Spaceman Spiff Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I think the #1 is probably OJ Simpson, but #2? Peterson hasn't murdered anyone but I think we could be looking at one of the biggest falls from grace from an athlete in history right now. What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I need to see how this Lebron's hair thing plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Lawrence Taylor, not the biggest probably. But look at how big of a mess he got his life into after revolutionizing the linebacker position (book about all the horrible **** he did, then the hooker stuff, etc.). Mike Tyson comes to mind too, but he has regained popularity due to his movie appearances in the Hangover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Tiger Woods has to be on the list. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Pete Rose - still paying for gambling, though the majority of fans support him. Lance Armstrong - definitely near the top. Tiger Woods has to be on the list. Right? Absolutely. It all started that night his wife was beating him with a golf club......he's never been the same again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick6 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 My list based on age and what I have witnessed first hand. 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Tiger Woods 3. O.J. 4. A Rod 5. Gilbert Arenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 AP is news right now, but small potatos in the longer term. This will be rembered as "he spanked his kids" in about 3 weeks. Ray Rice's story might have staying power... but then i look at how much Ray Lewis is fawned over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'll second Pete Rose. Locally, I'll add Albert Haynesworth though his scumminess isn't really on the national radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawBBQSauce Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 1. OJ 2. Lance 3. Tiger 4. Marion Jones 5. Tanya Harding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 5. Tanya Harding I think this one might be a good #2 behind OJ. People will forget about steroids from relatively lesser known olympians or cyclists. People suspected lance for years. The Harding thing came from out of nowhere. And she's White trash, so its REALLY easy to hate her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 My list based on age and what I have witnessed first hand. 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Tiger Woods 3. O.J. 4. A Rod 5. Gilbert Arenas That list is bananas. Really, the top five should be 1. OJ 2. OJ 3. OJ 4. OJ 5. OJ Maybe because he became such a weird pop culture d-lister because of the trial, but OJ was one of the most famous and beloved human beings in America for something like 30 years. Considering how much more narrow the culture was in the 70s and 80s, he was probably more recognizable than Lebron and certainly more likable. He was in Roots. He flew threw airports in commercials. His sports broadcasting career was very successful and it semed almost like an after-thought. So...imagine if Lebron never made the decision AND appeared in a real role (not a cameo) in The Avengers AND appeared in Adam Sandler movies AND gave speeches at corporate retreats AND had Kenny Smith's job on Inside the NBA AND still appeared in all the commercials he currently does AND had a small role in 12 Years a Slave......and then was accused of basically chopping the head off his wife. That would be a big story. After that....I dunno....accused of a double murder and currently in jail on some kind of strange kidnapping charge after being the most popular ex-athlete in history. I don't really even know how to put that in context with the rest. This poll needs to have a non-OJ category. I think this one might be a good #2 behind OJ. People will forget about steroids from relatively lesser known olympians or cyclists. People suspected lance for years. The Harding thing came from out of nowhere. And she's White trash, so its REALLY easy to hate her. Except where the hell did she fall from? She was relatively unknown and broke....and then she was famous and broke. If anything, she weirdly went up in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins0721 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Rae Carruth has got to be top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Rae Carruth has got to be top 3 That's actually a pretty good pick. He still has 4 years left on his sentence. Lawrence Taylor, not the biggest probably. But look at how big of a mess he got his life into after revolutionizing the linebacker position (book about all the horrible **** he did, then the hooker stuff, etc.). Mike Tyson comes to mind too, but he has regained popularity due to his movie appearances in the Hangover. Those guys were always disasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawBBQSauce Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Ray Carruth wasn't a star though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSkin Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Given their status in their perspective sports, my list would go something like OJ Pete Rose Lance Armstrong McGuire, Sosa, Clemens and a whole lot of steroid era baseball guys Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Tiger AROD Lance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMason Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I know OJ had a great career as an athlete, but as a kid growing up in the 80's who didn't really follow football until 6th grade, OJ was more an actor/celebrity than a football player. I think of him as "that funny guy from The Naked Gun who killed his wife" rather than "that football player that killed his wife". I think Lance has to be number one. Cycling might not be as big a sport as football, but the guy was a household name. And now his legacy is "that doper who had all of his accolades stripped away in disgrace". Everybody else--yes, maybe they had some crazy off-the-field issues that ruined their public image, but it doesn't erase what they did in their sports career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 1. OJ 2. Lance 3. Tiger 4. Marion Jones 5. Tanya Harding That's roughly what my list would look like. Although I don't think I'd put Tiger on there. Nobody cares about the affairs anymore. He's just not playing very good golf, and that's why he's not in the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointyfootball Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 If the Pete Rose scandal happened under today's Twitter-journalism it would be #1 IMO. Baseball was king in the 70s/80s and Pete Rose was huge back then. OJ was long after he played so a bit different in that he wasn't really an athlete at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 That's actually a pretty good pick. He still has 4 years left on his sentence. Those guys were always disasters. They were disasters, but I'm looking at it from their popularity in their sport. Tyson had mental issues, still does, but he was the biggest star in Boxing since Ali in the modern era (talking Heavyweights). He was on top of the world and boxing. Then Don King ruined him, he gets beat by Buster Douglas, convicted of rape and goes to prison, gets released and tries to make a come back and bites off part of Evander's ear, etc. It's not the biggest fall from grace, but the only things left that could have gone worse for Iron Mike would have been some fatal/chronic disease or death for the most part. Wasn't he bankrupt too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 First and foremost OJ is # 1. Honorable mentions to Pete Rose, Michael Vick, and Darryl Strawberry. Unfortunately there are still plenty of delusional people today that worship Lance Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Lance Armstrong is definitely #1 in my list. I don't have OJ because his fame was a little before my time. I was only a kid when he got arrested. You could say A-Rod but most people hated him even before all the steroid stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Can't put OJ up there as he was a LONG retired athlete when he did what he did. At least that's how I'd look at this. Hail, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bay Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Can't put OJ up there as he was a LONG retired athlete when he did what he did. At least that's how I'd look at this. Hail, What about from a British or soccer perspective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 O.J. was 20 years removed from his playing days. Not the same as a guy like Tiger or Lance who fell during their peaks. Different circumstances. If that doesn't matter, OJ is #1 obviously. Let's not forget Pistorius nowadays. Then there was that skateboarder who commited a murder or something. But obviously he wasn't known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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