Worst Run PRO Sports Franchise

In Whitlock's column, he calls the Royals "America’s worst-run professional sports organization." Not saying, he's way off-base there and the Royals should certainly be in the discussion, but that's quite a strong statement. So, that got me thinking, this might be an interesting topic for the board. Who is America's worst-run pro sports organization and why?

 

The Knicks.

 

Whatever that minor league basketball team in Nashville was, with the female coach and the whack-job owner who stormed onto the court to fire her.

 

The Chicago Cubs.

Their letterhead should have the slogan "Rewarding Failure Since 1908" across the masthead.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Atlanta Hawks.

 

Dunno... there's these guys named Bidwell... and there's another group that goes by Wirtz....

 

Second the nomination on the Blackhawks. They've single-handedly made me stop caring about hockey.

 

I think it says a lot that the Clippers, after being an automatic top 5 candidate for decades, are no longer in the conversation.

 

Neither are the A-Cards, I think.

Current list, not in order:

Chicago Black Hawks
New York Knickerbockers
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Browns 2.0
San Francisco 49ers
Baltimore Orioles
Pittsburgh Pirates
Washington Crapitals

 

Golden State Warriors

 

At least the Royals appear to be trying, with new upper management, and spending money to sign Gordon and promising to sign Hochevar. And they seem to treat what few fans they still have well.

 

At roughly $95 million for what looks like a 90 loss team, the Cubs have to be on any list in this thread.