The 25 Least Powerful People in Sports

From Staff / March 18, 2013
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The sports world has many powerful figures. Roger Goodell. David Stern. Phil Knight. Scott Boras. But the powerful can't be powerful if there aren't nearby powerless to crush.

From more than 70,000 votes, here is who you determined to be the sports world's most powerless.

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25. Jason Garrett

What's most powerful about him: Not constrained by having a soul.

What's least powerful about him: Has completely tarnished the value of an Ivy League education.

24. Athletes who don't take PEDs

What's most powerful about them: Have a clear conscience.

What's least powerful about them: Lose all the time.

23. Fantasy sports columnists

What's most powerful about them: Can spell "rotisserie" without looking it up.

What's least powerful about them: Receive noogies from baseball sabermetric nerds.

22. Ozzie Canseco

What's most powerful about him: Not Jose Canseco.

What's least powerful about him: Not Jose Canseco.

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21. Charlie Weis

What's most powerful about him: Appearance can make even the most powerful opponent nauseous.

What's least powerful about him: Coaches Kansas Jayhawks football which, believe it or not, is a real thing that exists.

20. Gary Bettman

What's most powerful about him: May be an NBA operative playing a decades-long prank on the NHL.

What's least powerful about him: Is booed by his wife when he wakes up in the morning.

19. Congress

What's most powerful about them: Popular enough to get elected.

What's least powerful about them: Elected by a bunch of morons.

18. Wrigley Field janitors

What's most powerful about them: Not scared of feces.

What's least powerful about them: Covered in feces.

17. Chicago Cubs

What's most powerful about them: Lovable.

What's least powerful about them: Losers.

16. Feds trying to put athletes in jail for steroids-related charges

What's most powerful about them: Hateable.

What's least powerful about them: Losers.

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