# Of ESPN's big 3, which athlete do you dislike the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158 "2010-08-04T15:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/1 "2010-08-04T15:44:49Z")
I picked Lebron James. He comes off as a smug egomaniac and I’d to punch him right in the face. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/2 "2010-08-04T16:10:45Z")
Wow what a toughie. I ultimately chose Woods. His behavior is the worst in that he hurt other people. LeBron and Brett are going to the Dickhead Hall of Fame, but they fall just short of Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/3 "2010-08-04T16:13:23Z")
Worthlessberger is gonna be pissed he was dissed! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/4 "2010-08-04T16:26:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Worthlessberger is gonna be pissed he was dissed! He is very unlikeable but there isn’t constant coverage of him on ESPN like the other three. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/5 "2010-08-04T19:24:32Z")
Lebron James I just can’t stand teenagers that never mature. I hate that the NBA allows high schoolers to go right into the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/6 "2010-08-04T19:39:58Z")
ESPN is having a field day today. They get to talk about Lebron, since the schedule just came out, Favre, and A Rod with the 600 home runs. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/7 "2010-08-04T20:53:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Lebron James > > I just can’t stand teenagers that never mature. I hate that the NBA allows high schoolers to go right into the NBA. They don’t. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/8 "2010-08-04T21:01:31Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > Lebron James > > > > I just can’t stand teenagers that never mature. I hate that the NBA allows high schoolers to go right into the NBA. > > They don’t. Right this moment they don’t. They did in the recent past (James, Garnett, Moses Malone, etc) though, and might again in the future, depending on how much longer the NCAA puts up with the bad publicity from corruption and/or “one& done” ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/9 "2010-08-04T21:16:30Z")
I voted for Favre because this retirement dance has become an annual thing. With the other two, we can at least hope it’s a one-and-done. ---
**Author:** ![boilercake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/10 "2010-08-04T21:27:08Z")
Pffft. No contest. What Lebron James did was exercise some common sense: he gave up a little $ to sign with a team that substantially increased his chances of winning a championship. Tiger Woods was just horny for some poon, like every other dude. BUT, Brett Favre, otoh, is a preening self-involved douchebag who annually, deliberately screws with his teammates and fans for the sheer selfish joy of being able to do so. Then he throws an INT. Asshole! ---
**Author:** ![boilercake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/11 "2010-08-04T21:29:09Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > A Rod with the 600 home runs That should be with the \*juiced \*600 home runs. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/12 "2010-08-05T04:49:26Z")
LeBron’s self-aggrandizement pushes him past Farve at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/13 "2010-08-05T06:45:24Z")
> [@boilercake](#): > > What Lebron James did was exercise some common sense: he gave up a little $ to sign with a team that substantially increased his chances of winning a championship. I don’t think many people dislike LeBron for going to Miami. They dislike him for the way he did it, with a nationally-televised wankfest rather than a regular press conference, and for the fact that he kept his old team in the dark until the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/14 "2010-08-05T10:18:13Z")
And also that joining a superteam is ultimately a cowardly act. It would be like Michael Jordan deciding that it’s too hard to beat Magic and Bird so instead he signs with Boston and gets Magic to come too. Lame to the nth degree. ---
**Author:** ![boilercake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/15 "2010-08-05T14:20:53Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > They dislike him for the way he did it, with a nationally-televised wankfest rather than a regular press conference, and for the fact that he kept his old team in the dark until the last minute. Isn’t this exactly what Favre has done for the last several years? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/16 "2010-08-05T14:22:52Z")
I’ve got no problem with LeBron or Woods. One decided that winning was more improtant then money and his hometown and the other is just another fillanderer. I’m sick if Favre’s annual will he or won’t he show so that where I voted but I like watching him play and think he’s a pretty good guy based on what I’ve heard from people who know him (a couple of highsholl player he tutored into college quarterbacks). I hate A Rod and I was planning on voteing for him before I saw the poll choices and think he should replace woods on the top three since he’s on all baseball season and normally gets some off season coverage and this is the first year I’ve heard of woods in the off season. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/17 "2010-08-05T15:42:08Z")
> [@boilercake](#): > > Isn’t this exactly what Favre has done for the last several years? That’s irrelevant to me. I wasn’t talking about Favre. I was simply responding to your implication that all LeBron James did was go to a new team in order to increase his chances of winning. I was pointing out that it’s not his moving, but the manner of it, that got so many people angry. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/18 "2010-08-05T17:01:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > > [@boilercake](#): > > > > What Lebron James did was exercise some common sense: he gave up a little $ to sign with a team that substantially increased his chances of winning a championship. > > I don’t think many people dislike LeBron for going to Miami. They dislike him for the way he did it, with a nationally-televised wankfest rather than a regular press conference, and for the fact that he kept his old team in the dark until the last minute. > [@EllisDee](#): > > And also that joining a superteam is ultimately a cowardly act. It would be like Michael Jordan deciding that it’s too hard to beat Magic and Bird so instead he signs with Boston and gets Magic to come too. Lame to the nth degree. These are the exact reasons why I voted LeBron. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/19 "2010-08-07T21:34:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Lebron James > > I just can’t stand teenagers that never mature. I hate that the NBA allows high schoolers to go right into the NBA. Dio already stated they don’t anymore. But they should. We become legal adults at 18. Why deprive someone the chance to earn a living. I picked Favre though. LeBron doesn’t bother me at all. Tiger’s stuff was personal. Farve’s act is as old as he is. Talk about teenagers never growing up. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-espns-big-3-which-athlete-do-you-dislike-the-most/549158/20 "2010-08-08T01:09:46Z")
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