most right wing sports teams (or owners)

[pstokely]

Dodgers (Murdock)
Chargers (Spanos)

any others

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Steinbrenner was a big Nixon Supporter

don't know much about his recent politics.

[regnaD kciN]

16. Not exactly...

Although, as a Red Sox fan, I hate saying anything positive about Georgie, the fact remains that he was a Democratic contributor when he got "shaken down" for a big contribution to CREEP in 1972. He was so bothered by the extortion-like tactics of the Nixon "fundraisers" that he immediately called longtime friend Tip O'Neill, telling him that the behavior of Nixon's campaign was enough to justify impeachment, and leading O'Neill to quietly begin to set in motion the procedures for an impeachment resolution, months before the Watergate scandal broke. (This information comes from Jimmy Breslin's "How The Good Guys Finally Won," published in the mid-70s.)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

27. That's Really Interesting

thanks for the info!

[TSIAS]

2. Wayne Huizenga

:(

[Stevendsmith]

3. I'll Bet Every NFL Owner is a Repub

[MrSlayer]

4. Sure they are

they're all super rich. It never bothers me when a rich person is Republican, they should be. My ass gets chapped when I see regular working class people supporting these buffoons and their policies.

[Pale Blue Dot]

28. Actually, I believe that the Eagles owner is a Dem.

Really, I read that somewhere. Jeffrey Lurie. Has his roots in Hollywood.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Not us Green Bay Packer(I have my stock) owners. We come from

all walks of life...and a Freeper I am not. :P

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. Well, yes, you have your stock certificate...

But that doesn't convey true ownership. The Green Bay Packers are the sole property of the citizens of Green Bay, Wisconsin.


Our only communist professional sports team!

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. It sure do!

Anyone who owns stock is therefore an owner of the Packers.

So yes, liberal me is an owner of The Packers!!!! Wooo Hoo!!

[wysimdnwyg]

21. Hey, me too!

I've got my one share framed and hanging on the wall.

[regnaD kciN]

17. Not Paul Allen (Seahawks owner)...

...he's pretty much a centrist Democrat.

[salin]

6. Is Marge Schott (sp?) still in the picture

wasn't she a bit wingy and wacky?

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. I believe she was forced out of the league by her fellow MLB owners

..for being an obnoxious racist bitch.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. The straw that broke the camel's back was her praise of Hitler

According to Marge, "Everybody knows that he (Hitler) was good at the beginning, but he just went too far,"

[salin]

10. yikes...

didn't recall that.

[terrya]

8. Dallas Cowboys. I don't think that organization is a hotbed of liberalism.

[GOPisEvil]

12. Robert McNair of the Houston Texans.

Poppy Bush is a guest of his at every home game. :puke:

[WindRavenX]

13. Yankees...

Sadly, my favourite guys are lead by a right wing moron :( :(
Derek Jeter so has to be a democrat...please...
Many Yankee fans are Republican assholes too, I'm the only liberal one...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. I Noticed That. Mets=Dems, Yanks=Repubs

:shrug:

[pstokely]

19. like this guy

but he's in Kansas, I doubt he's ever been to a Yanks game

http://www.maggotpunks.com/antis/files/033.html

[Braden]

15. Dodgers were sold to Pritzker

no longer Ruperts baby.

[regnaD kciN]

18. That deal has yet to be approved by MLB...

...until that happens (and I've read that they might not approve it due to financial concerns), the Dodgers remain Murdoch's property...and I remain unable to root for my original home-town team.

[Braden]

20. what financial concerns?

he is selling real estate holding known as the fan pier in Boston for some $2 billion Dollars reportedly.

I hear you though. If Rupert owned the bosox I could not watch.

[wysimdnwyg]

24. I'll be so glad when that deal goes through

(IF it goes through). I'll have my team back, and my favorite living Dodger can return to the fold.

For those who are unaware, Sandy Koufax left the organization during Spring Training (where he was participating as a pitching coach) after one of Murdoch's newspapers printed a story defaming Koufax. He stated at the time that he would no longer have any relationship with any organization run by Murdoch, but would gladly return upon the sale of the Dodgers.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. Glasgow Rangers n/t

[HEyHEY]

23. Maybe the Canucks?

John Mcaw out of Seattle owns them.

[aQuArius]

25. Jazz (owned by LHMiller)- 2 degrees from the shrub

Miller is a right-wing mormon, who also owns (what seems to be) half of the State of Utah... is great friends with the previous governor (Leavitt)- who is now on a special "environmental" board for the shrub.

[anti_shrub]

29. Rooneys (Steelers) are not very right wing

"The Rooney family makes the list, but not for their direct donations to candidates. Dan Rooney and his son, Art, have given $30,000 to the North Side Good Government Committee, their own federally qualified PAC from which money is distributed to local, state and federal candidates."

I can't seem to track down who the PAC gives money to, but the Rooneys themselves don't wear their politics on their sleeves so even if they are righties, they aren't obnoxious about it.

[killerchicken97]

30. is money the main reason

So is it possible to guess political preferneces by the size of an owners bank account?

[fameless]

31. Cubs

Owned by Chicago Tribune.

[killerchicken97]

32. Question about money

I'm a new DU user but have a question. Who cares if the owners are Repubs or not. Money doesn't show political affiliation does it?