Can Obama do something about athletic commissions on a federal level? Perhaps make them not suck so consistently? Maybe he can release a drone to keep an eye on questionable judges so we can be free of one of America’s leading causes of cardiac arrest: the moronic split-decision. We should be redirecting an extremely lopsided amount of federal funding away from the war machine and towards education, specifically to better educate our MMA judges. I would even go so far as to internationally educate MMA judges if need be. We are America, damn it. It is our duty to be the world leaders in everything violent, thus MMA betterment should be shot through the pipeline fast and furious style.
I fear my name will go on a scary list (if it isn’t already) if I keep up with this article, so look at Obama, one spot ahead of Dana White on the Sports Illustrated 50 Most Powerful People in Sports list, which is a 100% scientific list with little human error.
Now Dana and Barack have something to break the ice if they ever are at a cocktail party together.
1. Roger Goodell NFL commissioner
2. David Stern NBA commissioner
3. Philip Anschutz AEG owner
4. John Skipper ESPN president
5. Bud Selig MLB commissioner
6. Stan Kroenke Kroenke Sports Enterprises owner
7. Mark Lazarus NBC Sports chairman
8. Jacques Rogge IOC president
9. Phil Knight Nike chairman
10. Hedge Fund Dude
11. Mark Walter Guggenheim Partners CEO & Dodgers owner
12. Robert Kraft Patriots owner
13. Sean McManus CBS Sports chairman
14. Michael Dolan IMG Worldwide CEO
15. Eric Shanks Fox Sports copresident
16. Sepp Blatter FIFA president
17. Mike Slive SEC commissioner
18. Adam Silver NBA deputy commissioner
19. Jerry Jones Cowboys owner
20. Larry Ellison Oracle CEO
21. Richard Scudamore Barclays Premier League CEO
22. Bernie Ecclestone Formula One president and CEO
23. Scott Boras Baseball agent
24. Kevin Plank Under Armour CEO
25. Tim Finchem PGA commissioner
26. Jm Delany Big Ten commissioner
27. Gary Bettman NHL commissioner
28. David Levy Turner Broadcasting president of sales, distribution and sports
29. Glazer Family
30. Carlos Brito Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO
31. Donald Fehr NHLPA executive director
32. Herbert Hainer Adidas Group CEO
33. Bob Bowman MLB Advanced Media CEO
34. Casey Wasserman Wasserman Media Group CEO
35. DeMaurice Smith NFLPA executive director
36. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan UAE Deputy Prime Minister & Man. City owner
37. Travis Tygart USADA CEO
38. Mark Emmert NCAA president
39. John Riccitiello Electronic Arts CEO
40. Brian France NASCAR CEO and chairman
41. Alison Lewis and Sharon Byers Coca-Cola North America
42. Al Haymon Boxing adviser and promoter
43. Ed O’Bannon Retired basketball player
44. Barack Obama U.S. President45. Dana White UFC president
46. Cindy Davis Nike Golf president
47. Tom Condon CAA Sports cohead of football division
48. Mark Cuban Mavericks owner
49. Stephen Espinoza Showtime executive VP of sports and event programming
50. Michael Jordan Bobcats owner
Teenage Obama and Matt Riddle probably would have been really good friends.
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