A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-84844 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/t1387289_25/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/722184852-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85068" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/722184852-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/722184852-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85068'>
				1. Harold Ballard
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/cardinals-reds/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1289918-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85062" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1289918-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1289918-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85062'>
				2. Marge Schott
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/mark-cuban-lawsuit-basketball/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7056911-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85067" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7056911-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7056911-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85067'>
				3. Mark Cuban
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/broncos-raiders-football/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7394092-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85065" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7394092-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7394092-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85065'>
				4. Al Davis
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/steinbrenner-lawsuit-baseball/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7230111-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85064" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7230111-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7230111-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85064'>
				5. George Steinbrenner
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/phillies-marlins-baseball/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2771017-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85063" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2771017-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2771017-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85063'>
				6. Jeffrey Loria
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/cfl-toronto-ottawa/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/006463-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85061" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/006463-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/006463-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85061'>
				7. Lonie Glieberman
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/7636033/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/802008312-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85070" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/802008312-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/802008312-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85070'>
				8. Robert Irsay
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/cowboys-football/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7225246-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85066" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7225246-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7225246-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85066'>
				9. Jerry Jones
				</figcaption></figure><figure class='gallery-item'>
			<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>
				<a href='https://macleans.ca/society/top-10-most-outrageous-sports-team-owners/attachment/coyotes-bankruptcy-hockey/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/6844491-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" aria-describedby="gallery-1-85069" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/6844491-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/6844491-290x290.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>
			</div>
				<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-85069'>
				10. Jerry Moyes
				</figcaption></figure>
		</div>



<p>When Bernie Glieberman purchased the CFL&#8217;s Ottawa Rough Riders franchise for a dollar in 1991, he immediately installed his pint-sized son Lonie to run the team&#8217;s day-to-day operations. The series of bad decisions that followed stands out even in the CFL&#8217;s notoriously comical history: Lonie was soon dating cheerleaders, firing staff on a whim, and interfering with roster selection. In one notorious incident, after he left Ottawa to found an inept CFL franchise in Louisiana, Lonie&#8217;s  antique car was impounded after he failed to pay for the scoreboard at the team&#8217;s stadium.</p>


Top 10 most outrageous sports team owners

Share