The Resume

(March 1, 1926-December 6, 1996)
National Football League Commissioner (1960-89)

Why he might be annoying:

He convinced congress to give the NFL exemption from the antitrust act (1962).

Why he might not be annoying:

He convinced the NFL to arbitrate a league television deal rather that an individual team by team deal.
He tripled NFL broadcast rights to $14 million (1962).
He was the commissioner of the first Super Bowl (1967).
He created Monday Night Football with ABC (1970).
He negotiated with the NFL a $2.1 billion TV contract (1987).
He brought incredible value to the NFL.
In his first year as commissioner, two teams were sold for $1 million each.
In 1997 a new franchise entry was auctioned at $530 million.
He merged the AFL into the NFL.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Al Davis Doesn't Like Me
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3011926)
• Football Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1985)
• Football Players
• Graduates of Junior/Community College
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [N-R]
• I Died in 1996 (Ranked: 70)
• I Have a Brain Tumor [Menegioma]
• Look at My Balls
• Look, My Picture Was Recycled (Ranked: 8)
• NFL Presidents/Commissioners (Ranked: 6)
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1973)
• Profiles 1251-1500 (Ranked: 1433)
• Sports' Commissioners
• Sports Illustrated '40 For the Ages' (Ranked: 13)
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (Ranked: 1963)
• Sports Magazine's 40 Who Changed Sports [1986]
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19961206)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 21 Votes: 90.48% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 154 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 203 Votes: 60.59% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 251 Votes: 56.57% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 543 Votes: 53.22% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1647 Votes: 60.78% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4190 Votes: 52.55% Annoying