flere-imsaho
04-01-2014, 08:16 PM
First of all, thank you to everyone who participated. Running this was a lot of fun! Also, thanks for putting up with my stick figures. :D
1. Aside from FIFA, what is the most corrupt sports organization / league in the world?
22 - International Olympic Committee
9 - NCAA
5 - NBA
2 - NFL
1 - World Boxing Organization, MLB, Ice Skating
The crazy thing about this is that the IOC totally didn't occur to me, maybe because I didn't pay attention to the Winter Olympics this year. I actually considered also excluding the NCAA in the question, and am glad I didn't. To the person who picked "Ice Skating", I decided not to combine it with the IOC since I believe the international body that oversees Ice Skating (and I believe is supposed to be pretty bad) is separate from the IOC. If I'm wrong on that, I apologize, but results are final.
2. What percentage of the U.S. Congress (i.e. what percentage of all 535 members - 100 Senators & 435 Representatives) have committed a crime (whether caught or not, convicted or not)?
17 - 50%
16 - 100%
3 - 25%
2 - 10%
1 - 5%, 75%, 20%
One person noted that speeding is a crime, and pretty much everyone speeds, so.... To their credit, Stupid was half-way there on that logic. :D
3. Name a crime (defined as actually "against the law") that you would consider to be "victimless".
16 - Possession of drugs / drug use
8 - Speeding
6 - Jaywalking
5 - Prostitution
2 - Wearing a seat belt
2 - Tax evasion
1 - Stealing music from the Internet
1 - Gambling
I combined Possession of drugs & drug use, since splitting between the two seemed pointless as the intent in naming these is the same - describing more-or-less the same crime, as it were.
4. What country do you naturally associate with corruption?
21 - Russia
4 - North Korea
4 - USA
3 - Nigeria
2 - Colombia, Italy, China, Mexico
1 - France
The Olympics + Ukraine were probably too much to beat on this question. FWIW I thought it would be Italy and boy was I wrong....
5. What is the dumbest rule in all of sports?
10 - Tuck rule
9 - Excessive celebrations / goalpost dunking (NFL)
6 - Designated hitter
5 - Offsides
1 - Instant replay, Dropped third strike, PAT, The balk, Pine tar (excessive use of), NCAA strict amateurism rule, Football's pass interference, Unnecessary roughness (NFL), Overtime loss point in hockey, Points for a draw, Boxing scoring
What's amazing is that 7 of those Tuck rules came in a row. Stupid really needs to get over the Tuck rule. I also combined anything to do with excessive celebration penalties for the NFL.
6. In your opinion, what public figure was the most morally and ethically upstanding person of the 20th century?
17 - Gandhi
10 - Mother Teresa
6 - Martin Luther King Jr.
3 - Nelson Mandela
1 - Kurt Warner, Muhammad Ali, Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Stupid, by the way, is convinced that Gandhi is spelled Ghandi.
And now, for the results! (...and some of you are going to be very, very upset....)
The most ethically and morally upstanding member of FOFC, and also the loser of this IWS, is:
Alf 528
Soon to be cellmates with Bernie Madoff:
PurdueBrad 1,440
jbergey22 3,840
MizzouRah 10,880
CU Tiger 16,896
Subby 19,800
StLee 28,800
Illini Boy 31,212
Blackadar 47,124
Scarecrow 48,960
Pyser 49,896
nilodor 76,296
"Close personal friends" of Sepp Blatter:
albionmoonlight 107,712
QuikSand 135,168
MIJB#19 142,800
path12 161,568
chesapeake 168,960
Umbrella 179,520
nol 194,208
Desnudo 242,760
NobodyHere 276,480
Young Drachma 277,440
Abe Sargent 293,760
claphamsa 311,040
Barkeep49 376,992
ntndeacon 376,992
Butter_of_69 665,280
Suburban Rhythm 667,590
General Mike 739,200
Stands an excellent chance of being a U.S. Congressman (or woman):
Chief Rum 1,064,448
Lathum 1,272,348
ColtCrazy 1,428,000
Sublime 2 1,713,600
cartman 2,419,200
Vince, Pt. II 3,534,300
TRO 3,829,760
sterlingice 4,935,168
cuervo72 6,283,200
Thinks the IOC are amateurs:
Toddzilla 7,865,424
Personal mentor to both Richard Daleys:
Coffee Warlord 8,739,360
And our winner, the most ethically challenged member of FOFC, who once fleeced his own grandmother out of her mortgage is:
britrock88 10,053,120
Congrats britrock88!!!
1. Aside from FIFA, what is the most corrupt sports organization / league in the world?
22 - International Olympic Committee
9 - NCAA
5 - NBA
2 - NFL
1 - World Boxing Organization, MLB, Ice Skating
The crazy thing about this is that the IOC totally didn't occur to me, maybe because I didn't pay attention to the Winter Olympics this year. I actually considered also excluding the NCAA in the question, and am glad I didn't. To the person who picked "Ice Skating", I decided not to combine it with the IOC since I believe the international body that oversees Ice Skating (and I believe is supposed to be pretty bad) is separate from the IOC. If I'm wrong on that, I apologize, but results are final.
2. What percentage of the U.S. Congress (i.e. what percentage of all 535 members - 100 Senators & 435 Representatives) have committed a crime (whether caught or not, convicted or not)?
17 - 50%
16 - 100%
3 - 25%
2 - 10%
1 - 5%, 75%, 20%
One person noted that speeding is a crime, and pretty much everyone speeds, so.... To their credit, Stupid was half-way there on that logic. :D
3. Name a crime (defined as actually "against the law") that you would consider to be "victimless".
16 - Possession of drugs / drug use
8 - Speeding
6 - Jaywalking
5 - Prostitution
2 - Wearing a seat belt
2 - Tax evasion
1 - Stealing music from the Internet
1 - Gambling
I combined Possession of drugs & drug use, since splitting between the two seemed pointless as the intent in naming these is the same - describing more-or-less the same crime, as it were.
4. What country do you naturally associate with corruption?
21 - Russia
4 - North Korea
4 - USA
3 - Nigeria
2 - Colombia, Italy, China, Mexico
1 - France
The Olympics + Ukraine were probably too much to beat on this question. FWIW I thought it would be Italy and boy was I wrong....
5. What is the dumbest rule in all of sports?
10 - Tuck rule
9 - Excessive celebrations / goalpost dunking (NFL)
6 - Designated hitter
5 - Offsides
1 - Instant replay, Dropped third strike, PAT, The balk, Pine tar (excessive use of), NCAA strict amateurism rule, Football's pass interference, Unnecessary roughness (NFL), Overtime loss point in hockey, Points for a draw, Boxing scoring
What's amazing is that 7 of those Tuck rules came in a row. Stupid really needs to get over the Tuck rule. I also combined anything to do with excessive celebration penalties for the NFL.
6. In your opinion, what public figure was the most morally and ethically upstanding person of the 20th century?
17 - Gandhi
10 - Mother Teresa
6 - Martin Luther King Jr.
3 - Nelson Mandela
1 - Kurt Warner, Muhammad Ali, Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Stupid, by the way, is convinced that Gandhi is spelled Ghandi.
And now, for the results! (...and some of you are going to be very, very upset....)
The most ethically and morally upstanding member of FOFC, and also the loser of this IWS, is:
Alf 528
Soon to be cellmates with Bernie Madoff:
PurdueBrad 1,440
jbergey22 3,840
MizzouRah 10,880
CU Tiger 16,896
Subby 19,800
StLee 28,800
Illini Boy 31,212
Blackadar 47,124
Scarecrow 48,960
Pyser 49,896
nilodor 76,296
"Close personal friends" of Sepp Blatter:
albionmoonlight 107,712
QuikSand 135,168
MIJB#19 142,800
path12 161,568
chesapeake 168,960
Umbrella 179,520
nol 194,208
Desnudo 242,760
NobodyHere 276,480
Young Drachma 277,440
Abe Sargent 293,760
claphamsa 311,040
Barkeep49 376,992
ntndeacon 376,992
Butter_of_69 665,280
Suburban Rhythm 667,590
General Mike 739,200
Stands an excellent chance of being a U.S. Congressman (or woman):
Chief Rum 1,064,448
Lathum 1,272,348
ColtCrazy 1,428,000
Sublime 2 1,713,600
cartman 2,419,200
Vince, Pt. II 3,534,300
TRO 3,829,760
sterlingice 4,935,168
cuervo72 6,283,200
Thinks the IOC are amateurs:
Toddzilla 7,865,424
Personal mentor to both Richard Daleys:
Coffee Warlord 8,739,360
And our winner, the most ethically challenged member of FOFC, who once fleeced his own grandmother out of her mortgage is:
britrock88 10,053,120
Congrats britrock88!!!