it together. In the history of Olympic basketball the USA had lost two games. In this tournament they lost three games with a squad comprised of NBA talent. It was inexcusable.

[Sunstroke]

Funny how there's only 1 Yankees team on there.  Lots of people hate the Yankees EVERY year.  hard to believe.  Also, not 1 Lakers entry?

I was about to answer this, but then I saw Hoodie had already done it...

I don't think this was a poll, just one person's (or a committee) at SI particular opinion. 

Nor is it even logical. 

[fyo]

Is it me or has Hoodie just posted two coherent, well-argued, non-trolling posts in the same day?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Is it me or has Hoodie just posted two coherent, well-argued, non-trolling posts in the same day?

Shit, I fucked up...I try to space them out and limit it to one a day.   

[Sunstroke]

I am a fan of simple hates... I hate certain franchises, and the more recent, the more I hate them.

1)   The 2010 New York Yankees
2)   The 2010 Dallas Cowboys
3)   The 2010 Los Angeles Lakers
4)   The 2009 New York Yankees
5)   The 2009 Dallas Cowboys
6)   The 2009 Los Angeles Lakers
7)   The 2008 New York Yankees
8 )  The 2008 Dallas Cowboys
9)   The 2008 Los Angeles Lakers
10) The 2007 New York Yankees
11) The 2007 Dallas Cowboys
12) The 2007 Los Angeles Lakers
13) The 2006 New York Yankees
14) The 2006 Dallas Cowboys
15) The 2006 Los Angeles Lakers
16) The 2005 New York Yankees
17) The 2005 Dallas Cowboys
18) The 2005 Los Angeles Lakers
19) The 2004 New York Yankees
20) The 2004 Dallas Cowboys
21) The 2004 Los Angeles Lakers
22) The 2003 New York Yankees
23) The 2003 Dallas Cowboys
24) The 2003 Los Angeles Lakers
25) The 2002 New York Yankees

[EDGECRUSHER]

As a franchise, the Yankees are probably most hated. However, it's really hard to pick out a certain team to hate. Most of the time it's a bunch of regular guys with no off the field issues, nor were they arrogant. I think the 1978 team is the best choice for this list, but there aren't many other seasons you can point to that team and say "I hate that guy for reasons other than he is good".

[bsmooth]

Just curious but what did Georgetown do that is so hated?