2017-18 Ben Roethlisberger Memorial Douchebag of the Year Contest - FINAL VOTE NOW!!

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King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Just give Trump a lifetime achievement award so we can vote on things that are competitive.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2018 21:48

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 15:11

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Joey Freshwater posted:

Shut the gently caress up you loving nerd

I nominate Leperflesh for being such a dork

Second.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2018 03:33

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Zurreco posted:

Jed York

Jerry was a grody old man but it bit him in the rear end and he was forced to step down/sell his beloved franchise. He also didn't fight the allegations or anything, so he's less of a douche and more of a lecher (though I'm definitely not excusing what he did). He will take his money and live out the last of his life being known as a pervert.

Jed, however, is still taking every chance to sell out for Silicon Valley, all while telling his actual fanbase that they should be thankful for all that he does.

TLDR: Jed York decided to tank this season to spite Kaepernick and has tried to make himself look like a compassionate owner when he is just the tip of Jerry Jones' spear.

To summarize the non-personnel stuff, Levi's Stadium is still a hyper expensive deathtrap located hours away from their old stadium. York has publicly stated that he would rather have wifi available for people making business deals midgame than he would making PSLs more available. He also decided to confiscate land that was set aside as a childrens' soccer field because he wanted a helicopter landing area, FYI.

After spending last year trying his hardest to not to spend money as a means to support their best QB in a long time, York had the balls to tell Kaep that he could either quit or be fired. Kaep took the latter option in order to get a jump on FA and York spun it to make Kaep look like a greedy glory boy. It's been floated that York was also complicit in selling Kaep down the river over the whole kneeling shebang because it would help get some of the fan base to accept his leaving. York then spent most of FA promising Niners faithful that they would return to competency by investing in QB support, which they should have done the year before. They even grabbed Garcon at WR, which was great, but who would replace Kaep? The result... Brian Hoyer being picked up for $12m/2 years.

The Niners then went 0-5 to start the season and people started openly questioning why York was willing to spend on a receiving corps if they weren't going to keep with a decent QB. Kaep was still available and talking about taking a pay cut! York told them to kick rocks because he wasn't about to admit he was wrong. In game 6, Hoyer is so bad that he gets benched for CJ loving BEATHARD, a person whose own parents had never heard of him before. They lose that game and the next few, too.

NFL owners' meetings take place and the public begins to question whether Kaep has been blackballed when a loving nobody is starting for the team. York steps up to the plate to boldly claim "I don't think so." SF gets to 1-10 and their own players are openly questioning why York is not supporting the protests/why Kaep is not around/etc. York hears their concerns and... offers backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo a five year contract that had a higher AAV than what Kaep was asking for. That that trade worked out for SF is fine and dandy, but the message has been clear for a while - York didn't like Kaep and wouldn't change his tune about the issue.

Since then, not much has happened on that end. Kaep now has a collusion case against the NFL Owners and it looks like York is probably going to be defendant #1 if it gets that far. Shockingly, the other big protester from SF, Eric Reid, is also somehow without team and getting no attention in FA, which really makes you think. York "famously" abstained from an informal (non-)vote about whether the owners would want to enforce anthem rules, which is horseshit posturing and means nothing. He has been playing both sides of the debate the whole time and it's super obvious that he is trying to carry water for the older owners while still looking like he cares about black folks. Super petty.

Jed York as the mastermind of the NFL�s collusion and the team�s personnel decisions is an insane take.

Richardson deserves this for being an open racist and for actually sexually harassing people.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2018 06:03

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Hmm, should I vote for someone who is human garbage or an idiot about whom I made up a bunch of things that aren�t even as bad.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2018 06:10

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

The Jordan Peterson story, the other old man stories, and the collapse of the Seahawks are both more funny and indefensible than Millie�s fellow fans being angry about another bad fanbase.

Pete Carroll

# ¿ Jun 20, 2018 16:41

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Jerry for sure.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 23:18

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

ESPN will always be among us but the NFL owners� handling of Kaepernick and the kneeling issue is especially craven and despicable, to say nothing of the many issues that could also be included here such as approving the moving of teams, awful rules changes, keeping Goodell around, etc.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2018 16:06

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Probably the Bills in reality but Tom Brady should be in prison for molesting his children.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2018 23:02

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Matt Patricia because I am tired of the Chargers organization and doing your best to downplay your rape accused past is pretty awful. Also, Matt Patricia was an employee of the Patriots which is worth something.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2018 00:40

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Both are bad but DA Kevin Smith is in a position of greater institutional authority that is being perverted for malicious purposes.

Honestly, advance both and replace some weaker winner with the loser of this round.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 22:11

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Collinsworth because unlike Triplette, we have to endure at least another season of Sunday night games in which Collinsworth repeats his miserable performance from the Super Bowl by highlighting his Patriot or Steeler of the week on every play regardless of merit. At any rate, the refs actually got it right in the Super Bowl, unlike Cris.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2018 04:43

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

I have no idea who he is but that one dude seems to have done something that sounds funny, douchey, and distinctive and I�d rather not think about Jason Whitlock ever again.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2018 06:38

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Because of the principle that I will not vote for a talking head unless their candidacy is for something unrelated to that �work�: Gronk because he is cheap-shotting trash.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2018 17:09

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Richardson and I�m updating this to get more points because the racism and harassment was so clear cut here that it overcomes my natural hatred of Pete.

King Hong Kong fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jul 11, 2018

# ¿ Jul 11, 2018 15:31

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Zurreco for having some of the worst opinions in this thread.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 09:19

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Suspending an employee rises above the usual media candidacy that I try to avoid voting for but Jerry Jones is clearly an authority figure within the NFL and has used his influence for the worse especially vis-a-vis the protests and Kaepernick and many of the things that Zurreco mistakenly associated with Jed York.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 18:41

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Even Ross doesn�t care that much about this. The Bills ruining and then getting rid of good players is the worse act within the timeframe.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2018 22:53

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Kevin Smith because perverting justice is ultimately worse and signifies something much more pervasively corrupt than misleading fans.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2018 23:39

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

On a personal level, Collinsworth is more annoying because I have had to endure him while I never watch or pay attention to Whitlock, but it is clear that Whitlock and his efforts at character assassination are worse.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2018 18:49

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

I couldn�t care less about Whitlock and will vote against him from this point on but it�s undeniable that the things he is saying are more malicious than the stupid things Collinsworth says and believes since we can�t take into account stuff from the 1980s. That�s pretty much all that matters in a round where both the people are media figures. The sooner we get rid of them and focus on consequential people, the better.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2018 01:36

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

McNair has power and is racist.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2018 05:43

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

I�m having a hard time not voting for Jerry Richardson, but the fact the Jerry Jones will continue to be a malevolent influence against anything good in the NFL in the same way he was that in the past year is just enough.

King Hong Kong fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jul 25, 2018

# ¿ Jul 25, 2018 19:38

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Kevin Smith for corrupting justice, which is worse than the Bills imploding their own team.

Also, add reasons so this isn�t somehow close.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 02:29

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

McNair is clearly the more influential person here since the only people who seem to know or care about Whitlock are a handful of posters on SA, which is pathetic. Meanwhile, McNair actively damages his and other players� lives at every turn because he sincerely wishes they were slaves.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2018 02:16

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 15:11

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Zurreco posted:

This is the correct order.

This, but the exact opposite.

1. Kevin Smith
2. Jerry Jones
3. Bob McNair

# ¿ Aug 2, 2018 01:42

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