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Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 5:28 pm
by JakeP50
PENGUINS!!!!
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:26 pm
by Sly Fox
I live in Texas so the answer was obvious to me. But really there are only two viable answers and no one pays enough attention to the NHL for the Pens to be a real option.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:34 pm
by JakeP50
The Pens hate is a little more prominent in the Mid-Atlantic with so many teams in such close proximity, 7 out of the 8 teams in their division are between DC and NYC, and they all HATE each other. So that might be an East Coast rivalry not a national hate fest
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:37 pm
by jbock13
I'm going to go way out on the limb here and say you're a caps fan
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:42 pm
by JakeP50
Nope Flyers, close but I hate the Caps too
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:43 pm
by olldflame
Historically it has to be the Yankees. Come on, they have the title of a Broadway Musical cursing them. Right now I say the Heat. A lot of it is carryover from "the decision" and subsequent events, and it's played out some, but still a lot of haters out there.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:44 pm
by SuperJon
You actually think people outside of about 8 states care about hockey?
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:47 pm
by Sly Fox
If this were 20 years ago, it would be the Yankees & Cowboys hands down. I agree that the Heat are a legitimate option today. But their fans are nowhere near as obnoxious as the other two I mentioned.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 6:55 pm
by JakeP50
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Mass., New Hampshire, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Ohio, Washington, Oregon and surprisingly enough California. I know hockey is a regional game but I wanted to see how the team I hate the most stacked up against the more traditional targets of pure hatred.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 7:10 pm
by flamehunter
As a Cowboys fan I almost voted for them. They are my team but I have grown to feel great disdain for JJ. Love the Penguins. Of this list I feel equally hatred for the Heat and the Yankees. Out of tradition I voted Yankees. (Jake - the Ravens should be on this list as well!

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Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 7:16 pm
by jbock13
Oops. But Flyers would have been my next guess.

Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 7:38 pm
by JakeP50
I don't know if my Ravens have the tradition to be that hated yet, unless you ask people in Cleveland.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 8:19 pm
by VAGolf
The MACY's day parade had better ratings than the NHL Thanksgiving "showdown."
Balloons are more popular. Who gives a flying rip about hockey?
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 8:56 pm
by jbock13
I do.
And NHL only plays in Canada on Thanksgiving day.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 9:57 pm
by flamehunter
There is an "h" in Pittsburgh! Pet peeve of mine.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 12th, 2014, 10:50 pm
by Sly Fox
Not if you live in the birthplace of my dearly departed grandmother from Kansas.
I was a fan of the Bengals & Cowboys in the '70 & '80s (Stars & Stripes Forever ... well at least until Jerry Jones ruined everything) since they never played each other and were on back-to-back most Sundays. After Jerr-uh ran Tom Landry out on a rail and then I had to spend 7 seasons covering them I grew to despise everything about them. Now my two favorite teams are the Texans and whoever has the pleasure of beating up on the 'Boys each Sunday.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 12:30 am
by lynchburgwildcats
It's easily the Cowboys.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 1:28 am
by VAGolf
jbock13 wrote:I do.
And NHL only plays in Canada on Thanksgiving day.
Yeah, and when they play in the US, the ratings are so much better.

Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 2:39 am
by PAmedic
without a doubt DALLAS FREAKIN COWBOYS
and their POS Owner, qb, town, state ... the list goes on
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 8:37 am
by thepostman
Sly Fox wrote:If this were 20 years ago, it would be the Yankees & Cowboys hands down. I agree that the Heat are a legitimate option today. But their fans are nowhere near as obnoxious as the other two I mentioned.
That is because there is no such thing as a Heat fan. More people hate Lebron than they do the Heat. Understandably so though, haha.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 9:25 am
by jbock13
Not sure why everyone always has to brag about how much they hate hockey.

Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 9:36 am
by lynchburgwildcats
Heat have a lot of haters, but this is no competition, Cowboys. Most hated team in the most popular sport in the country. Yankees most hated in MLB, Heat most hated in NBA.
I think the more interesting question would be who is the most hated team in college football and most hated in college basketball.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 9:43 am
by JK37
I voted Yankees. But I can live with Cowboys, too. Hard choice for me, as I hate them both.
College basketball: Kentucky
College football: Alabama
It's always the dominant ones that have their rebid can base, but also attract haters from the most directions.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 9:51 am
by olldflame
lynchburgwildcats wrote:Heat have a lot of haters, but this is no competition, Cowboys. Most hated team in the most popular sport in the country. Yankees most hated in MLB, Heat most hated in NBA.
I think the more interesting question would be who is the most hated team in college football and most hated in college basketball.
Basketball is pretty much a 2-team race. Kentucky is making a run at Duke, but I still give the edge to the Blue Devils.
Football has more contenders, but I think I would have to say Bama.
Re: Who is the most widely hated team in all pro sports
Posted: April 13th, 2014, 10:46 am
by WinthropEagleFan
thepostman wrote:Sly Fox wrote:If this were 20 years ago, it would be the Yankees & Cowboys hands down. I agree that the Heat are a legitimate option today. But their fans are nowhere near as obnoxious as the other two I mentioned.
That is because there is no such thing as a Heat fan. More people hate Lebron than they do the Heat. Understandably so though, haha.
I'm a Heat fan..but yeah, there's not many of us (not including the Lebron fans that have converted in the last few years).